Portland City Council

Published
December 11, 2023

Portland City Council sets housing, diversity and climate as top goals for next year

The new City Council met for the second time on Monday to set goals for the upcoming year.
Published
December 11, 2023

Portland jetport plan to cut trees, add surface parking draws opposition

The controversy comes as newly elected Mayor Mark Dion has identified fighting climate change and expanding Portland's tree canopy as priorities for his administration.
Published
November 21, 2023

Portland won’t pause homeless sweeps this winter. Now what?

After the City Council rejected a proposal to allow public camping for the winter, residents of the city's largest homeless encampment at Harbor View Park say they are angry, scared and confused.
Published
November 20, 2023

City Council shoots down proposal to allow public camping through the winter

Order 68, which would have ended sweeps of the city's homeless encampments through April, failed on a 6-3 vote early Tuesday.
Published
November 20, 2023

Zoning change would allow large housing project in Portland, but neighbors say it goes too far

East Deering residents argue that the development would bring significant traffic and degrade the area's natural beauty.

Published
November 13, 2023

Portland City Council approves temporary expansion of city homeless shelter

Work on the expansion will begin promptly and is expected to take about four weeks to complete. The council also approved an agreement that would allow a professional soccer team to play at Fitzpatrick Stadium.
Published
November 9, 2023

Proposal to allow homeless encampments in Portland draws ire from city departments, residents

The City Council will hear a first read of a new proposal to allow public camping through the winter and also will vote for the third time on a proposal to temporarily expand shelter capacity.
Published
November 8, 2023

Mark Dion elected Portland mayor after ranked-choice runoff

Election officials gathered at City Hall on Wednesday morning to calculate the results of the ranked-choice ballots after none of the 5 candidates received more than 50% of the vote.
Published
November 7, 2023

Portland mayor to be decided in ranked-choice runoff; Mark Dion leads

The final unofficial tallies Tuesday night showed Dion was leading with about 40% of the vote, triggering a ranked-choice runoff that will be tabulated Wednesday morning.
Published
October 19, 2023

Candidates for Portland City Council District 5 seat look to housing as top issue

Matthew Buonopane, a commercial lender, and Kate Sykes, who recently co-chaired the Maine Democratic Socialists of America's electoral committee, are vying to fill the seat currently held by Mark Dion, who is running for mayor.

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