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2011 predictions: Winds of chance

A casino, wind-power exploration, fighting hunger, challenging Snowe, and more head our way in 2011
It's impossible to predict the future, obviously, but we at the Phoenix have peered into our crystal ball in search of important issues that will arise in 2011.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | December 29, 2010

Looking back on 2010: Maine goes red

Republicans take over Augusta, Portland cops go online, gay rights stay center stage, and more!
There were big wins, big defeats, encouraging signs, and disappointments. Here's a look at what Maine enjoyed — and endured — in 2010.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | December 22, 2010

Year in Greenview

Going green
While eco-friendly initiatives gained some local traction this year, the national environmental picture was relatively bleak in 2010 — and stands to get even more depressing next year.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | December 22, 2010

Will the lame ducks lift Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell?

Down to the wire
The clock is ticking for Congress to act on two important anti-discrimination measures, both contained in the huge defense bill that senators hope to debate before the holiday recess.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | December 08, 2010

Who’s running for mayor? (Yes, already!)

Hats in the Ring Dept.
Here's an early holiday gift from us to you: A new election to start thinking about! (You can thank us later.)

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | December 01, 2010

Doomtree + Sontiago at SPACE Gallery, November 28

Music seen
Something was up with the microphones when the Doomtree crew took the stage on Sunday night at SPACE Gallery.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | December 01, 2010

Eat, buy, love: A mini Going Green gift guide.

Going green
As I write this, I'm slurping down a soup made of roasted broccoli, celery root, garlic, and broth. I'd never cooked with celery root before, but I had to learn fast — the ugly-but-tasty vegetable was included in the first box of winter farm-share produce that arrived last week.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | November 24, 2010

Eat me: Delicious insects will save us all

Insects are a more sustainable protein source than cows or pigs, they're more nutritious, and they're being taken seriously.
Insects are a more sustainable protein source than cows or pigs, they're more nutritious, and they're being taken seriously.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | November 17, 2010

Maine Democrats try to put the past behind them

Losing team
State Democrats may be down (in numbers) but they're not out (of ideas).

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | November 16, 2010

Blue city in a red state

Election wrap-up
Maine changed last Tuesday. By a slim margin, citizens voted to send Tea Party-backed Paul LePage to the Blaine House next year.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | November 11, 2010

Classic burlesque star swings into town

Octogenarian dedication
"I've always been a class act," says Tempest Storm, the 82-year-old Burlesque Hall of Fame dancer. "I have a personality that really connects with the audience — the expression on your face, your eyes, your smile — I've been told that . . . when I hit the stage, something transforms over my face."

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | November 03, 2010

The circus came to town

Tea Party
In the days leading up to November 2, voters here and across the country heard a lot about the Tea Party — what various wins and losses would mean for the staying power of this relatively new political phenomenon, which candidates represented real Tea Party values, how much credit the Tea Partiers were to be given for conservative victories in Congress and in statewide races.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | November 04, 2010

Keeping Close Buy

Going green
Masey Kaplan's children used to bring home fundraising catalogs — the ones from which part of the proceeds go to the school — from their Portland school, full of wrapping paper and plastic toys and goods "from god knows where." Kaplan, a graphic designer who lives in Portland, was torn.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | October 27, 2010

What women want

And what they need to run — and win — in Maine
It doesn't make much sense, on the surface. In the 60 years since Maine made history by being the first state to send a woman to the United States Congress, women have been regular, and stalwart, members of Maine's Washington delegation. But the state’s chief executive chair — and the only statewide elected office — has eluded women.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | October 13, 2010

Film links native languages with human nature

Language lesson
There's a boggy area Downeast in Passamaquoddy territory — near the Canadian border — known to locals as "elomocokek."

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | October 06, 2010

Where Maine reads

A decade into Portland's indie-bookstore movement, brick-and-mortar shops are holding their own
Perhaps the most exciting part of my day working at Longfellow Books was The Spider Incident, which involved said arachnid emerging from a potted plant around 10:30 am to terrorize staff members and scurry, unscathed, underneath a shelf.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | September 29, 2010

Mo' money, fewer problems

Going green
Now is the time to weather- and winter-ize our homes, and not just because the temperatures are dropping (the Old Farmer's Almanac is predicting a milder-than-usual winter).

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | September 29, 2010

Food co-op gets cash infusion, storefront space

Downtown dispatch
North Haven business maven and philanthropist Donald Sussman has donated space (five years, rent-free) and money ($40,000) to the Portland Food Cooperative (PFC), which will allow that organization to have its own distribution space and eventually operate as a public storefront.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | September 29, 2010

Going Gaga for gay rights

Rally report
Maine became a gay-rights battleground again this week, complete with junior-high-style political maneuvering and pop-culture madness.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | September 22, 2010

Fall Preview: Get out...and play

Fall may be the best time in Maine
This issue is bursting with ways to amuse yourself this autumn — art, theater, books, TV, movies, food. We’ve rounded up a few more activities that defied such classic classifications — outdoor fun, mostly, but some suggestions for rainy days as well.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | September 15, 2010

Fall Books Preview: Reading list

Smartening up the seasonal transition
Even if you’re not back in the classroom, autumn inspires a desire to learn, to restore the intellectualism that was fried by too many beers and barbecues and sunburns. Fortunately, Portland is full this fall with opportunities to spark your smarts.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | September 15, 2010

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