Portland Press Herald

Housing choices are decreasing as the demand for senior housing is increasing.

Debate Over Moosehead Lake development heats up.

Maine residents with concerns about the impact of the project have already petitioned LURC to freeze development around Moosehead until the state creates a long-range plan to guide growth there.

Study finds that Mercury pollution is more extensive in Northeast.

Portland, Maine tops a variety of lists as one of the most livable communities in America, but can it afford to pay the price of its success?

Smart growth's benefits are not enough to counter the market incentives to sprawl.

Newly-introduced legislation would change Maine's law requiring motorists to stop for pedestrians.

Sprawl threatens the survial of the nation's eastern white pinelumber in southern Maine.

Portland is considering dividing the region into economic subregions. Is this a recipe for disaster or a secret way to expand the urban growth boundary?

The Town of Freeport, Maine approved an ordinance requiring developers to custer homes and preserve open space.

Portland, Maine's long-range tranit plan has reached in impasse -- how to deal with sprawl.

Residents fight smart growth plan, charging that planners are trying to urbanize the community.

A referendum that would have limited growth was rejected by residents corcerned that the measure would stifle economic development.