By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,092) Martha Kimicki, president of the board of Spirits Alive, presented the non-profit’s Master Plan to a quorum of the city’s planning board at its workshop late yesterday afternoon at city hall. Kimicki is asking … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Senator Olympia Snowe Announces She Won’t Seek Re-election to US Senate
By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,091) Senator Olympia Snowe announced earlier today that she will not seek re-election to her US Senate seat for her fourth term. Senator Snowe is considered to be a moderate Republican. She cited the high … Continue reading
MaineDOT Holds Public Hearing on Railroad Crossing at Thompson’s Point Development
By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,090) A significant piece of the overall project called the Forefront may have slipped into place last night when the State’s Department of Transportation held a public hearing at city hall on the private railroad … Continue reading
Markos Miller Joins Panel Discussion on Portland Roadway Designs at “MHS” – 3/20
By Carol McCracken (Post # l,089) Markos Miller, chair of the Franklin Street Redesign Study group will be a panelist at a discussion focusing on the impacts of arterial roadway designs on Tuesday, March 20th, 7 pm at the Maine … Continue reading
Hill Fire Department Practices Underused Skills at Ocean Gateway
By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,088) Members of the Munjoy Hill Fire Station spent about an hour practicing different techniques this afternoon at Ocean Gateway. Among other skills practiced were pump training and aerial work with the bucket. Some of … Continue reading
Environment Maine Releases Global Warming Report and Unveils Online Map of Maine’s Most Vulnerable Counties
By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,087) “New England was one of the hardest hit areas of the country with flooding last year. All 16 counties in Maine were affected,” said Anika James, field associate for Portland’s Environment Maine at a … Continue reading
“Friends” Present Treatment Plan for Landscape Rehabilitation of the Eastern Promenade to City Committee; Tree Types Spark Dissent
Consultant Martha H. Lyon and president of Friends Diane Davison at Meeting By Carol McCracken (Post # l,086) Back in 2007 it was about the trees on the Eastern Promenade. And so it turned out to be on Wednesday, February … Continue reading
Two Task Forces Set by Newly Consolidated Committee of the City Council; Public Safety and Health & Human Services Committee
By Carol McCracken (Post # l,085) Two task forces were established last week on issues held over from last year’s committee calendars that were not completed because of the merging of committees and the recent reschuffling of councilors to those … Continue reading
City Manager to Refer Results of Shipyard Internal Investigation to Outside Auditor, Suslovic Says; Recommends Repayment Plan
By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,084) The controvery surrounding the erroneous billing of Shipyward Brewery Co. has taken a temporary break while the city concludes an internal investigation of the matter which could come by tomorrow. It was discovered last … Continue reading
Portland Public Arts Committee Lobbying City Council to Counter Critics
By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,083) Members of the city’s Public Arts Committee are preparing to lobby the city council to support its choice for seating on the Bayside Trail. The Committee’s choice is the work of SkyeDesign, a Washington, … Continue reading