Stories about Portland
News from Greater Portland, including Cumberland and York counties.
MUNJOY HILL NEWS (blog)
Pingree Backs Legislation To Oppose Fast-Track Tar Sands Approval This Week
on May 21, 2013, at 9:14 p.m.
By Carol McCracken Post # 1,426) As Congress prepares to take up a controversial bill that would allow the backers of the Keystone XL pipeline project to bypass numerous environmental and regulatory requirements, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree is supporting legislation which would guarantee those same shortacuts would not apply to the ...
Veterans from five wars to join panel at Portland screening of ‘Welcome to Lee, Maine’
PORTLAND, Maine — When a stranger thanks Sgt. Nathaniel Grace of the Maine Army National Guard for his service, he makes it a point to return the gratitude. “Whenever someone says, ‘Thank you for your service,’ I shake their hand and say, ‘Thank you for your support,’ because that’s something ...
Former York County charity director sentenced for embezzling $1 million from organization to fuel gambling habit
PORTLAND, Maine — The former head of a York County nonprofit organization was sentenced to two and a half years in prison Tuesday for embezzling approximately $1 million from the organization to spend on his gambling habit. Former longtime York County Community Action Corp. Executive Director Thomas Nelson, 56, of ...
Portland food trucks on a roll; city on board with mobile eateries
PORTLAND, Maine — The food truck movement is hitting high-profile speed bumps in some major U.S. cities. But in Portland, where the scene is emerging this spring, vendors and city officials say they have an opportunity to succeed where other cities are struggling. “It certainly doesn’t hurt to have seen ...
Food trucks come to Portland
Joseph Urtuzuastegui applies the finishing touches to a Sonoran hot dog in the El Corazon food truck parked on Spring Street in Portland recently. The $2.50 item comes topped with bacon, cheese, pinto beans, pico de gallo, guacamole, mayo and mustard.
BENNETT THERE DONE THAT (blog)
Free shipping on North Pond Hermit CD
on May 21, 2013, at 4:28 p.m.
It’s here, fresh off the presses, piping-hot and ready to serve. For a limited time, we’re offering FREE SHIPPING on all orders. For just $10 you get six songs from two great acts including the Half Moon Jug Band’s ‘North Pond Hermit’ and Stan and Dan’s ‘What the North Pond ...
WHIT RICHARDSON (blog)
On The Record: CEO Steven Boal on the future of CashStar and Portland’s tech scene
on May 21, 2013, at 3:52 p.m.
Steven Boal was already a digital revolutionary when he came up with the idea for CashStar. Having disrupted the coupon world as CEO of Coupons.com, he had the idea for a company that would do the same thing to the gift card industry. Today, CashStar employs more than 80 people; has ...
Police chiefs oppose bill to allow Mainers to carry concealed weapons without permit
PORTLAND, Maine — A group of southern Maine police chiefs gathered Tuesday morning to oppose a bill that would allow most Mainers to carry concealed weapons without filing for a permit. “We think this legislation is misguided and quite frankly a mistake,” said Portland Police Chief Michael Sauschuck, flanked in ...
South Portland psychologist pleads guilty to health care fraud
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — A local psychologist is facing up to 10 years behind bars and a fine up to $250,000 after pleading guilty to health care fraud Tuesday. Dr. Carole Orem-Hough, 55, of South Portland will be sentenced at a later date, according to U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty ...
POLL QUESTION
Fun, informative or just plain strange: 8 museums in Maine worth a road trip
Musical Wonderhouse, 16 High St., Wiscasset There are more than 5,000 chiming, singing mechanical music machines at the Musical Wonderhouse in Wiscasset — boxes, player pianos and organs, spring-powered phonographs, musical birds, porcelains, furniture, clocks, steins, whistlers, and a musical painting. It is housed in an opulent 19th century sea ...
MUNJOY HILL NEWS (blog)
Singer & Camden Resident Don McLean to Perform at July 4th Spectacular on the Prom
on May 21, 2013, at 12:16 p.m.
By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,425) “In 43 days plus, this Hill will be filled with thousands of people watching the annual July 4th Stars and Stripes Spectacular,” said Jon Jennings, co-founder of the four year old event at a morning press conference on the Eastern Promenade on the Hill. “And it will be ...
Arundel man arrested after dispute over parental visit with 7-year-old girl
ARUNDEL, Maine — An argument over a 7-year-old girl Monday afternoon led to a York County man being placed under arrest, police said Tuesday. A man who shares custody of his daughter with his ex-girlfriend had gone to the Pines Trailer Park on Old Alfred Road to pick up the ...
BOURBON. PORTLAND. BEER. POLITICS. (blog)
LePage isn’t offended, The Office of the Governor is. What?
on May 21, 2013, at 9:52 a.m.
This Sunday, Appropriations Committee Co-Chair State Senator Dawn Hill adjourned a budget writing committee session as Gov. LePage rose to speak. Her rationale, she stated, was that the session had already ended on a good note. The implication, of course, was that the only notes the Governor knows are combative, ...
Divided Portland council angers mayor by expressing ‘concern,’ instead of ‘opposition,’ to tar sands oil
PORTLAND, Maine — After nearly two hours of public testimony, after protests and petitions, and after a rejected attempt four months ago to ban the city’s use of fuel made from it, a City Council vote Monday against piping “tar sands” oil seemed to hinge on a single word. The ...
From the community
CELEBRATION OF DREAMS
For immediate release Contact: Shalom Odokara The Mugadi Foundation/Women In Need Industries 207-420-1277 A Celebration of Dreams: North Shore Acappella headlines benefit concert at Merrill Auditorium PORTLAND, Maine –– NBC Sing-Off crowd-pleasers North Shore Acapella will perform on Sunday, June 16, in a concert to benefit Greater Portland Festival of ...
AGREE TO DISAGREE (blog)
“Zip it!” Should the committee have let the Governor speak?
on May 20, 2013, at 7:32 p.m.
Governor Paul LePage is still railing against the treatment he got when he made an impromptu appearance at a rare weekend hearing of the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee. The committee was hearing testimony from DHHS Commissioner Mary Mayhew and others about a serious shortage of funding on the immediate horizon. The ...
MUNJOY HILL NEWS (blog)
Business Beat: “Portland Paddle” Brings Sea Kayaking To East End Beach; 6/1
on May 20, 2013, at 2:45 p.m.
By Carol McCracken (Post # 1,424) “I’ve talked to a lot of people who would love to get out on Casco Bay, but live in apartments and have no place to store a kayak,” said Zack Anchors earlier today on Munjoy Hill. “We want to give Hill residents a way to ...
Former Bangor YMCA building sold to new dental technology school
University of Maine hockey job has been offered to former assistant Red Gendron
Millinocket company unearths logging history for niche market
By the time new federal judge from Maine was confirmed, he ‘had no practice left’
Why is DHHS always asking for more money?
State House move
Lerner had good reason to take Fifth at IRS hearing
Thousands of runners finish final mile of Boston Marathon
Saturday’s Live Update: UMaine baseball vs. Binghamton, America East championship game, postponed
UMaine baseball’s title quest postponed by rain until Sunday
Maine Democrats stooped to the governor’s level with TV complaint
I’m sick of husband’s eye rolling and grunts, how do I get him to stop?
Have a drink, kiss a fish: Just another Saturday night, Newfoundland-style
I want my husband and I to be fun people again
Bangor High School students re-enact funeral of Civil War soldier
