By Carol McCracken (Post # 621) Speaking of the upcoming mid-term election, (and if you aren’t speaking of it, why not, since everyone else is!), November 2nd will provide you with an opportunity to support the important work of the … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken (Post # 620) Late this morning state and city officials convened near the Ocean Gateway Terminal on the Portland waterfront to celebrate the start of the construction on the Ocean Gateway Pier 11. The $4.8 million project … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken (Post # 619) Long lines inside and outside of Trader Joe’s marked its opening day here in Portland at 87 Marginal Way. Customers began lining up outside the first TJ’s in Maine well before it opened its … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken (Post # 618) This afternoon almost fifty friends and Unum co-workers of the late Mike McKenna and Mark Thibeault ran 4 miles in their memory along the Eastern Promenade round-trip. The two died of cancer within five … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken (Post # 617) The Bayside Trail Campaign Committee has announced an open registration for a 5K “trail race” benefiting Portland’s new Bayside Trail. It’s a 1.2 mile-long trail that starts at the Casco Bay Lines on Commercial … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken (Post # 616) “It was a big jump for us,” said Ben Alexander, owner of Maine Mead Works yesterday in the company’s distinctive tasting room in their new location at 51 Washington Avenue. “Going from 800 ft. … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken (Post # 615) From a very early age, Christine Kiley has been training dogs – family dogs and the dogs of neighbors. “King” her family’s German Shephard was her first student when she was in the third … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken (Post # 614) After waiting and waiting and following much hand-wringing, this afternoon Lee Farrngton, Chef/Owner of Figa, confirmed that her much anticipated restaurant is opening on Tuesday, October 26th at 5 pm. Originally the charismatic Farrington … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken (Post # 613) On Monday, work began at 144 Fore Street near the Portland waterfront, which will result in medical offices for the Veterans’ Administration by mid-March of next year. Workers began gutting the interior of the … Continue reading →

By Carol McCracken (Post # 612) The city announced that its annual curbside leaf collection program begins on Monday, October 25th and will end on November 19th. Portland residents s hould set their leaves out in paper biodegradable yard waste … Continue reading →