News
City taps consultants to improve development, permitting, in…
Mayor Michael Brennan, echoing themes from his election campaign last year, promised immediate review and improvements to the city's regulatory process for business developments and vowed monthly visits to local businesses to see how they're faring, all part of a wide-ranging economic development campaign."We will be doing at least one business visit per week. ... We're hoping to hit between 40 and 50 businesses between now and the end of the year," Brennan said Wednesday... Read more
Portland's economic developmen…
Since January 2007, the city lists more than $580 million worth of development, either built, u…
Mayor warns state budget cuts …
A supplemental budget for fiscal year 2013 passed on a party-line vote by the Maine Legislature…
OSHA investigating Albion camp…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating an accident in Albion in whi…
Columns
Donut shop teaches larger life lesson
Holy Donuts! I'm coining a new phrase. It's an attitude; a dare to be different approach to starting a business. It combines comfort food, family support, your favorite color, the things you love. Bring them together and humbly share them enthusiastically with others. The uplifting story of Leigh Kellis, co-owner of the Holy Donut on Park Avenue in Portland, is an inspirational story. It touches your soul, lifts you up, and inspires a can-do attitude... Read more
An ordinary mother of a day in…
Mother's Day at my house did not resemble that of June Cleaver's. There was no breakfast in bed…
Still standing amid the wrecka…
The New Urbanists held their big annual meet-up for four days last week and I stomped a big car…
Medical marijuana needs federa…
President Obama tried again to do the right thing and let states alone to regulate and enforce …
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Weekend events
Friday, May 11Mobile training on thermal imaging at USM-Gorham10 a.m. to 2 p.m. FLIR Systems, a world leader in thermal imaging, will be bringing its Mobile Training Unit to Maine and Northern New England for the first time. “As part of a national tour, the MTU will be making a stop at the University of Southern Maine’s Applied Energy Lab Test House on the Gorham Campus. USM’s Department of Environmental Science, along with Monroe Infrared... Read more
Culture
'Charlotte's Web' gives voice to girls' …
Sometimes it's that personal connection that makes a difference. A relative to E.B. White helped fuel the acting inspiration of East End Community School student Sadie Cross. Cross said she was inspired by E.B. White’s granddaughter, Martha White, who spoke at the University of Southern Maine about her famous relative, his writing and her own. “She talked about when he started writing the books,” Cross said. Cross can be seen filling dual roles in A Company of Girls' production of... Read more
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