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Portland kitten gets 17 seconds of fame, joins ever-growing pantheon of cat video stars 26 Aug 2013 | 09:08 pm
Smitty, a now-six-month-old tabby who lives in a Congress Street apartment not far from Local 188, may not ride a Roomba around the kitchen, but he has received his 15 minutes — er, 17 seconds — of fa...
Meet dinosaurs in Portland … and experience the cataclysm that wiped them out 24 Aug 2013 | 04:37 pm
‘Dinosaurs at Dusk’ screen shot (Image courtesy Loch Ness Productions) Next month — which is coming right up — University of Southern Maine’s Southworth Planetarium will be showing “Dinosaurs at Dusk...
Portland yoga instructor to walk across country, teaching and learning along the way 23 Aug 2013 | 10:34 pm
Bernie McDonald on a recent walk from Portland to Limerick. (Photo courtesy Bernie McDonald) On Sunday, Bernie McDonald is going to walk from Portland, where he’s lived for about a year and a half, t...
Baxter Academy inspection postponed by a day, city says 21 Aug 2013 | 01:13 am
Last week, news came out that the soon-to-open charter school Baxter Academy for Technology and Science had failed to gain an occupancy permit following an Aug. 12 inspection. A follow-up inspection ...
18-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps Tweets about first trip to Maine, trying lobster 19 Aug 2013 | 06:40 pm
Swimmer Michael Phelps, whose record 18 gold medals — and 22 overall — make him the most decorated Olympic athlete in history, arrived in southern Maine this weekend, according to the star athlete’s T...
New recycling tonnage record set by ecomaine beats old mark by 28 percent 8 Aug 2013 | 11:05 pm
Kevin Roche, general manager of ecomaine, a recycling and trash-to-energy facility in Portland, stands in front of a bale of recyclable cardboard material in this April photo. (BDN file photo by Troy ...
Robin Ivy, the last original DJ at Portland alt rock station WCYY, is leaving 30 Jul 2013 | 01:14 am
If you’re a Portlander in that sought-after 18-to-34-year-old age demographic (and, frankly, even if you’re in the next demographic up, age-wise), you’re probably familiar with Robin’s Zodiac Zone. T...
Portland median strip restriction won’t prevent election-season campaign signs 18 Jul 2013 | 03:02 am
This week, the Portland City Council on its second try passed an ordinance change that prohibits anyone from standing — or doing anything other than walking through — the median strips in the city. Th...
Portland one of America’s ‘snobbiest’ cities 2 Jul 2013 | 07:20 pm
Yes, just a few days after a post in which I cite a report declaring Portland-South Portland to be the smartest in Maine, I’m uploading a post citing a report that Portland is one the country’s snobbi...
Portland-South Portland smartest cities in Maine, researcher says 29 Jun 2013 | 01:31 am
See how I emphasized the positive in that headline? The same researcher places Portland-South Portland an unimpressive 110th nationwide, which is still the top quarter of the sample pool of nearly 478...
