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February 2008 - Posts

Maine Sneezes campaign

by Deirdre Fulton | February 28, 2008

As someone who's only just starting to recover from a week of consumptive coughing, and whose office currently sounds like "a TB ward" (the words of my editor), I am sympathetic to the statewide LD1454 campaign, promoting the Paid Sick Days... Read More »

Perfect Woman winner!

by Deirdre Fulton | February 28, 2008

The people have spoken, and Delia W. Oman, whose Perfect Woman Project I wrote about a couple weeks ago , has her work cut out for her . "The winner...has been contacted and agreed to participate," Delia tells me in an email. "This week... Read More »

Kennebunkport selectmen will take up Bush indictment tomorrow

by Deirdre Fulton | February 27, 2008

We just received word that the Kennebunkport selectmen will take up Laurie Dobson's writ of indictment -- which calls on local police to arrest President George W. Bush and Veep Dick Cheney if they come to town -- tomorrow night. It's earlier... Read More »

Silencing dissent

by Jeff Inglis | February 27, 2008

The bandwidth limits of a hearing room in Boston were stressed to the breaking point Monday, bought up by a large corporation, with the intended side effect that the voice of the people was silenced. In a terrible twist of irony, this was exactly the... Read More »

Black Mountain + Bon Iver

by Christopher Gray | February 27, 2008

SPACE Gallery, February 25 (Note: pic not from this show.) What better opener for a revivalist stoner rock band than a... lesser-known, sensitive, atmospheric singer-songwriter act for post-adolescent couples to canoodle to? This is the inauspicious position... Read More »

FREE TRADE isn't free

by Jeff Inglis | February 26, 2008

At last Thursday's public hearing of the Maine Citizen Trade Policy Commission , the commission heard a lot of people give their thoughts on free trade in general as well as more specifically about a free-trade proposal with Colombia , demanded by... Read More »

Local House race heats up

by Deirdre Fulton | February 26, 2008

So far, four candidates have announced their intent to run for the state House seat currently occupied by Representative Anne Rand, a Democrat (who plans on running for state senate). The district encompasses Munjoy Hill, the Old Port, and part of the... Read More »

Arresting the President

by Jeff Inglis | February 22, 2008

Laurie Dobson of Kennebunkport, an Independent candidate for the US Senate , on Tuesday will ask the selectmen of Kennebunkport to issue arrest warrants for President George W. Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney. Dobson, who supports efforts to impeach... Read More »

In this week's Phoenix, plus odds and ends

by Deirdre Fulton | February 20, 2008

-- Aside from all the new articles, can you discern a difference between this week's print version of the Phoenix and last week's? -- Also, in This Just In, I take a tour of the new art gallery / tattoo shop in the Bull Moose-Videoport complex... Read More »

Fashionable rubbers

by Deirdre Fulton | February 19, 2008

This Thursday marks the last day of National Condom Week (it started on V-Day). To celebrate, and to promote a new condom brand "designed to encourage women to feel more comfortable about carrying and buying condoms," several Planned Parenthood... Read More »

Whiskey Town, USA?

by Jeff Inglis | February 18, 2008

For reasons we're still unclear on - not that we're arguing - the Bushmills Irish Whiskey company has named Portland (yes, this one) one of three finalists in a nationwide search for a "Twin City" for the 1300-person town of Bushmills... Read More »

WCYY moves

by Jeff Inglis | February 15, 2008

WCYY has moved. Not far, but some. They made a video of it, featuring some of the local folks you can hear. If you haven't seen their faces, it's fun. If you have, you can confirm they're crazier than you thought. We don't know what Rob... Read More »

Yes, please

by Deirdre Fulton | February 13, 2008

On days like today, when I wake up late and my contacts feel weird and it takes me 20 minutes to dislodge my car from the snow and then I remember that it's garbage-pick-up day on the Hill so I have to run back inside to get the blue bag (which inevitably... Read More »

Chronicles of Julie

by Deirdre Fulton | February 12, 2008

I saw a post on Craigslist today looking for production assistants and crew members for a web-based TV show that will begin shooting in the area this spring. Intrigued, I dug up a bit more info. Here's how the show's Web site describes the series... Read More »

CAUCUS RESULTS - Town by town

by Jeff Inglis | February 11, 2008

A very cool Google Maps mash-up of Maine's caucus results is being put together by a guy named Bryan. Check it out - you can zoom in and out, and click on markers for each town to see how they voted. (The color-coding is also useful in that regard... Read More »