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No Trash/Recycling on Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 27 or Friday, November 28  (11/13/2008)
Public Services Trash and Recycling crews will not be collecting trash or recycling in the City of Portland on Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 27 or on Friday, November 28, 2008. More

Curbside Leaf Collection Starts October 27, 2008  (9/10/2008)
Curbside leaf collection in the City of Portland will be starting on Monday, October 27 and will run through Friday, November 21, 2008. More

Reminder!! Street Cleaning Operations Underway  (7/3/2008)
Residents of the Peninsula are reminded to observe parking restrictions in effect for street cleaning. Fail to do so could result in the towing of your vehicle. More

Want to Receive Important Construction Announcements from the City of Portland?  (2/27/2008)
Interested in finding out about major construction projects in the City of Portland before you find yourself in a long line of traffic? E-mail us to be added to the subscriber list More

Find Your Trash and Recycling Day  (2/23/2007)
Have a question on when your trash or recycling is picked up? More

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Alternate Parking

Is there a ban? | Alternate Parking | Towing | Notification Services

Free parking will be available at the following locations:

• Deering Oaks - on the Tennis Court road only
• State Street gravel lot abutting Deering Oaks
• Fitzpatrick Stadium parking lot
• Hadlock Field parking lot
• Cutter Street (off the Eastern Prom)
• Beach Street Lot accessible from Commercial Street
• U.S. Customs area of the International Marine Terminal on Commercial Street (under Casco Bay Bridge)
• All Portland Public School parking lots with the exception of the lot abutting the school and playgroundat Reiche School. You can park in the lot across from Reiche next to the Fresh Approach Meat Market and the lot on Clark Street behind Reiche School.

Citywide parking bans begin at 10:00 p.m. when one is called and last through 6:00 a.m. the following morning (unless otherwise specified). Vehicles left on the street are subject to towing at the owner's expense. You can place your vehicle in any of the above designated lots after 5:00 p.m. on the day a parking ban is declared.

Vehicles must be removed from these lots by 7:00 a.m. the morning the ban is lifted - unless a ban has been extended. For instance, if the parking ban ends at 7:00 a.m. on a Thursday morning, you must remove your car by 7:00 a.m., Thursday morning. There are also some garages in town that offer overnight parking at reduced rates during a parking ban (please check with your local parking garage to see what time your vehicle would need to be removed after a ban). You can find a complete list of these in the Yellow Pages under Parking Facilities.

GARAGES

Gateway Parking Garage: Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well - at the Eastland Hotel. Spring Street Garage: Open on Sundays from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 midnight (in the event of a Saturday night parking ban). Maine Medical Center Garage: Located on the corner of Congress and Forest Street. People using the garage for parking ban purposes need to enter from the Forest Street side. Parking at the garage is offered at a reduced rate. Please click here for a complete list of parking garages (along with phone numbers) in the downtown area.

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