South Portland council hires consultant to help make Mahoney decision
The independent review will look at two possible options for the former middle school property: a municipal campus and affordable housing.
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The independent review will look at two possible options for the former middle school property: a municipal campus and affordable housing.
Residents turn out to defend the commission's work and funding at a council workshop where potential budget cuts were on the table.
The increase is due in large part to an accounting error in this year's municipal budget that resulted in a $4 million shortfall.
Fisherman's Point is in federal flood and shoreland zones, and rebuilding there could affect flood insurance for neighboring property owners. But the historical society is holding out hope.
The council gives preliminary approval to a zoning change that would allow the owners of the Howard Johnson hotel in Thornton Heights to build a five-story residential building nearby with the option of contracting space out for use as a shelter.