Legislative Update From Senator Ben Chipman Bill to increase availability of Naloxone now law L.D. 565, the bill I sponsored to expand the availability of Naloxone in order to reduce overdos... Read more
By Tony Zeli, Editor Spencer Thibodeau says he will seek re-election for the District 2 City Council seat. The district includes the West End, Parkside, St. John Valley, and Oakdale neighbor... Read more
By Tony Zeli, Editor The Portland pesticide ban was passed early this year. City property goes organic this summer. Private property will be required to be organic by January 2019. While res... Read more
CITY ALERT: BROWNTAIL MOTH The City’s Forestry Management crew recently discovered browntail moth webs on the mainland in Portland. The pests’ poisonous hairs can cause rash or respiratory p... Read more
Chances are you’ve heard the name Portland Downtown, but you may wonder exactly who we are and what we do. For a crash course in all things Portland Downtown, here are 10 Quick Facts: We wer... Read more
By Tom Landry As the owner of an older home, you are the keeper of an archive of stories. Whether joyful, fanciful, wondrous, or raucous, those stories and the memories they imprint are what... Read more
By Pamela Shaw On Sunday, April 29th, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., volunteers will be back at work on the “Edible Hillside” at Harbor View Park for the first Planting Day of 2018, supported by th... Read more
State St. Sewer Work and Maine Med Expansion Likely to Overlap Portland Public Works alerts residents that the State Street combined sewer separation project resumes in early April. The curr... Read more
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Leaf Blowers Please Be Considerate I (along with everyone else) am looking forward to spring. The only downside is those leaf blowers the West End residents bring out an... Read more
By Tony Zeli, Publisher & Editor In February and March, the City of Portland, Greater Portland Landmarks, and Munjoy Hill Neighborhood Organization met with residents in a series of two... Read more
