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Volume 8, Number 14 Portland, Maine Friday, August 29, 2008
The West End NEWS
Volume 8, Number 14 Portland, Maine Friday, August 29, 2008
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Photo by Harlan Baker
This has bee an especially hard winter on Portland streets,
not to mention on the cars of drivers who have had to
maneuver around the enormous number of potholes in the
city.
Not every driver has been lucky, and in one instance at
Morill's Corner, a string of cars hitting the same pothole
produced a series of flat tires that had to be changed in
the McDonald's parking lot.
Potholes also reveal a part of Portland's past.
Cobblestones, trolley tracks and stone cross- walks that
lie beneath the blacktop are now
revealed. The crosswalk next the East End Cemetery
(above) is worth preserving. -Harlan Baker
This has bee an especially hard winter on Portland streets,
not to mention on the cars of drivers who have had to
maneuver around the enormous number of potholes in the
city.
Not every driver has been lucky, and in one instance at
Morill's Corner, a string of cars hitting the same pothole
produced a series of flat tires that had to be changed in
the McDonald's parking lot.
Potholes also reveal a part of Portland's past.
Cobblestones, trolley tracks and stone cross- walks that
lie beneath the blacktop are now
revealed. The crosswalk next the East End Cemetery
(above) is worth preserving. -Harlan Baker
Pothole Potpourri
| NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST FOR PORTLAND FRIDAY....MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60. SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. |
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DAILY DUMPSTER
WHERE WE THROW ALL THE STUFF
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH
Yes, that was Charlie Berry you saw walking down Congress
Street, visiting from Key West, headed to who-knows-where!...
Local cigar smoker now sucking on lollipops instead...School
Committee's Rebecca Minnick loves giving tours of Portland
Observatory...Artist Jeanette Ross in town visiting from her
new Biddeford base...
Pop’s Painting crew did a beautiful job on the fabulous
Peabody home on Walker Street…Popeye’s Mexican Ice
House?!… Brackett Street parked car got booted…Baysider
got the inside story on the ‘drinking in public’ story… Local
artist moving from Congress Street to West Street to get a little
peace and quiet…Local City Councilors hitched a ride in the
WestEndNewsMobile to get to a Franklin Street appointment
on time…Bollard’s Chris Busby keeping an eye on the paper
stacks at Mr. Bagel in the Old Port… Munjoy Hill performer
Sheila Jackson the life of the party at the St. Lawrence yard
sale…Don’t ask Station A’s John Nappi if he knows the
difference between a Red Sox Hot Dog and a Yankee
Frank…Hi-Tides celebrating the End of Summer with a
Beach Party concert at Club Onyx on Fore Street on Friday,
the 29th… City of Portland has unveiled a new welcome sign
in Deering Oaks Park… Portland Republican City
Committee members Jay Hibbard, Vance Wheelock and
State Senate candidate Eric Lusk will be attending the
Republican National Convention -which begins on
September 1st in Minneapolis, Minnesota…NBC News at
Becky's Diner on August 26th to ask how people are going to
cope with having no daily newspaper. They'll interview Rep
Herb Adams too...Portland cops nabbed hit-and-run driver
while she was having Sunday brunch at trendy local eatery...
Mayor Ed Suslovic left PaperBoy in charge of the City while
he's off on vacation to Prince Edward's Island...Local artist
Bob Nason still painting and playing tennis at 85...Former
West Ender Cliff Gallant says he's not in the running for
Munjoy Hill Observer Editor job...Sixtyish lady having coffee
outside Big Sky Bread wearing sequined 'Cowgirls Rule' tee
shirt... District 3's Dan Skolnik answers 'Yo!' to City Council
roll call...
Brackett Street’s Matiss Duhon (and musical accompanist
Erica Burkhart) wowed the Saturday Show audience with
juggling performance…Bob the Record Guy doing great at his
new location…Some West End athletes starting training to
take on the Chinese Gymnastic Team in 2012. (First step is to
cut back on the Schlitz)…Katie Brown warming up her
pitching arm getting ready for September 14th MunjFest
Dunk Tank…Local party animals headed west to Burning
Man event in the Nevada desert…Jo Boni Cohen and
Virginia Collins ran a great food stand at African Cultural
Museum block party… City Council hopefuls Dory Waxman
and Will Gorham seen chatting near City Hall...If you see
Cora Brown on August 21st, be sure to wish her a Happy
98th Birthday!...Customers came from all over the city for
Michelle Souliere's August 2nd yard sale on State Street...
Local artists Lee Orme and Marie Gallant discussing
aesthetics on Congress Street...WMPG might have had a
better chance against the champion WEN team if they had had
DJ Deirdre Nice batting cleanup (Not true that Manny was
one of the NEWSIES many ringers...Who knew?!There's a
serious NASCAR clique in Bayside...City Councilor Kevin
Donoghue pulled over his taxicab in front of Paul's Market to
pick up the latest WEN...
Check out the DUMPSTER archives.
Click here to Find Out What's Happening
this Weekend at the St. Lawrence!
WHERE WE THROW ALL THE STUFF
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH
Yes, that was Charlie Berry you saw walking down Congress
Street, visiting from Key West, headed to who-knows-where!...
Local cigar smoker now sucking on lollipops instead...School
Committee's Rebecca Minnick loves giving tours of Portland
Observatory...Artist Jeanette Ross in town visiting from her
new Biddeford base...
