Perspectives from the Sky Astrological Forecast for March 2016 by Leo Knighton Tallarico March promises to be a most important and energetically intense month. Humans have always known the i... Read more
Jump Into the Dumpster – Where We Throw All the Stuff We Don’t Know What To Do With
Fort Gorges set to receive some much needed safety improvements with some help from the Army Corps of Engineers… Yale grad Anna Kellar faces former State Rep Herb Adams in the Dem primary for Parkside’s State House seat… Worker cooperative Farm Truck Juice opens on Brackett St… Maine Historical Society celebrates Henry Wadsworth Longfellow‘s 209th birthday… Jed Rathband flashes a peace sign to the Google car and is forever googlized… Bernie Sanders‘ “Backwoods Headquarters” opens in Piscataquis County… Charlie Mitchell of Bayside Bowl named Bowling Proprietor of the Year for 2015… City Council creates a historic district at 58 Fore Street… School Board member Pious Ali explores a City Council run… Four Democrats join the hunt for Justin Alfond’s Senate seat that is open because of term limits… Side x Side and the library exhibit handmade animal books by local first graders in the Children’s Room… Solar powered trash compactor removed from Clark Street Park and never replaced… WMPG celebrates Fat Tuesday with a Cajun Cook-off… Nancy Dorrans volunteers at Loon Mountain as a ski coach for New England Disabled Sports… Team Thibodeau member Eamonn Dundon supports Chris Christie… Hula hoopers spotted on a cold February afternoon in Congress Square… Chellie Pingree wants to exempt sea urchins and sea cucumbers from federal inspections… Rachel Horton White leaves position as Director of the Parkside Neighborhood Center to be an intuitive consultant… Luke deNatale swing dances at the Mechanics Hall… Max from Houlton is the new field director for the Maine Senate Democratic Campaign Committee… Optimal Self Gym celebrates its two-year anniversary… Spencer Thibodeau announces safety improvements for street crossings on Brackett and Clark coming soon…
Small Business Advice by Marilyn Miller “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none” – William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well As someone “from away” who has recently fulfilled a life-lo... Read more
Does your small business have the Randazzo Factor? by Marilyn Miller My dad is the son of Italian immigrants. Dad grew up during the Great Depression but never felt poor. He was lucky, as th... Read more
A New Monthly Column on Addiction and Recovery by Dr. TJ Kozma It’s about time that the epidemic of opiate addiction is front-page news in Portland. Maine has been at the epicenter of opiate... Read more
Joe’s Daughter Shares Her Favorite Memories The bricks and mortar are gone from Joe’s Super Variety but there are decades of “moments” out there waiting to be told. WEN is... Read more
Pedestrian Safety by Luke deNatale A number of West End residents are concerned about pedestrian safety and traffic features at the intersection of Brackett and Danforth streets as well as t... Read more
Daily Dumpster: Where We Throw All the Stuff We Don’t Know What To Do With
Long-time Portland firefighter David Jackson to be the next Fire Chief… Portland Trails celebrate 25th anniversary with cupcakes in Monument Square… Bangor Savings gives its workers a raise, the bank’s minimum wage is now $13 per hour… US Senate votes to say that climate change not caused by humans… Holly Seeliger spots a bald eagle soaring over the West End… Long-time Wolfeboro, NH, parks and recreation director, Ethan Hipple, hired as the new Director of Recreation… Friends of the Eastern Prom sell off chunks of Fort Allen park’s wrought iron fence to cover the cost of replacement… Maine People’s Alliance delivers enough signatures to put a minimum wage raise on the 2016 state ballot… All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is Longfellow Books‘ number one bestseller in 2015… Spencer Thibodeau and Belinda Ray join in roasting former councilors Dave Marshall and Kevin Donoghue… Tony Buxton apologies for the 2007 “Greens Cause Chaos” signs… METRO boasts over 1.5 million riders, the most ridership in almost thirty years… Maine Greens announce that unenrolled voters are welcome to vote in their party primary… Holly Seeliger is selected by the Young Elected Officials Network to attend a clean energy conference in Denver, uses FundRazr to cover expenses… Ruby McMahon-King, the ‘best dog in the world,’ celebrates her 14th birthday… Bicycle Coalition of Maine reports first pedestrian fatality of the New Year occurs in Farmington on January 1st…
Special Assistant to the Mayor
Newsy Musings: Special Assistant to the Mayor by Jenny Anastasoff In my previous column, I begged for a good local scandal or dish, and lo and behold, the city delivered. One of those myst... Read more