The 8th annual Indie Biz Awards were revealed on Thursday, October 22nd, at Port City Music Hall. Local businesses were nominated and voted on in September, and were announced at the event.... Read more
West End named Best Neighborhood by the Buy Local Indie Biz Awards… Bay Ferries Ltd named new operator for ferry service between Portland and Nova Scotia… Rob Korobkin publishes a mail piece advertising support from all the City’s elected Greens… Wells Lyons secures the purple sea monkey vote as evidenced at the Reiche 5k benefit run… Spencer Thibodeau promises donuts to his army of volunteers… Vinny O’Malley says Pizza Villa has the best fish chowder… Hidden Ladder Collective come across an Asher Platts campaign sign in California while on tour promoting PBL Robots card game… Doug Clop and about 75 supporters deliver 70,000 signatures to put statewide ranked choice voting on the November 2016 ballot…El Rayo will reopen on Free Street… Portland Food Co-op celebrates its one-year anniversary… Seanachie Nights returns with Tales of the Supernatural at Bull Feeney’s… DHHS announces first positive flu case of the season was detected by Mid Coast Hospital… OOB catches up to Portland with their own community skate park on Ball Park Way… Rachel Talbot Ross announces she will resign as City’s head of multi cultural affairs… Michele Markowitz Arcand hosts the 10-year celebration of open mic at Dogfish… Apothecary by Design is the only Portland-based company to win the Governor’s Award for Business Excellence… House Speaker Mark Eves endorses Mike Brennan for mayor… Harlan Baker and Wells Staley-Mays endorse Tom MacMillan for mayor… Jay Norris announces that the Munjoy Hill Observer will be taking a break from publication… Fire Chief Jerome LaMoria resigns… Dan Knudsen sings of monsters and mayhem at Dogfish Open Mic… City begins search for a 45-foot to 60-foot well-rounded behemoth to make the perfect Holiday tree…Drew Joy is hired as Executive Director for the Southern Maine Workers’ Center… An organic juice bar is moving to the West End… Ben Chipman celebrates National Taco Day and eats a 2 lb. taco in less than 60 minutes to win free tacos for a year… An ice-coffee toting stick figure is a big hit at the Crooked Mile Rosemont… Maine Marathon bumps Sundays on the Boulevard… Washboard Eco Laundry closes its doors because landlord refuses to resign lease… At first mayoral debate Mike Brennan admits it’s been a bumpy road, Ethan Strimling says he was a troubled youth, and Tom MacMillan says he was a homeless youth…
by Emilia Scheemaker Ben Waxman left a career in Washington politics to come home to Maine. As the adviser to the president of the AFL-CIO, Waxman followed Obama’s 2008 Ohio campaign. He vis... Read more
Tai Chi Chih is being offered at Reiche this fall through the Recreation Department. The classes will continue until January 19th, with two weeks off for Christmas vacation. Class is held on... Read more
The West End Neighborhood Association (WENA) and Western Promenade Neighborhood Association (WPNA) hosted a candidates’ debate for District 2 City Council on October 20th. All three young pr... Read more
The Annual West End Halloween Parade is set to take place Saturday, October 31st. City Councilor Dave Marshal and West End resident Wynne Wirth are co-organizing this event with help from th... Read more
The City is asking media to alert property owners that the stormwater bills they received in September are just samples. There is a new stormwater fee that will be implemented on January 1st... Read more
The City and The Federated Companies announced that the Midtown project is expected to break ground by the end of this year. The two parties have reached an agreement in order to move the Ba... Read more
TECHY AND HOMELESS ACTIVIST CHALLENGE LONG-TIME INCUMBENT FOR AT-LARGE SEAT Newcomer David Foster of Deane Street is running for a citywide at-large Council seat against long-time incumbent... Read more
INCUMBENT HOLLY SEELIGER RUNS UNOPPOSED FOR DISTRICT 2 Holly Seeliger, a Portland Board of Public Education member representing District 2 (West End, Parkside, Oakdale/USM, and St. John Vall... Read more
