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Jump into the Daily Dumpster! May 2015

Posted By: Tony Zelion: May 30, 2015In: Jump Into the Dumpster!1 Comment

Will Hessian brings color to Ed King’s cartoon map, look for it in August… Holly Seeliger announces that she will run for office again, but will it be for School Board?… City Hall struck by lightning before Finance Committee meeting… Tom Landry hosts weekend-long grand opening for Benchmark real estate office on Pine St… India St neighborhood crumbling under weight of new condo projects… Portland Farmer’s Market program manager Jennifer Thompson takes a second job as Buy Local‘s sole employee… Captain Jim Splude and Friends of Casco Bay begin pumpout season… Vets for Peace did not attend this year’s Memorial Day Parade… Bee die-ins at Monument and Congress Squares… Susan McCloskey and Annie Wadleigh of Portland Pollinator Partnership join the March Against Monsanto… Fred Robie loans WEN an awesome red cargo bike for deliveries… Ed King and Ruby attend the We Are Maine rally… City’s annual crack sealing and paving will be done at night to minimize disruptions… At Peloton Speaks event, club owner Ken Bell shares stories of success, failure, friends and a new music club to open next month… Longfellow Books declares a Used Book Moratorium… Pingree praises Obama Administration for setting goals to help pollinators… Steven Scharf calls the punches on social media as Councilors beat up the Mayor for unilaterally postponing the budget hearing… Harlan Baker is fed up with LePage and the Maine Heritage Policy Center… May 19th is national Hepatitis testing day… Friends of Congress Square plant pollinator friendly trees and shrubs at Congress Square Park… Preble Street starts first ever homeless youth count in Maine… Former U.S. Rep. Tom Allen speaks at Maine Law graduation… Portland Trails host NACHO-nal Bike to Work Day networking lunch at El Rayo… Jewish-American human rights activist Anna Baltzer speaks at USM on peace and Palestine… Buy Local holds member mixer at Peloton Labs… Steven Scharf tries to rally Republicans, but despite his best efforts the School Budget passes by 2-1 margin with less than 1,000 voters… Whitley Marshall heads to Searsport Middle School to speak about GMOs and Monsanto… Urban Farm Fermentory moves to Bay One and releases new bottles and labels… This just in, Mom serves family’s 1,000,000th meal… Maine Narrow Gauge celebrates Train Day… Maine Historical Society organizes the Magical History Tour to share history that is normally closed to the public… Abbie McGilvery coaches small biz how to tell their story through social media at Peloton Labs… Portland Greens run poll that shows 55% in favor of $15 minimum wage… Seth Berner is avoiding acorns, he is concerned about squirrel debt?!?… Downspouts are being stolen from Spring Street to Danforth… Sam Pelletier gets his braces removed, WEN awaits a new headshot… Eric Hilton shaves his beard, looks ten years younger… Markos Miller returns to Ten Ten Pie after a well-deserved vacation… Soap Bubble laundry closes early to support veterans at the Little Black Dress event… First Parish UU cancels God Talk due to lack of registration… A maypole and accordions playing in Congress Square Park on May Day… Mayor Brennan enjoys an ice cream cone on Exchange St… Portland Lobster Company opens for the season… Dave Marshall becomes Arbonne natural food and beauty product consultant… Sundays on the Boulevard starts back up…

