POLICE BEAT Hate Crime Investigated at Casco Bay High Four black Casco Bay High School students reported being accosted by a teenager making racist comments while they waited for a bus. The... Read more
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First day of legal recreational marijuana in Maine dubbed Marijuana Monday… Thousands join two anti-Trump rallies in Portland in one day… Delivered packages in the West End continue to go missing… Night runners asked to use common sense… METRO marks 50th anniversary with record-setting 1.81 million riders… New Asian dessert stand at Public Market House sparks cultural appropriation debate… Pingree agrees with Trump on withdrawal from the Trans Pacific Partnership… Jazz vocalist Viva departs for New Orleans to premiere her new album… Mike Roylos’ Sidewalk Buttler is now recycling cigarette butts in 11 states… City selects Christopher Huff from Pennsylvania as new Tax Assessor… Tom MacMillan and Seth Baker leave the Green Party to join the Socialist Party USA… This is over former School Board member Ben Meiklejohn taking the Madawaska marching band to the inauguration… Meanwhile Chellie Pingree uses the NAACP MLK Dinner to announce that she won’t attend the inauguration… Health care rally draws hundreds and blocks traffic in front of City Hall… Bill proposed in Augusta to make it easier to own pet hedgehogs… Rusty patched bumble bee placed on endangered species list… Council considers renaming Franklin Street as Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard… Progressive Portland promotes a Muslim-owned business buy-in… Bramhall Pub issues a password to unlock all-night happy hour… Mayor Strimling calls for a comprehensive loophole-free synthetic pesticide ordinance… City Treasury Office will open a half-hour earlier at 8:30 a.m… OLS marks their 5th anniversary as a non-profit…
PORTLAND WINTER FARMERS’ MARKET by Jenn Thompson Amidst the ice and wind, you will find farmers selling their wares each Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Portland Winter Farmers’ Market... Read more
West End People Lucie Trudeau’s Labors of Love in the West End by Marilyn Miller Thirty years ago, West End resident Lucille (Lucie) Trudeau wanted to earn a living and spend more time... Read more
The Spotted Turtle Gets Some Help from Noble Middle School LEGO League Team by The Turtle Tribe, Noble Middle School, Berwick, ME First LEGO League is an international robotics competition f... Read more
Congress Square Park Needs Your Ideas by Bree LaCasse, FoCSP Happy New Year from your Friends at Congress Square Park! The wonderful Maine winter is upon us. As we all enjoy sledding and ice... Read more
The Amos Farm ANIMAL PRODUCTION by Christian Torp, Master Gardner The increasing consumption of animal protein is generally considered at odds with Earth’s ability to feed its people.... Read more
Results of the Aging in Place Survey reveals some of the needs of aging West End neighbors. by Pamela Shaw and Elaine Benedetti, WECAN-AIP Last fall the West End Community Action Network... Read more
Benchmark Top Tips Selling in a Changing Season With the time change and the colder weather, what are some tips for home sellers? Leave house lit up and showing ready when you leave for work... Read more
Pesticide Task Force Votes to Work into 2017 by Bridget Chase The Pesticide and Fertilizer Task Force met on December 21st with the expectation of a decision on a draft ordinance that would... Read more
