Overview of The Forefront on the Fore River Details of The Forefront at Thompson’s Point By Carol McCracken (Post # 765) Within two years, it is expected that the currently blighted Thompson’s Point will bloom into the major cultural hub north … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Controversial, Darryl Brown, DEP Commissioner, Resigns Following State’s AG Opinion; “We urge the Governor to nominate a new candidate who strongly believes inDEP’s mission and who will support and defend Maine’s important environmental laws,” Dudisheim, NRCM.
By Carol McCracken (Post # 764) “The Attorney General has performed an important role in determining that, based on the information available to him, Darryl Brown does not meet the legal requirements to serve as Commissioner of the Department of … Continue reading
Avesta Housing Provides Update on Adams School Redevelopment; Demolition to Start Next Month & Construction in Fall
Avesta’s Timeline for Redevelopment of Adams School Detail Photo from Corner of Vesper and Wilson Streets Photo of Adams School Redevelopment By Carol McCracken (Post # 763) About twenty people attended an information meeting last night hosted by Avesta Housing … Continue reading
Avesta Housing Holds Neighborhood Meeting on Former Adams School; 4/26 Evening
By Carol McCracken (Post # 672) Avesta Housing is holding an informational meeting on the conversion of the former Adams School into modertly priced condominiums on Tuesday, April 26 at the Shailer School Community Room, 56 North Street. The meeting … Continue reading
Plaintiffs’ Lose Bid to Return Mural to Labor Department Wall, Augusta; Parties to Decide Where Case Proceeds From Here
By Carol McCracken (Post # 761) Yesterday the United States District Court, Bangor, ruled that Governor LePage’s order to remove the labor mural from the walls of the Maine Department of Labor late last month did not violate the Free … Continue reading
Food News: Courtesy of “Sustainable Food News,” Published by McGovern – Lawsuit Against Whole Foods Proceeds
By Carol McCracken (Post # 760) Yesterday a lawsuit against Whole Foods Market Inc. was given permission to proceed by a Florida circuit judge. The lawsuit, originally filed several years, claims that Whole Foods violated Florida’s deceptive trade-practices law because … Continue reading
Urban Earth Day Celebration; Friday, 4/22
By Carol McCracken (Post # 759) On Friday, April 22nd nearly thirty orgnizations will participate in Portland’s Urban Earth Day Celebration to be held at Monument Square from 11 am – 6 pm., in downtown Portland. The event brings together many … Continue reading
Business Beat: Urban Farm Fermentory Goes Retail – Selling Hard Cider & Plant Starts; 5/1
Intern Gretchen Voight with Tyler Gaudet Who Raises Tilapia at UFF Eli Cayer, owner of UFF, With Fermentation Tanks Behind Him. By Carol McCracken (Post # 758) Eric Cayer has a lot going on behind those gray garage doors at 200 … Continue reading
Reny’s: A Maine Adventure Now a Portland Adventure; “We Consider Wal-Mart to be Our Largest Competitor,” John Reny
Customer Richard Gauthier: “Reminds me of the old Woolworth’s!By Carol McCracken (Post Customer Ann Marie Phanok Shopping for “Good Deals” – Found Them! By Carol McCracken (Post # 757) The excitement was as palpable as the skies were sunny when … Continue reading
Peaks Island Loses Bid To Secede From Portland; State “Process” Not Followed Say Committee Members
By Carol McCracken (Post # 756) Late this afternoon, the State’s Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government voted unanimously to deny an act that would have put Islanders one step closer to seceding from the City of Portland. The … Continue reading