WHERE WE THROW THE STUFF WE DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH…
Portland Downtown’s Shop for a Cause Day raised $4,500 for the Locker Project to help distribute food at Reiche and other local schools… Water Aerobics class continues every Thursday 8 to 9 am at Reiche pool for only $4.50… Portland Buy Local announces Mary Alice Scott as Executive Director… Penny Stevens demonstrates crocheting for WEN’s Tony Zeli… 75 State Street opens Residents’ Art Gallery on Sundays between 1:30 and 3:30 pm… Portland Paddle leads a solar eclipse kayak tour… Portland Public Library shares eclipse glasses in Monument Square… Portland Monthly Design Director Meaghan Maurice honored as one of FOLIO’s “30 Under 30”… A kitchen fire at Otto Pizza in the Arts District causes water damage and closes the pizzeria for several days… Portland’s first-ever Navy Week begins with a sailor swearing-in led by Mayor Ethan Strimling… Roma Café reopens at Rines Mansion… State Theater begins restoration and illumination of historic marquee… Trattoria Fanny Italian dining on Bramhall Square closes its doors for good… City starts delivering 25,000 new recycling carts and West Enders wonder where to store the giant new containers… Owner-occupied landlords group forms in West End to connect landlords and improve relations with tenants… Marine biologists study habits of great white sharks off the coast of southern Maine…
