March 2023 – Page 46 – The Portland Press Herald

Business, Maine

Boat shrink wrap piling up as recycling efforts flounder

by Kate Cough The Maine Monitor March 27, 2023August 8, 2024

The vast majority of the plastic that comes off Maine boats every spring goes to landfills or incinerators.

Arts & Entertainment, Do This

Indie Film: Midcoast film institute breaks up winter with two days of documentaries

by Dennis Perkins March 27, 2023March 23, 2023

Cabin Fever Film Fest is happening Friday and Saturday in Camden.

Cops & Courts, Maine, News

Portland seeks more applicants for police chief opening

by John Terhune March 27, 2023March 27, 2023

Portland will delay its initial review of police chief candidates by three weeks in the hopes of drawing more applicants.

Arts & Entertainment, Do This

Face the Music: John Hughes Radio returns ‘a little more rock’ with ‘Outsail The Sea’

by Aimsel Ponti March 27, 2023March 23, 2023

The album is the third released since 2015 by the Portland band, which will be playing a show at Empire on April 21.

Do This

Things to Do: Multimedia storytelling, musical theater and a Metallica laser show

by Aimsel Ponti March 27, 2023March 27, 2023

Plus, you can swing dance while swigging cider at Urban Farm Fermentory.

Letters

Letter to the editor: Concern over ballot drop boxes’ security misplaced

March 27, 2023March 26, 2023

After several elections, no problems with the Maine-made collection boxes were reported by the Maine Secretary of State’s Office, according to their designer.

Maine

Council to consider changes to Portland referendum process

by Rachel Ohm March 27, 2023March 26, 2023

With another citizen-initiated referendum going to voters this June, the City Council may propose changing the number of signatures required and the timeframe to amend measures that pass.

Letters

Letter to the editor: Individual actions on climate offer hope

March 27, 2023March 26, 2023

Recently a contributor suggested that the only significant climate action would have to come from the federal government and that other actions were essentially meaningless (“Commentary: Mainers are missing the climate change target,” Feb. 25). I agree with the urgent need for further federal climate legislation but do not share the writer’s views about state, […]