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Letter to the editor: Parking adds to cost of Portland visits

Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion September 29, 2022

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Re: “Parking in Portland’s a pain – especially for workers’ wallets” (, Page A1): I reflect on my own parking woes as a 21-year-old college graduate in Boston in 1971. I lived on Marlborough Street and worked on nearby Newbury Street, but because of the two-hour parking limit, I often drove to Cambridge, parked in the Kendall Square commuter lot and took the subway back to work. This craziness hastened my plan to move to Maine, my... + full article



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