By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,022) Yeserday afternoon OccupyMaine rallied in front of Merrill Lynch at 350 Fore Street, Portland. This action was taken in response to the attack on zuccotti Park by police on November 15th. OccupyMaine stands in … Continue reading
City Council Approval for Bayside Benches Delayed; Public Art Committee Supports Two Other Arts Projects at Monthly Meeting
By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,021) Perhaps still smarting from the controversy over the Tracing the Fore public art this summer and aware of the criticism of the current recommendation of the Committee to purchase two benches from a Washington, … Continue reading
Raw Milk Ordinance Goes to City Council Next Month for Action; To Placard or Not To Placard is The Question!
By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,020) Portland’s Farmers Market is the only one in Maine that does not permit the sale of raw (unpasteurized) milk by its vendors. But that could change next month. Tuesday afternoon the city’s Health & … Continue reading
BUSINESS BEAT: Bakery on the Hill Opens To Rave Comments; Wolf Gonier & Cecilia Vazquez Owners Live on the Hill As Well..
By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,019) “Phenomenal” and “rich” were just several of the adjectives customers used to describe the desserts for sale inside the newly opened “Bakery on the Hill”, 253 Congress Street. The Bakery opened last Friday at … Continue reading
Intimidation Used to Stifle Public Testimony at Planning Board Meeting on Teen Shelter Expansion Application; “To Expect Us To Read All Of This Material Is An Insult,” Lowry
By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,018) Earlier this week the first public hearing was held by the city’s planning board, Joe Lewis, Chair, on a Conditional Use Application submitted by Preble Street allowing it to use the first and second … Continue reading
District 1 Meeting Highlights East End Issues; Fourteen Motor Vehicle Burgalries in Past Week
By Anonymous (Post # 1,017) More than 50 people attended last night’s annual District 1 Meeting at the East End Community School. Councilor Kevin Donoghue facilitated the meeting which included councilors Nick Mavadones, David Marshall and Dory Waxman, and State … Continue reading
Michael Brennan Elected Mayor; Strimling & Mavodones Runners Up in Field of Fifteen – Inauguration 12/5
Michael Brennan Following the Announcement of His Election to be the City's Next Mayor By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,016) Early last night, Michael Brennan was elected Portland’s first mayor in almost 90 years. Brennan who led the rank choice … Continue reading
Results of Mayoral Race Taking Longer Than Expected to Process; Results Between 6 & 7 pm.
[/captionEthan Strimling Remains Optimistic About His Chances to Win the Election”]By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,015) The rank voting choice “run-off” started almost two hours later this morning than anticipated (at 10:00 am) because of the increase in the number … Continue reading
Brennan Leads City Mayoral Race in First Round of Ranked Choice Voting; Winner to be Selected This Afternoon
By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,014) Former State Senator Michael F. Brennan (5,240 votes) took an early lead in Portland’s first mayoral race last night in many years and never relinquished that lead as a11 12 precints reported in to … Continue reading
Christian Bookseller Slips Quietly Into Former Border’s at Maine Mall; Soft Opening Friday Noon for “Books-A-Million”
By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,013) Books-A-Million, a/k/a BAM, a Birmingham, Alabama based bookstore, slipped into the Maine Mall under the radar and worked last week restocking shelves, training personnel and otherwise preparing for a soft opening of this national … Continue reading