Pop’s Painting crew did a beautiful job on the fabulous
Peabody home on Walker Street…Popeye’s Mexican Ice
House?!… Brackett Street parked car got booted…Baysider
got the inside story on the ‘drinking in public’ story… Local
artist moving from Congress Street to West Street to get a little
peace and quiet…Local City Councilors hitched a ride in the
WestEndNewsMobile to get to a Franklin Street appointment
on time…Bollard’s Chris Busby keeping an eye on the paper
stacks at Mr. Bagel in the Old Port… Munjoy Hill performer
Sheila Jackson the life of the party at the St. Lawrence yard
sale…Don’t ask Station A’s John Nappi if he knows the
difference between a Red Sox Hot Dog and a Yankee
Frank…Hi-Tides celebrating the End of Summer with a
Beach Party concert at Club Onyx on Fore Street on Friday,
the 29th… City of Portland has unveiled a new welcome sign
in Deering Oaks Park… Portland Republican City
Committee members Jay Hibbard, Vance Wheelock and
State Senate candidate Eric Lusk will be attending the
Republican National Convention -which begins on
September 1st in Minneapolis, Minnesota…NBC News at
Becky's Diner on August 26th to ask how people are going to
cope with having no daily newspaper. They'll interview Rep
Herb Adams too...Portland cops nabbed hit-and-run driver
while she was having Sunday brunch at trendy local eatery...
Mayor Ed Suslovic left PaperBoy in charge of the City while
he's off on vacation to Prince Edward's Island...Local artist
Bob Nason still painting and playing tennis at 85...Former
West Ender Cliff Gallant says he's not in the running for
Munjoy Hill Observer Editor job...Sixtyish lady having coffee
outside Big Sky Bread wearing sequined 'Cowgirls Rule' tee
shirt... District 3's Dan Skolnik answers 'Yo!' to City Council
roll call...
Brackett Street’s Matiss Duhon (and musical accompanist
Erica Burkhart) wowed the Saturday Show audience with
juggling performance…Bob the Record Guy doing great at his
new location…Some West End athletes starting training to
take on the Chinese Gymnastic Team in 2012. (First step is to
cut back on the Schlitz)…Katie Brown warming up her
pitching arm getting ready for September 14th MunjFest
Dunk Tank…Local party animals headed west to Burning
Man event in the Nevada desert…Jo Boni Cohen and
Virginia Collins ran a great food stand at African Cultural
Museum block party… City Council hopefuls Dory Waxman
and Will Gorham seen chatting near City Hall...If you see
Cora Brown on August 21st, be sure to wish her a Happy
98th Birthday!...Customers came from all over the city for
Michelle Souliere's August 2nd yard sale on State Street...
Local artists Lee Orme and Marie Gallant discussing
aesthetics on Congress Street...WMPG might have had a
better chance against the champion WEN team if they had had
DJ Deirdre Nice batting cleanup (Not true that Manny was
one of the NEWSIES many ringers...Who knew?!There's a
serious NASCAR clique in Bayside...City Councilor Kevin
Donoghue pulled over his taxicab in front of Paul's Market to
pick up the latest WEN...
Check out the DUMPSTER archives.
Click here to Find Out What's Happening
this Weekend at the St. Lawrence!
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City of Portland Volunteer Opportunities Board and Commissions DEADLINE AUG. 29 Board of Appeals – 1 position Board of Assessment Review – 2 positions CDBG Allocation Committee – 7 positions Civil Service Commission – 2 positions Downtown Portland Corporation – 2 positions Fair Hearing Officer – 2 positions Friends of the Parks – 2 positions Harbor Commission – 1 position Landbank – 2 positions Police Citizen Review Subcommittee – 3 positions Portland Fish Exchange A – 2 positions Portland Fish Exchange B – 1 position Portland Fish Exchange C – 1 position Portland Housing Authority – 1 tenant position Additional information is available in the City Clerk’s office, on the City’s website at www.portlandmaine.gov or at 874-8677. Deadline for submission is August 29, 2008. Please send a resume and cover letter to Appointments Committee Chairman, c/o Linda C. Cohen, City Clerk, 389 Congress Street, Portland ME 04101 or lcc@portlandmaine.gov. Applicants will be contacted for interviews. |
Report of Armed
Men Draws
Strong Police
Response
Police responded with drawn
weapons after being called to
the Shailer School building on
Munjoy Hill’s North Street on
August 25 around 10:30 AM,
when a tow-truck driver
reported seeing a couple of
men with guns going into the
building. Several vehicles were
dispatched to the location, with
North Street barricaded at
Cumberland Avenue and at
Melbourne Street. An officer
with an M-16 rifle stood near
the corner of Quebec Street,
while other police checked the
immediate area of the building.
The incident was summed up
by Sergeant Robin Gauvin as
“A couple of idiots with a BB
gun.” Neither of the men was
detained. -Marge Niblock
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Men Draws
Strong Police
Response
Police responded with drawn
weapons after being called to
the Shailer School building on
Munjoy Hill’s North Street on
August 25 around 10:30 AM,
when a tow-truck driver
reported seeing a couple of
men with guns going into the
building. Several vehicles were
dispatched to the location, with
North Street barricaded at
Cumberland Avenue and at
Melbourne Street. An officer
with an M-16 rifle stood near
the corner of Quebec Street,
while other police checked the
immediate area of the building.
The incident was summed up
by Sergeant Robin Gauvin as
“A couple of idiots with a BB
gun.” Neither of the men was
detained. -Marge Niblock
(See more WEN News Photos)
(See more WEN Photos from
around the world!)