Jump into the Dumpster! April 2015

Posted By: Tony Zelion: April 30, 2015In: Jump Into the Dumpster!No Comments

Spirits Alive at the Eastern Cemetery share their new logo… City hires former DHHS GA manager David MacLean as its Director of Social Services… Planned Parenthood of Northern New England turns 50… ‪#‎BaltimoreRiots‬ “A Riot is the language of the unheard.” MLK… 400 international tourism businesses from eight different countries visit Portland for Discover New England Tourism Summit… City’s new outdoor dining regulations require 8-foot sidewalks and barriers… Local foodie writer Avery Yale-Kamilla organizes a showing of the documentary Cowspiracy looking at the environmental impacts of factory farms… Janet Daigle pens a furious letter to City Council condemning the City for not shutting down her neighbor’s fire pit… Spartan Grill owner Mike Roylos shovels 60,000 cigarette butts onto Monument Square as an Earth Day demonstration… A 420 wreck along the Back Bay Trail on 4/20… A lone camel waits for the Shriners’ Circus in a downtown parking lot… Friends of Congress Square Park will manage a grant from Southwest Airlines to improve amenities and programing in the urban park… Anna and Steve of Anna’s Used Furniture retire… Governor LePage and State Senator Andre Cushing seek to prohibit local ordinances on the minimum wage with LD 1361… Jacqui Deveneau is overwhelmed by all the cigarette butts on Parkside Clean-up Day, but did her best… After 2 years Steve Hewins announces he will step down as Executive Director of Portland’s Downtown District… Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad opens for School Vacation Week… Police Chief Michael Sauschuck to serve as Acting City Manager… 2 lynx kittens headline opening day at Maine Wildlife Park in Gray… Black Lives Matter rally invades City Hall… Ethan Strimling passes on posing for a picture with the Greens collecting signatures for $15/hour referendum, but does sign the petition… Baxter Academy’s the Outliers robotics team heading to World Competition in St. Louis… News of a ragtag startup publication, WTF Portland is leaked through social media… On Equal Pay Day (Apr 14) Maine women still earn only 81 cents for every dollar earned by men… Sea Dogs’ mascot Slugger officially announces that he loves Beal’s Lobster Pier lobsters… Portland Schools’ Food Service Manager Nancy McAdam wins Manager of the Year award from the Maine School Nutrition Association… Hannaford gives away reusable shopping bags on eve of new 5 cent City bag fee… School Board postpones last school day to June 19th… Acting City Manager Sheila Hill-Christian accepts the position of Assistant City Manager in Cincinnati… Chief Sauschuck strongly opposes proposal to abolish restrictions on the concealed carry of firearms… Malory Shaughnessy celebrates 2 years at Maine Community Health Options… Local internet series Kitty Critic resurrected for Easter episode with Sorcha… The Regency is among 32 finalists for the 16th annual Maine Family Business Awards… Fr. Mike Seavey leads interfaith Washing of the Feet ceremony on Holy Thursday… Asher Platts claims to be an old fart at the ripe, old age of 32…

Jump into the Dumpster! March 2015

Posted By: Tony Zelion: March 03, 2015In: Jump Into the Dumpster!No Comments

Internet Farmer Jeremy Bloom invited to speak at the next March Against Monsanto… The group Women on 20s would like to see Frances Perkins on the 20 dollar bill… West End Reader Kerry Purvis will travel to Guatemala with Librarians Without Borders… Luke deNatale joins the WEN team as an assignment writer… State Senator Justin Alfond named a “champion” of clean energy by the New England Clean Energy Council… State Rep. Ben Chipman brings a bill to raise the minimum wage in Maine to $10 per hour… Rosanne Graef hosts Of By For house party to support Clean Elections… Councilor Kevin Donoghue publicly states love for Montreal streetscapes… Mayor Brennan hosts Iceland’s Ambassador to the US… Former Homeless Voices for Justice organizer Amy Gallant takes a job advocating with the AARP of Maine… City Public Health workers Kathy Martin and Vaneesa Woodward win ME Dental Assoc award for promoting oral health for kids… Baxter Academy robotics team, the Outliers, rank 3rd in New England… Mama’s Crowbar is about to be be pried out of their space on Munjoy Hill… Susan Hopkins delivering Maine Jewish Film Festival flyers to Local Sprouts… Ian Jacob can’t find bingo on the peninsula… John Flynn from Deering Pavilion wants Harvey Robbins to return to the Merrill Auditorium… Lobster Boat Blockade participant Jay O’Hara will visit Portland to share his story… Rebekah Hawley has joined the ranks of Reiki practitioners… Brentwood St threatened by skunk… WEN Publisher Tony Zeli and Erin Cianchette get engaged… Portland Greens push $15 minimum wage… Next school year high schoolers will be riding the Metro to class… Walker Films produce one minute videos once a day in March… <strong>Jeanette Richelson and T Love Smith get engaged… Dating advice website names Portland as one of the 12 Unexpectedly Perfect Cities to Get Married In…

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