What’s to love? Here’s a short list. Fine restaurants, distinctive architecture. Walkable streets, bikeable trails. Waterfront July 4th fireworks, and first-rate theater. Splendid views far out over Casco Bay and its islands, the shipping channel, the cityscape and the Fore River. The waterfront Eastern Promenade Trail, and the Eastern Promenade, a 68-acre park designed by the Olmsted Brothers.
March 2018
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Portland company’s high-tech packs get grueling test on Mount Kilimanjaro
Flowfold’s newest product, and one of its owners, survived the ascent to Africa’s highest peak, to prep for production with L.L. Bean.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Russia to expel U.S. diplomats, close a consulate
The tit-for-tat move follows the United States’ actions in the wake of the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in the United Kingdom.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Matt Dunlap: No ranked choice voting in Maine’s June primaries
In an abrupt about-face, Maine’s secretary of state says there is a ‘conflict’ in the law.
Posted inMaine
Vietnam vets get a welcome home at Waterville breakfast
Travis Mills and his organization hosted the affair attended by more than 200, including Dottie McGuirk, a 20-year Air Force nurse.
Posted inNation & World
Judge denies Stormy Daniels’ bid to depose Trump
Her attorney sought to depose the president and his attorney, but a judge deems the request premature.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Jury selection for murder trial of Luc Tieman underway in Somerset County court
Tieman, of Fairfield, charged in the death of his wife, Valerie, sat in a judge’s chambers as prospective jurors were interviewed by the judge and defense and prosecuting attorneys.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Politics
Bill would undo LePage’s minimum age for buying overdose antidote without a prescription
The measure from House Speaker Sara Gideon would allow all Mainers, not just those 21 or older, to obtain naloxone as the state deals with an opioid crisis.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Republican Super PAC to open Maine office to help Bruce Poliquin
The Congressional Leadership Fund is opening 5 offices around the country in hotly contested districts, including Maine’s 2nd.
Posted inFood, Life & Culture, Nation & World
When vegans came to protest his restaurant, the chef carved a deer leg in the window
Animal rights activists were provoked to protest when the restaurant posted a ‘Venison is the new kale’ sign.