WEN FEATURED NONPROFIT What happens when a veteran comes home from a tour and is without a job, without a place to live, and has bills to pay? What happens when a family struggles financiall... Read more
Don’t let winter weather slow you down. To help you get around, the City has revamped its sidewalk snow removal ordinance in terms of fines and length of time allowed for removal. Business o... Read more
For the most recent information please visit: Winter Storm Services 2019/2020. ALL THE INFO YOU NEED – PORTLAND WINTER STORM OPERATIONS Crews from Portland’s Department of Public Works... Read more
Three years of strategic planting and coaxing demonstrate that urban food gardens can grow almost anywhere. By Matt Power If you happened to walk by the 7-11 parking lot at the corner of Dow... Read more
Every week Liz Trice from PelotonLabs interviews a coworking member. This month she caught up with Clara Porter, the founder and director of Prevention.Action.Change, which trains people to... Read more
By Cameron Autry While some celebrate the shifting of Portland from a cozy seaside town to Northern New England’s newly gentrified tourist destination, Keith Costello, owner of The 5 Spot on... Read more
By Mary Alice Scott, PBL Executive Director Portland Buy Local has many health and wellness members who are in business to keep you happy and healthy. As part of our ongoing “Shift to Local”... Read more
Pandora LaCasse’s light designs now stretch all the way to Bramhall Square. Thanks to a new public-private partnership between the City of Portland, Maine Medical Center, and the Parkside Ne... Read more
In local races this November not much has changed for the City of Portland. Councilors Nick Mavodones, Belinda Ray, and Spencer Thibodeau all won reelection to three-year terms. And multiple... Read more
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LA VIDA LOCAL: IRREGULAR NOTES ON WEST END LIFE By Rosanne Graef Ready for another round of the battle for the Peninsula, brought to you by the City of Portland? After the fights over Midtow... Read more