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Putting an end to the hunger strike

Prison Watch
Maine State Prison officials ended a hunger strike involving at least 10 inmates of the solitary-confinement Supermax unit in Warren by threatening to withhold the strikers’ psychotropic medications, according to allegations by an inmate who participated in the strike.

By LANCE TAPLEY and JEFF INGLIS | May 18, 2009

Inspiring urban growers

Just in time for the fresh-food abundance that comes with summer and farmers' markets and pick-your-own adventures, the folks at SPACE Gallery and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) will host their second Food+Farm extravaganza this week.
Just in time for the fresh-food abundance that comes with summer and farmers' markets and pick-your-own adventures, the folks at SPACE Gallery and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) will host their second Food+Farm extravaganza this week.

By DEIRDRE FULTON | May 06, 2009

Do state officials know best?

Word From The Top
Like when the country goes to war, most news reports of how state government is handling the H1N1 “swine flu” crisis have just repeated what officials have said.

By LANCE TAPLEY | May 07, 2009

Creek Man finds Harbor Light

Beneath the Surface
Over the last three years, Harbor Light Stage has established an ethos at once quirky and sophisticated, known for unusual locations

By MEGAN GRUMBLING | May 06, 2009

Drafting the city's constitution

Charter Commission
Nineteen people are running to serve in nine open seats on the city's 12-member Charter Commission.

By DEIRDRE FULTON | April 30, 2009

Safe sex, duh

UPDATE
A sharp-eyed reader caught an omission in one of Your Secret Admirer's previous columns.

By YOUR SECRET ADMIRER | April 29, 2009

Casco Bay to Copley Square . . . via Hopkinton

Epic stupidity?
When Boston Marathon runners cross the Copley Square finish line next Monday and sponge the diarrhea off their thighs, Will Thomas and Seth Bradbury will have even more to celebrate than their fellow soiled athletes.

By CHRIS FARAONE | April 15, 2009

Going to pot

State medical marijuana law advances
The state's medical-marijuana laws, which govern how patients can access pot for medical purposes, is on the brink of significant change.

By DEIRDRE FULTON | April 15, 2009

Sketching explosions

Anti-art
The Portland edition of what is a nationwide and quickly becoming a worldwide phenomenon, Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School.

By EMILY L. JACKSON | April 08, 2009

The way they tell stories

Local film
Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly's documentary The Way We Get By has its official Maine premiere in Orono this weekend with an unusual amount of fanfare.

By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | April 08, 2009

Naming names

Press releases
Any effort at survival by the Portland Press Herald should take advantage of the ample brainpower and ability already on staff

By JEFF INGLIS | April 08, 2009

The Maine Festival of the Book relocates to USM

Celebrating print
Now in its third year, the Maine Festival of the Book is settling into a new home on the USM campus

By ALEX IRVINE | April 01, 2009

Space hot dogs

Really out there
EDITORIAL NOTE In a bad economy everyone needs more creative advertising, even the good folks at NASA, who just wrapped up their You Control the Hubble Contest.

By DAVID KISH | April 01, 2009

Human-rights campaigner to tour Maine

Ending poverty
On the heels of news that Maine's unemployment rate is on the rise (2600 jobs were lost here in February), the state will host one of the nation's most powerful speakers on economic human rights this week.

By DEIRDRE FULTON | April 01, 2009

FairPoint finally responds — but not to customers

Is anybody home?
As the Portland Phoenix went to press, FairPoint Communications was supposed to submit to state regulators its plan for fixing the problems that have plagued the company — and brought in legions of customer complaints

By JEFF INGLIS | March 26, 2009

Earth Hour

City will participate — what will you be doing?
At 8:30 pm this Saturday, the world will go dark. Or so we hope.

By DEIRDRE FULTON | March 25, 2009

Like Christmas in the spring

Economic stimulus
State officials say that Maine stands to receive approximately $900 million via that American Recovery and Reinvestment Act we've heard so much about.

By DEIRDRE FULTON AND KATRINA BOTELHO | March 18, 2009

Legislative battle takes shape

Gay marriage
The list of Maine's gay-marriage bill co-sponsors — i.e. , those legislators lending the most robust support to the measure — was released last Thursday afternoon.

By DEIRDRE FULTON | March 18, 2009

FairPoint's finances are failing fast

FairPoint with state and federal regulators show that "stable" isn't exactly the right word for its current status
Two major safety valves in the financial house of cards that is New England's largest landline telecommunications service provider blew last week.

By JEFF INGLIS | March 11, 2009

Countdown

Press releases on Portland Press Herald
With last week's news that Portland Press Herald managing editor Bob Crider has been summoned back to the state of Washington to run a Blethen-owned paper there.

By JEFF INGLIS | March 11, 2009