Greater Portland
Portland Summers and the Return of Cheryl and Noreen
Submitted by Jessica Tomlinson on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 8:14am.
Things that are making me happy about Portland this week:
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The Ax Falls at Blethen
Submitted by Al Diamon on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 12:56pm.Staff at the Blethen Maine Newspapers got the word this afternoon. Much of the senior editorial team at the Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel is not being retained by the new owners.
Raise the Arts Tax
Submitted by Jessica Tomlinson on Wed, 06/03/2009 - 1:58pm.The City of Portland has figured out a creative way to support the arts. The new arts tax increment financing (TIF) is the first of its kind in the country. It recognizes that as artists make a place more attractive, they threaten their own sustainability. So now, when developers make improvements through renovation or construction in the Arts District, an increase in property value means giving back.
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No Time for Portland's Good Humor Man
Submitted by Jessica Tomlinson on Wed, 05/20/2009 - 7:23am.The first day that the thermometer hit 70, I heard the jingle of the Good Humor ice cream truck making its rounds throughout the neighborhood. You hear it first. Then you see it slowly turn the corner, creeping down the street at 10 miles per hour.
Coffee Talk with Bard's Bob Garver
Submitted by Kathleen Fleury on Tue, 05/12/2009 - 10:44am.
Photo courtesy of Bard Coffee
Bob Garver is a coffee connoisseur. The owner of Wicked Joe’s Coffee, a wholesale roasting company based in Brunswick, Garver decided to explore the retail side of life and opened Bard Coffee on Middle Street in Portland in April. [To read more about the coffee scene in Portland, see this article in the Portland Press Herald.]
Hugo's Rob Evans Celebrates in NYC
Submitted by Kathleen Fleury on Tue, 05/05/2009 - 2:33pm.Last night, Rob Evans of Portland's Hugo’s won the James Beard Award for Best Chef Northeast. Here’s a look at the night from his perspective:
“We’re still high as a kite. Last night we were on cloud nine for sure. It’s like we entered an exclusive club or something. It’s really exciting.
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A Maine Playhouse for Jon and Kate Plus 8
Maine-made wooden playhouses offer a new summer home — for tots.
A Party of Their Own
Twenty-five years ago, when the Maine Green Party was founded as the first Green political organization in the country, its often-chaotic meetings earned it a reputation as “a prime example of creative dysfunction,” as one exasperated participant said at the time. Ben Chipman, of Portland, laughs out loud at the anecdote. In recent years he has worked on or managed the campaigns of sixteen Green Party candidates and won ten of them. Portland’s Green Independent Party (as it’s now known) currently has three members on the city council, two on the school committee, and two more on the Portland Water District Board. The first Green elected to state-level office in the United States was John Eder, who served two terms in the Maine Legislature from a Portland district.
