WHERE WE THROW ALL THE STUFF WE DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH…
First day of legal recreational marijuana in Maine dubbed Marijuana Monday… Thousands join two anti-Trump rallies in Portland in one day… Delivered packages in the West End continue to go missing… Night runners asked to use common sense… METRO marks 50th anniversary with record-setting 1.81 million riders… New Asian dessert stand at Public Market House sparks cultural appropriation debate… Pingree agrees with Trump on withdrawal from the Trans Pacific Partnership… Jazz vocalist Viva departs for New Orleans to premiere her new album… Mike Roylos’ Sidewalk Buttler is now recycling cigarette butts in 11 states… City selects Christopher Huff from Pennsylvania as new Tax Assessor… Tom MacMillan and Seth Baker leave the Green Party to join the Socialist Party USA… This is over former School Board member Ben Meiklejohn taking the Madawaska marching band to the inauguration… Meanwhile Chellie Pingree uses the NAACP MLK Dinner to announce that she won’t attend the inauguration… Health care rally draws hundreds and blocks traffic in front of City Hall… Bill proposed in Augusta to make it easier to own pet hedgehogs… Rusty patched bumble bee placed on endangered species list… Council considers renaming Franklin Street as Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard… Progressive Portland promotes a Muslim-owned business buy-in… Bramhall Pub issues a password to unlock all-night happy hour… Mayor Strimling calls for a comprehensive loophole-free synthetic pesticide ordinance… City Treasury Office will open a half-hour earlier at 8:30 a.m… OLS marks their 5th anniversary as a non-profit…
