4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (419+ words) PORTLAND — Six years after Portland residents first voted to enact rent control, the city council passed a resolution to encourage staff to enforce the rent control ordinance. The ordinance went into effect in 2021 and establishes a base rent for all…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (503+ words) It wasn’t that long ago — in 2023 — that the New York Zoo at Thompson Park in Watertown was closed — many thought for good. In one last move, the zoo welcomed a new interim director and things changed for the better. The…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (445+ words) KERRVILLE, Texas — The City of Kerrville had a master plan to reimagine Louise Hays Park. But after a second year of flood damage, they’re taking this rebuild slow. “The road back is going to be a lot different,” said Jay…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (339+ words) September is preparedness month in Maine, according to the Maine Emergency Management Agency, which means it’s time to pack or update your emergency preparedness kit. Vanessa Corson, the public information officer for MEMA, said this month is a good time…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (365+ words) WELLS –– Wells residents will get a chance to sound off Tuesday on a proposal to regulate short-term rentals for the first time. Selectmen and the Planning Board are holding a joint hearing at 6 p.m. at Wells Public Library to…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (555+ words) LEWISTON — The Lewiston City Council voted to extend its mobile home rent increase moratorium on Tuesday, despite initially voting against the measure earlier this month. In March, the council first adopted a mobile home rent increase moratorium to allow the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (169+ words) Work has started on Parkway Gardens, what will be a $33 million three-story building for public housing in Utica. Project leaders said it took six years and the demolition of three buildings that were about 60 years old, part of the N.D. Peters…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (427+ words) PORTLAND –– Avesta Housing celebrated a milestone project in Portland Tuesday, drawing praise from public officials for its planned 201 units. “This is a great addition to Portland, very, very much needed,” said Dan Brennan, director of MaineHousing, which helped finance the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (336+ words) HOUSTON — The Houston City Council passed an ordinance 12-2 last week that requires landlords to provide a functioning air conditioning system in all rental properties. Landlords must comply within 120 days, and the ordinance does not require the installation of central air....

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (259+ words) AUBURN — The city council last week unanimously approved spending $125,000 on a housing development for the chronically homeless. The project will be developed in conjunction with Home for Good, a program established by the state in March that funds permanent housing…...