Don Hamill News Today

Residents and town officials say communication and inclusivity around controversial issues needs to improve.

For every 1 voter in support of the $160 million proposal for a consolidated K-3 school at The Downs, 1.75 were opposed. The Town Council wants to find the key reasons behind the opposition.

The Downs requested additional terms and conditions that were "unfavorable" to the town, the town manager says.

The Town Council agrees that the town manager should pursue negotiations with The Downs for the proposed K-3 consolidated school.

Greater Portland Council of Governments has been working on a 200-unit transitional housing complex that would house new arrivals in Southern Maine for up to two years.

The Comfort Inn now has 23 rooms occupied by shelter residents out of the previous 69.

The $13 million bond issue is too big, group leaders say, but library trustees say the expansion plan is just right.

The Town Council and developers of The Downs are trying to come to a compromise to let Crossroads Holdings build more than 850 housing units over the next decade.