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No arresting our way out of this – No or low bail means immediate release for many at Cumberland County Jail

Posted By: Nancy Englishon: February 28, 2025In: Featured, Front Page, Neighborhood Notes4 Comments

No or low bail means immediate release for many at Cumberland County Jail By Nancy English Cumberland County Jail currently has 370 available beds out of a total of 570, according to Cumberl... Read more

PPL Joins Dirigo Libraries, Temporarily Takes Catalog Offline for Upgrades

Posted By: Editoron: February 25, 2025In: Briefs, Neighborhood NotesNo Comments

City News Briefs PPL Joins Dirigo Libraries and Begins Catalog Upgrade Portland, ME – Portland Public Library (PPL) announced a new partnership with the Maine State Library, the Law an... Read more

Rent Control Year 5 – Opinions Differ on Progress Implementing Portland’s Rent Control Ordinance

Posted By: Nancy Englishon: February 07, 2025In: Featured, Front Page, Neighborhood NotesNo Comments

Updated 2/7/2025 By Nancy English With dedicated rent control staff and going on five years of experience, City of Portland landlords and tenants are gaining clarity on how to navigate its r... Read more

Western Cemetery Approved for National Register of Historic Places

Posted By: Editoron: January 31, 2025In: Front Page, Neighborhood Notes1 Comment

By John Johnson On January 8th, Western Cemetery was approved by Portland’s Historic Preservation Board for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Western Cemetery will j... Read more

West Bayside on the Threshold of Transformation

Posted By: Editoron: January 03, 2025In: Featured, Front Page, Neighborhood NotesNo Comments

By Nancy English Two projects, both still in various phases on the drawing board, could remake the blocks of West Bayside between Preble Street and Pearl, Lancaster and Cumberland, now mostl... Read more

Your Need-to-Know on Winter Parking Bans & Snow Removal

Posted By: Tony Zelion: January 03, 2025In: Front Page, Neighborhood NotesNo Comments

By Tony Zeli Here comes winter! That means winter parking bans, snow removal rules to follow, and sand and salt to spread. Here’s your need-to-know to survive the winter in Portland th... Read more

Making Ripples – Shop Indie Local this Holiday Season (and all the time!)

Posted By: Tony Zelion: November 29, 2024In: Front Page, Neighborhood NotesNo Comments

Making RipplesShop Indie Local this Holiday Season (and all the time!) By Tony Zeli Shop Indie Local is a campaign of the American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) that works to increas... Read more

ReCode Approved by Portland City Council

Posted By: Editoron: November 29, 2024In: Briefs, Neighborhood Notes2 Comments

City News Brief With ReCode approved, City Council passes the first comprehensive rewrite of City’s land use code and zoning map in more than 50 years The City’s ReCode effort was unan... Read more

Wes Pelletier Wins West End’s City Council Seat

Posted By: Tony Zelion: November 12, 2024In: Briefs, Neighborhood Notes1 Comment

Wes Pelletier Wins – Portland District Two City Council Results By Tony Zeli Wes Pelletier stands victorious in Portland’s second district city council race. District 2 represent... Read more

Portland Election Results – City Council, School Board and Local Ballot Questions

Posted By: Tony Zelion: November 07, 2024In: Briefs, Neighborhood Notes1 Comment

By Tony Zeli Here are the Portland election results for city council, school board, and municipal ballot questions. Democrats won a clean sweep of the city’s state legistlative distric... Read more

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