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Grass roots fire fight

Maine Greens, burned by internal conflict, struggle to stay alive
During its recent convention, the Maine Green Party transformed itself from a chronically decentralized group of activist-skeptics into a maybe, possibly, if-you-squint-your-eyes-could-be a unified party with a palpable lust for political power.
By SARA DONNELLY  |  June 07, 2006

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Chill out, seriously

 
 
By SARA DONNELLY  |  October 27, 2008

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Five things Mainers need to know about global warming

Heat, rats, asthma, ice, and water
What we need to prepare for.
By SARA DONNELLY  |  May 31, 2006

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Hot and bothered

How could another century of global warming change Portland? Here’s a hint — sell your skis
I believe President George Bush V when he says we don’t really need the polar ice sheets anyway.
By SARA DONNELLY  |  May 31, 2006

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Recordings

Blue Room sweats the small stuff
A new monthly publication started by grads from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies aims to bring documentary-style reporting to the Portland mainstream.
By SARA DONNELLY  |  May 31, 2006

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Tough talk

Upset by the tripling of an Old Port bar fee, owners plan a revolution
The day after the Portland city council tripled an Old Port bar fee that helps pay for overtime area police, a group of angry bar owners decided to hire a lawyer to sue the city.
By SARA DONNELLY  |  May 25, 2006

Shopping

Drop’s dead
Drop Me A Line, a Portland gift-shop institution with the area’s best selection of cards featuring randy naked people, will close in late May.
By SARA DONNELLY  |  May 10, 2006

Update

Sustainable Portland is a go
Mayor Jim Cohen’s Sustainable Portland Task Force was established May 1 in a unanimous city council vote.
By SARA DONNELLY  |  May 03, 2006

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Slow + steady

Portland artist to race in Tour de Sol
On May 11, local artist and alternative car enthusiast C. Michael Lewis will compete in the 18th annual Tour de Sol Green Car Show and Competition.
By SARA DONNELLY  |  April 26, 2006

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Clean & green

Portland may go sustainable, whatever that means
Portland mayor Jim Cohen plans to convene nine environmental experts and advocates to study the city’s use of sustainable energy and conservation practices, and to identify ways to highlight Portland’s green businesses.
By SARA DONNELLY  |  April 19, 2006

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Natural gas

Portland Public Works pilots a biodiesel program
Ten of Portland’s 200 municipal vehicles will run on biodiesel rather than conventional fuel as part of a pilot program launched last week.
By SARA DONNELLY  |  April 05, 2006

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State of disrepair

When will the Theatre reopen?
Live music will not resume at the State Theatre for at least six weeks, until a number of fire code violations are fixed.
By SARA DONNELLY  |  March 29, 2006

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Block Party

Portland’s Greens go for the council
This November, Green party candidates will run for Portland City Council against incumbents Karen Geraghty and Will Gorham, according to the Portland Green Independent Committee's co-chairman.
By SARA DONNELLY  |  April 05, 2006

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Mean girls

Roller derby wants you
If all goes according to plan, Kristen Nawrocki and Rachael Carrico will be joined by at least 18 other women to battle it out for team supremacy in the new wave of the old sport roller derby.
By SARA DONNELLY  |  March 15, 2006

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View from Augusta

A sweatfree coalition?
Governor John Baldacci thinks Maine needs help from other US states to keep taxpayer money out of the dead-end workshouses of sweatshops.
By SARA DONNELLY  |  March 08, 2006

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Ditched

Did Maine’s US senators betray women during the recent battles for the Supreme Court bench?
Olympia Snowe would protect me, I thought. I continued to believe that right up until January 31, when she voted to support George W. Bush’s Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito.
By SARA DONNELLY  |  March 02, 2006

Eye on Augusta

LD 1481 is back for your veto
It’s deja-vu all over again: LD 1481, the controversial bill to limit Maine’s coveted citizen referendum process, will again be up for vote in Augusta any day now.
By SARA DONNELLY  |  February 23, 2006

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Tasty tunes

Picking a platter to fit the plate
Most restaurateurs know music is a key ingredient in cooking up the kind of cohesive and distinct atmosphere necessary to survive in a market stuffed with eateries.
By SARA DONNELLY  |  February 23, 2006

Our Port, Your Port

 
The city council’s latest struggle to reconcile Old Port nightlife with Old Port highlife isn’t as unique as you might think.
By SARA DONNELLY  |  February 15, 2006

Our future

My first spin machine
Maine’s collegiate Republicans have lately been spinning lies just like the big kids.
By SARA DONNELLY  |  February 15, 2006
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