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DEIRDRE FULTON

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Black or blue

MLK EVENTS
What if blue eyes were like black skin?

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | January 07, 2009

Vampires want more than just blood

Sensitivity
In these trying times, we've shunned wizards for vampires

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | December 31, 2008

Citizen organization re-envisions a city street

Reclaiming Franklin
A group of local and state government officials, neighborhood representatives, and open-space advocates are in the beginning stages of an effort they hope will transform Franklin Arterial.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | December 24, 2008

Ridiculous and sublime

Maine got stranger in 2008
Certainly what will stick out most in our minds are those wonderful hours late on November 4, when we hugged and cheered and attempted to get from one side of Empire to the other without spilling our beer.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | December 23, 2008

The Year in Green

Going Green
I don't know whether it was the sky-high gas prices or what, but Portland sure caught an eco-bug in 2008.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | December 23, 2008

Gay marriage debate comes to Maine

Civil rights
Even as same-sex marriage supporters across the country reel from the Election Day approval of California's Proposition 8 — which changed that state's constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman — they are optimistic about bringing gay marriage to Maine, possibly in the upcoming legislative session.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | December 17, 2008

Food fight

Green thumbs up in arms
After stewarding the garden's 14 acres for years, the South Central farmers found themselves at the beginning of this decade in the middle an ownership dispute.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | December 10, 2008

Give local

Support your neighbors while delighting your friends
Support your neighbors while delighting your friends

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | December 12, 2008

Drugs and culture

Books
University of Southern Maine professor Wendy Chapkis usually studies, teaches, and writes about gender issues, so her latest non-fiction outing, Dying to Get High: Marijuana as Medicine , might seem like a bit of a departure.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | December 04, 2008

My first trip to the County

Northern exposure
During my 36-hour stay in the Allagash region, I had better luck than the four Massachusetts College of Art students who journeyed into the Maine wilderness in the summer of 1976, only to allegedly encounter a UFO.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | December 04, 2008

Movies are moving, hot dogs are hopping, Binga's is burning

Venue watch
Even as the temperatures drop and we head into hibernation mode for winter, Portland's drinking, dining, nightlife, and shopping scenes continue to evolve. Here's a round-up of comings and goings.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | November 26, 2008

Pingree returns from a Congressional crash course

Dispatch from DC
Newly elected Democratic House Representative Chellie Pingree split her time between the mundane and the meaningful during her freshman-legislator orientation in Washington DC last week.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | November 26, 2008

Planning a promenade

Going green
Presumably, most people who enjoy the to-be-built Bayside Promenade will experience it differently than I did last Saturday.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | November 26, 2008

Council sinks pier deal, floats arts TIF

City beat
Three pieces of big news came out of Monday's Portland City Council meeting. Make sure you stay in the loop.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | November 19, 2008

UMaine feels the economic pinch

Tuition pressure
The University of Maine system is being asked by the state to describe how it would cut $10.6 million from its budget — the equivalent of 5.3 percent of the state money it gets — on top of the $19.1 million in cuts imposed earlier this year.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | November 19, 2008