Monthly Archives: January 2017
Demand for hotels is pretty flat; longtime city councilor may get challenger
You’re reading BDN Portland’s evening email newsletter. Click or tap here to subscribe. Or text PORTLAND to 66866. What we’re talking about Housing, hot; hotels, not so much — Reporting from the Maine Real Estate and Development Association conference, the Press Herald’s J. Craig Anderson has two dispatches on the state of development in Portland. […]
The fate of a $61 million school bond could come down to one vote
Tonight: A bomb threat briefly closed down a Portland Jewish community center; Obama pardoned a southern Maine woman; and we try to predict how a contentious political issue will play out.
Here’s some pictures in the snow
A high school band has driven two Portland politicians to socialism
Why some food trucks move indoors
When food trucks decide to go bricks-and-mortar; fishermen and scientists may team up to count cod; and what really goes on in a Maine smelt shack.
Maine College of Art professor makes app for Cherokee
Happy weekend from the BDN Portland office on Congress Street. Tonight there’s an app for Cherokee; school will start later in South Portland; and Neapolitan pizza comes to Back Cove. What we’re talking about Want to write in Cherokee? There’s an app for that. — As the older generation dies off, fewer and fewer young […]
Portland police watchdog group open to adding people with arrest records
Good evening from the BDN Portland office on Congress Street. Tonight the police oversight committee suggests some changes; the city gets closer to regulating Airbnb; and the CAT will come back. What we’re talking about The civilian group charged with keeping an eye on Portland’s police wants to let people who have been arrested in […]
The city could charge people to rent out properties on Airbnb
A City Council committee proposed an outright ban on people renting single-family homes that they don’t live in through services like Airbnb.
Portland may soon charge Airbnb users
Good evening from the BDN Portland office on Congress Street. Tonight: The city may soon have some Airbnb regulations; a coffee shop where you can get a unicorn with your latte; and librarians hatched an elaborate caper to save books. What we’re talking about Portland may soon ask Airbnb users to pay for the privilege […]