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By Nancy English The good reasons to make streets safer for pedestrians and bicyclists run the gamut. Myles Smith, with Mainers for Smarter Transportation, says crime would decline with more... Read more
City addresses flooding that is worsening with sea level rise By Nancy English The water gently rocking the boats at the wharfs of the Portland waterfront doesn’t often unmask its... Read more
The Reality Facing Asylum Seekers in Maine By Nancy English The political, legal, and economic world surrounding asylum seekers in Maine has transformed from welcome to danger in less than a... Read more
A Hundred Ways to Make Art at Peregrine and Pickwick Presses By Nancy English With the Print Crawl beckoning visitors on the 12th through 14th of December, would-be print makers can see doze... Read more
How to Build More Housing Social or Otherwise By Nancy English On March 17th of this year, the Portland City Council established a group of residents to figure out how to use public resource... Read more
Three City Council Candidates Answer Questions Ahead of the Election By Nancy English Current at-large city councilor Pious Ali and newcomer Sam Aborne are competing for the one at-large sea... Read more
‘It can happen here.’ Staging a Depression Era Play as a Warning for the Present By Nancy English “It Can’t Happen Here,” is a play by Sinclair Lewis and John Moffit, based on a novel by Lew... Read more
By Nancy English “Music is the universal language of mankind.” -Henry W. Longfellow The website of New Horizons International Music Association, an international organization emb... Read more
Anti-Trump Administration Protests Keep Growing in Portland By Nancy English “Resist,” reads the black flag flying in the wind on a street corner by Lincoln Park, at a vigil held on Thursday... Read more
By Nancy English Over the years, the City of Portland has cited three housing first facilities owned by Avesta Housing with many housing safety violations. Preble Street provides support ser... Read more
