PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • March 8, 2022
The Portland City Council approved the renaming of Bedford Park as Noyes Park on Monday night following a debate that has stretched on for months about the history of the small park. Members of the Noyes family, which sold the land for the park to the city in 1928, requested that its name in ordinance be changed to correct what they said was an error by the city. In other news Monday, the council voted 8-1 to approve the purchase of a property at 834 Riverside St. near Riverton Trolley Park using a $23,000 donation from Allagash Brewing and to place the land in the Portland Land Bank for preservation.