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December 2007 - Posts

Byline Strike at Morning Sentinel

by Jeff Inglis | December 31, 2007

Reporters and photographers belonging to the Portland Newspaper Guild chapter at the Central Maine Morning Sentinel , a Waterville-based sister paper of the Portland Press Herald , are not allowing the newspaper to print their names above articles or... Read More »

Reality Check - Hummer's impact

by Jeff Inglis | December 30, 2007

During the third quarter of the Pats-Giants game, there was an ad for the Hummer line of massive SUVs, highlighting global warming-related natural disasters - wildfires, flooding, blizzards, etc. - and suggesting that Hummer owners were actually making... Read More »

Prediction - Press Herald's lead story tomorrow

by Jeff Inglis | December 27, 2007

My bet is that the Portland Press Herald will lead its paper tomorrow with today's news - news, in fact, from VERY early this morning. Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated at a rally near the Pakistani capital. It's... Read More »

Bull Moose Local Top Ten for 12/17-12/23

by Jeff Inglis | December 26, 2007

As promised in the paper hitting the streets this morning: 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS CHRISTMAS IN MAINE 2 BOB MARLEY GOIN' UP THE FAYA 3 RUSTIC OVERTONES LIGHT AT THE END 4 BOB MARLEY UPTACAMP 5 DEAD SEASON RISE 6 BOB MARLEY GREATEST HITS, VOL 3 7 BOB MARLEY... Read More »

Out in the cold - Remembering homeless victims

by Jeff Inglis | December 21, 2007

Last year I met a guy who lives in a hand-built shack out in some woods not far from the center of Portland, who had rigged up a light and heat system and said he was happier there than in a shelter, even on the coldest nights. And as many of us plan... Read More »

Charlie and Condoleezza

by Deirdre Fulton | December 21, 2007

Check out next week's Phoenix for an overview of Maine's US Congress races so far. Here's one candidate , rubbing shoulders with Condoleezza Rice in Iraq, via AsMaineGoes.com . Read More »

Brunswick Times Record sold to Biddeford Journal Tribune

by Jeff Inglis | December 20, 2007

The Times Record of Brunswick has been sold to the Journal Tribune of Biddeford. The Times Record 's Web site has the story . We hope this doesn't mean the Times Record 's Web site will regress to 1995, like the Journal Trib 's design... Read More »

Next installment of 'Artifact' on the way

by Jeff Inglis | December 19, 2007

William Fraser, two-time award winner at the Portland Phoenix Maine Short Film Festival (for Driving Miss Crazy in 2006's competition and Artifact: Episode I in the 2007 show ), just dropped us a line to say he has wrapped up "principal photography"... Read More »

Shipyard has the "winter warmest" brew

by Importer | December 18, 2007

So says the Brew U panel (the fine folks at the Savannah Morning News 's "beer school" - there's such a thing, we're told). They tried six beers in the "winter warmer" category - Shipyard 's Prelude Special Ale , Anchor... Read More »

Justin Alfond announces that he'll step down as League director

by Deirdre Fulton | December 17, 2007

Justin Alfond, longtime director of the Maine League of Young Voters , is leaving that position. The official job posting for a new state director is up on Craigslist; the organization will accept applications through mid-January, and expects to have... Read More »

TV news bingo - storm coverage

by Jeff Inglis | December 13, 2007

Okay, so it's snowing out. Which means all the TV people in Maine get into turtlenecks and sweaters (even under their parkas and hats) and start in with coverage about the most dangerous white powdery substance known to humankind. Here's a sort... Read More »

Scontras v. Strimling

by Deirdre Fulton | December 13, 2007

Immigration is quickly becoming/has already become the issue of the 2008 elections -- and there's no exception in Maine. On Wednesday, Republican congressional candidate Dean Scontras sent a letter to his fellow candidates , asking them to join him... Read More »

Typical clientele

by Deirdre Fulton | December 13, 2007

Hey, not everything that happens About Town is interesting, as this video sparsely demonstrates. Read More »

New Orleans follow up

by Deirdre Fulton | December 12, 2007

Here's a photo from Monday's three-person demonstration in Bangor, sent to the Phoenix by Emily Posner (forefront). Read More »

Universal single-payer healthcare -- what is that, exactly?

by Deirdre Fulton | December 10, 2007

Given the interest sparked by this post a few weeks ago, I thought some readers might want to know about tomorrow evening's public forum on universal, single-payer healthcare, sponsored by Portland Organizing to Win Economic Rights (POWER) . The event... Read More »