THE DUMPSTER: Where we throw all the stuff we don’t know what to do with…

Travel TV host Rick Steves donates $50k to Maine marijuana legalization effort… Diane Russell speaks at DNC in Philly… Sam Pelletier makes the quarter-finals of the Empire’s Couch Comedy Summer Classic… Justin Alfond keeping busy with coffee meeting at Yordprom… Penny Rich planning a big 70th birthday trip… Ice Cream Train returns to the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad running select Friday evenings… Knightville parking goes from head-in to parallel but still plenty of spots for SoPo shoppers… Nancy Dorrans stars in Pecha Kucha Night at the Portland House of Music… Jenny Anastasoff acts in a national transgender rights TV ad… Greenhut Galleries sold to John Danos and Kelley Lehr of Los Angeles…. Emily Figdor and the Portland Democrats hold their first Annual Community Picnic at Deering Oaks Park… Rev. Kenneth Lewis of Green Memorial AME Zion Church and City leaders host hundreds in a community gathering for peace… Rosanne Graef hosts meetings on water safety at the Reiche Book Nook… Chellie Pingree meets with local craft brewers to discuss local ingredients in Maine brews… Anna Trevorrow will seek a second term on School Board… Kathryn Manson wins the WEN decal photo contest and receives a gift card courtesy of Fresh Approach Meat Market… Portland Buy Local celebrates its 10th Birthday at the Monument Square Farmers’ Market… New Munjoy Hill Observer goes online…  Jon Hinck will seek a second term on City Council… Westin hotel opens a new outdoor café called The Patio on Congress Square… Maine Historical Society opens exhibit for the 150th anniversary of the Great Portland Fire of 1866… Famed election predictor Nate Silver says Donald Trump may win Maine in November….