Portland Conservatory of Music ADULT CONCERT BAND FORMING The Portland Conservatory of Music (PCM) is a non-profit community music school located in the Woodfords Corner neighborhood. PCM h... Read more
AMERICAN CHESTNUT PLANTING AT HARBOR VIEW PARK by Pamela Shaw The American chestnut was once the most important forest tree in much of the Eastern US. The trees grew fast and tall and produc... Read more
Portland Man Charged in Hate Crime Police arrested 37-year-old Jesse James Taylor of Portland following a disturbance at a Monument Square Restaurant. Workers at Sisters Gourmet Deli called... Read more
Shipyard to Donate $20,000, Release Commemorative Cans for 20th Beach to Beacon In honor of the 20th running of the TD Beach to Beacon 10K (held Saturday, August 5th in Cape Elizabeth), Ship... Read more
Mid-Century Bayside Remembered by Tony Taylor The intersection of Oxford and Elm Streets today is a place one rushes through on the way to somewhere else. Each of its four corners is a parki... Read more
UPDATE ON WEST END AGING IN PLACE West End Aging in Place (AIP) organizers have decided to join Portland Area Villages (PAV). PAV is incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit and can provide a... Read more
The Maine Crafts Association will present the third annual Portland Fine Craft Show on August 26th, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Congress Street between High and State streets. The show is free... Read more
A jumble of unused rocks becomes Rocky Hill playground feature at Deering Oaks Park… Portland Conservatory of Music launches a new adult concert band open to adults of all ages and experience… Peaks to Portland swim gets a record number of over 500 swimmers… Principal of Falmouth High School Gregg Palmer nominated as new principal of Deering High… Portland Jetport opens a new gallery space with an inaugural exhibit from Bigelow Laboratory featuring huge photographs of the tiniest ocean creatures… Reade Brower of Camden and owner of Press Herald buys Lewiston’s Sun Journal… C-SPAN visits Portland to record the non-fiction literary history of the city to air on BookTV and American History TV the weekend of October 21… Children’s clothing retailer Little on Exchange St. wins first ever Portland Downtown Summer Window Display Contest… Volunteers plant six American Chestnut seedlings at Harbor View Park near Commercial St… Natural Resources Defense Council claims Maine among 15 worst states for smog and pollen… East Enders complain to the City about noise from the Maine State Pier… Justin Alfond says he won’t run for governor in 2018… Casco Baykeeper Ivy Frignoca reports sightings of bright green algal blooms in Back Cove… Parking meter rates go up for the first time in eight years reaching $1.25 per hour… WEN Publisher Tony Zeli elected Secretary of the Board for Portland Buy Local…
Sustainability Committee has Portland’s Draft Pesticide Ordinance on Fast Track by Bridget Chase The Sustainability and Transportation Committee began the process of reviewing the draft pest... Read more
Forget Vegan: Raising Rabbits
Raising Rabbits Good for the Environment by Christian Torp “if you eat meat, you kill animals, but you also kill them by eating plants.” Claudio Bertonatti -The Vegan Confusion You’re a huma... Read more