Corporate Partners for a Hunger-Free Maine is a group of socially responsible businesses and corporate foundations that support Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine’s mission through monetary gifts and/or food donations according to a press release issued from Good Shepherd … Continue reading →

On April 18, 2025, four ACLU affiliates and the law firm Sheehan & Gordon filed a federal class action lawsuit seeking to represent over 100 New England students plus Puerto Rico who had their F-1 student immigration status unlawfully and … Continue reading →

You are encouraged to volunteer in a city-wide pickup with a special focus on the Washington Avenue area on Saturday, May 3rd.   It runs from 10:00 am – to 12:00 pm. To volunteer in the Washington Avenue pickup, please meet … Continue reading →

“Washed Away,” an important exhibit of work by 60 artists is opening at the Portland Public Library on Friday, May 2nd and runs until June 21,  2025.  An artists’ reception will be held on the First Friday, May 2nd from … Continue reading →

“See You in Court,” the immortal words of Governor Janet T. Mills are memoralized in over a thousand T shirts that Hope Rovelto, owner of Little Chair Printing, has produced and sold since late February 2025.  The Ts come in … Continue reading →

Jordan Wood (D) announced late last night on the cable news show – “The Last Word” –  that he is running for the Senate seat currently held by Senator Susan Collins (R).  Wood, currently of Bristol, said that although Senator  … Continue reading →

A federal judge in Washington, DC paused a key section of a March 25 Executive Order, which threatened to disenfranhise many eligible voters, including here in Maine.  Today’s court order in League of Women Voters et al v. Trump et … Continue reading →

A raised garden bed building workshop that had been scheduled for Saturday, April 26 at the Eastern Prom garden has been postponed until May 10th according to a press release received this afternoon.   The plot  needs to be transformed from … Continue reading →

Over 230 colleges, universities and scholarly societies  signed onto a public statement yesterday objecting to Trump’s “overreach” and “political interference.”  In a public statement on the web page of the American Colleges, Universities and Scholarly Societies, ( AAC&U), it said  … Continue reading →

Yesterday, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Congresswoman Chellie PIngree (D-ME) issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s move to significantly reorganize the Department of the Interior: “On Friday afternoon before a holiday weeked, the Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee received a … Continue reading →