APRIL, 2014
Former West Ender Lisa Fourre back in the hood for a visit…Lesley MacVane at the
NOLA Jazz Fest…Megan Connolly and family at the Bronx Zoo…Mattress delivery day
at Hyatt Place in the Old Port..Sam Dunning wore Red Sox garb under his cap and
gown at his NYU graduation ceremony at Yankee Stadium…Daniel Noel celebrating
‘the new 59’…Susan Hopkins returning borrowed summer chapeau at Starbucks…
Goodwill holds 3rd annual Little Black Dress event…Winifred from the old Local 188
in town from West Paris and hanging out at Gingko (sic) Blue…Local Concord
Trailways employee being hailed as hero for recent life-saving actions…Illegal elver
fishermen being nabbed in town…Baxter Boulevard to be car-free on Sundays starting
in May…Orion Cooper hosting Spring Potluck Party on St. John Street…Former West
Ender Crispy Christey on the island of Jamaica…Irish Heritage Center to house
archives of Governor Joe Brennan…Nova Scotia ferry arrives in Portland...Early
morning dog walkers caught off guard by mid-April snow…Convergence of local
editors and writers at Downtown Post Office…Lawrence Kelly’s dulcet tones at Gingko
Blue…
Local photographer Hafid Lalaoui documents Chinatown, New York in latest issue of
Cafe Review…Daily Sun scribe Cliff Gallant looking robust after recent heart surgery…
Colette Bouchard on her way to the CVS Pharmacy while it was being held up
recently…Sarah Colton back at West End Community Policing…Jenny Anastasoff
picking up some size two bargains at the Good Cause…Good Humor ice cream truck
playing a new jingle this year… Excavation begun at corner of Pine & Brackett…Duane
Robert Pierson combing Congress Street for WEN Cartoon Map word balloons…13th
annual Maine Playwrights’ Festival scheduled for St. Lawrence…Portland Public
Schools sets June 20th as last day of classes… Highland Green in Topsham to be
featured in a new Ed King cartoon map…Second annual Portland Kitchen Tour
scheduled for May…511 kids got free tickets to Portland Sea Dogs opening day game
through City literacy program…
Pepperclub/Good Egg Cafe on Middle Street will be moving to a new location by next
Fall…Old Port Festival will be three days this year…Roost House of Juice on Free
Street offering yoga classes before closing in a few weeks…Local Yankee fans can’t
believe they lost their first game of the season to the Houston Astros…Old Port Wool &
Textile Co. having an Out like a Lamb Sale…Local Planned Parenthood hosting art
exhibit entitled ‘One Night Stand’…Crystal Cron and Tom MacMillan at Rivalries for
the first day of baseball season…Judy Tierney and Martin Steingesser brunching at
Artemisia… Marsha Campbell back home from Puerto Lopez, Ecuador… Susan and
Vinnie (Fix-It Man) Veligor enjoying some Spring weather on Commercial Street…
Mark Usinger at Ocean Gateway for The CanAm Beard & Mustache Competition…
Priscilla Dreyman retiring and SPIRAL Arts closing after 22 years…Wendy Chapkis
back home and resting after major shoulder surgery…
