MAY, 2014
Reiche Book Nook looking for volunteers…Jenny Anastasoff starring in The Hanover
House, Maine-made horror movie that had its world premiere at the Saco Drive-In on
May 9th….Kristin Espey and Karla Jurgelevich at Pride Cocktail Social at Caiola’s…
Portland City Council raises property taxes 3%…Old gang at Casco Bay Weekly
planning a First Friday reunion at Portland Public Library…Tae Chong lunching at the
Portland Public Market… MOO Milk going out of business but Casco Bay Butter still
going strong…Eric Handley strolling through Monument Square…Fore Street named
12th-best restaurant in America… Senator Angus King endorses Senator Susan
Collins in her upcoming re-election bid…Over 500 people at Pride Portland kickoff
party at Port City Music Hall…New Nova Scotia ferry season is underway…
Parkside Neighborhood Association giving away potted flowers on Flower Power Day
May 31st…New solar compacting trash can outside Mellen Street Market….Marge
Fallon and Finn relocated to Gloucester, Mass…Former East End State Rep Ben
Dudley walking his Great Dane down Congress Street…Matthew Pekins new general
manager of Blackstones…The Danforth Inn has new owners…American Idol audition
bus tour to stop in Portland this summer… Idexx Labs’ founder David Shaw (USM’76)
performing a harmonica solo at Civic Center graduation ceremony… Storytelling night at
Old Port Wool and Textile Company…Bob Barrett pedaling his recumbent bike to the
East End Beach…Traffic problems reported on 95 when Governor Christie was in
town…
Tracie J. Reed is now a Maine Licensed Architect…West End block party known as
“Family Fun Day” scheduled Saturday, June 7th from 10 to 2 at Reiche School…
Mark your calendars people!…Mayor Mike Brennan to hold task force meeting to
discuss creation of a minimum wage for Portland…Christina Feller returning to
Nairobi for another month to build rehab hospitals in Kenya and Somalia and get
measles vaccines to Middle Juba area…Reginald and Casey Groff at the fairy village on
Macworth Island…Michelle Souliere has a copy of Ed King’s ‘The Hoadley’s’ at the
Green Hand…Locals wondering why Joe’s Smoke Shop changed its name…City
Councilors and Bike/Ped Committee on bike tour of Portland…Nova Scotia ferry to
offer free tours…
