January 2008 - Posts

January 31, 2008

SAVE SOME DOUGH - Sign up for Opportunity Maine
By Jeff Inglis
If you're a student at a Maine college or university (public or private), you can sign up starting tomorrow to make yourself eligible for an income-tax break if you live and work in Maine after you graduate.

The program is called Opportunity Maine, and we've written about it before (see "Young and Dumb," by Al Diamon, March 7, 2007, and "Opportunity Maine - Missing the Target?" by Emily Parkhurst, April 4, 2007).

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January 31, 2008

Kuzu -- the new EVOO?
By Deirdre Fulton
I'm not even a real vegetarian, much less an adherent to a macrobiotic diet. But, as I aim for lower-impact eating, I've perused some macrobiotic books and web sites, on the lookout for new food ideas and recipes. From his "Maine author bookshelf," Jeff earthed up The Hip Chick's Guide to Macrobiotics, written a few years ago by former Portlander (and Portland Phoenix scribe) Jessica Porter.

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January 30, 2008

Leap Day 2008
By Deirdre Fulton
Are you one of the 200,000 Americans who only gets to celebrate their birthdays every four years, on Leap Day? (We're lucky enough to have such a specimen here in our office!)

If so (or even if not), we've stumbled upon an easy way for you to make some quick cash -- if you act fast. The Quadrennial Council is sponsoring a contest; participants can win $200.

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January 29, 2008

UMaine law students keep on keeping on in RIAA case
By Deirdre Fulton
Last month, two UMaine Law School students filed a motion to dismiss on behalf of two UMainers accused by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) of illegal downloading.

At the end of last week, Magistrate Judge Margaret Kravchuk issued a recommendation to deny that motion -- basically, saying that the RIAA case could go ahead, instead of being thrown out, as the law clinic students had argued it should be.

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January 29, 2008

Movement on Adams School reuse
By Deirdre Fulton
The city's Community Development Committee (Cheryl Leeman, John Anton, and James Cohen) will meet at 5 p.m. today to review the draft Request for Proposals for what used to be the Adams Elementary School on Munjoy Hill.

Right now, the draft RFP primarily calls for affordable mixed housing for families, young people, and seniors, built in eco-friendly, energy-saving ways.

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January 28, 2008

Sports Mania
By Deirdre Fulton
As if the fast-approaching Superbowl wasn't exciting enough, local sports fans will find out soon whether or not Portland will be home to an National Basketball Association Development League team (like the minors of hoops), starting with the 2008-09 season. The guys leading the charge (former TD North president Bill Ryan, and his son Bill Ryan Jr.

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January 25, 2008

Maine Squeezes - Free Hugs in Monument Square
By Jeff Inglis
This afternoon, there's a guy in Monument Square giving out free hugs, which he normally does up by Congress Square. But Boo has moved downtown a bit, in hopes of encountering more people. "But there's more room for them to avoid me," he noted after exchanging hugs with me today.

He'll be there most afternoons - even in the cold - so stop by and get some love!

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January 24, 2008

Tomorrow: Wear green, commute green
By Deirdre Fulton
We got an email a few weeks ago from Sarah Cushman, a Portlander who's organizing Portland Green Streets Days on the last Friday of every month. On those days, people who live or work in Portland are encouraged to wear green and to commute in an eco-friendly manner -- walking, biking, taking the bus, etc. Apparently, when she kicked off the Green Street Days this fall, local businesses offered some discounts to particpants.

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January 24, 2008

Great minds...
By Christopher Gray
I recently participated in Idolator's (big music blog, subsidiary of the Gawker blogpire) 2007 music poll, with a half-assed ballot of my top 10 albums (slightly different from what's below) and a few reissues I could think of. The poll offers fairly predictable results, but is an interesting counterpart to the behemoth Village Voice Pazz and Jop poll, an aggregation of picks by more reputable critics.

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January 24, 2008

The Alewife is a species of small shad
By Deirdre Fulton

I didn't know that! I thought Alewife was just a stop on the Boston T.

Anyway, the alewives of Maine are in luck, because they have a coalition of state environmental advocacy groups working in Augusta to restore their historic spawning grounds.

That's one of several legislative priorities announced at a press conference this morning.

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January 23, 2008

Into Great Silents
By Christopher Gray
As promised in this week's "8 Days a Week," some additional detail about upcoming silent film events around the area. (A post which perhaps should be titled: everything I write is too long, and maybe I ought to reconsider my "style".)

Sheer coincidence or hip fad? We don’t know, but Maine’s about to get silent film crazy.

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January 22, 2008

Update on Roe anniversary
By Deirdre Fulton
Earlier today, Jeff brought our attention to the fact that today is the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. To commemorate the date, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England is co-sponsoring a forum at the University of Southern Maine tonight, from 6-8 p.m. at the Glickman Family Library. Several experts, young and old, will be on hand to talk about the reproductive-rights landscape, then and now.

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January 22, 2008

We [heart] Stephen King
By Deirdre Fulton
Stephen King was on the Today Show this morning, promoting his new book, Duma Key. Despite the fact that MSNBC.com solicited questions for King from the general public, none of the chosen questioners was from King's home state of Maine. However, he did offer a shout out in his interview:

Q: If, after your death, you knew that only one of your stories would be remembered, which one would you want it to be? –Randy, Mesa, Ariz.

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January 22, 2008

MARKING ROE - Targeting Collins
By Jeff Inglis
We wrote about it back in spring 2006, but today, on the 35th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, the People for the American Way will launch a series of ads targeting US Senator Susan Collins for having backed the appointments of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. and Associate Justice Samuel Alito.

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January 17, 2008

Best Albums of 2007 - Total, final, whatever.
By Christopher Gray

I’ve deleted all previous entries to this long-running attempt to complete my Best of ’07 list; here’s the whole shebang.

Honorable Mentions (all very strong, but either too uneven, too lacking in peaks, or not listened to enough to warrant top ten consideration): The Acorn, Glory Hope Mountain; Aesop Rock, None Shall Pass; Beirut, The Flying Club Cup; Burial, Untrue; Deerhunter, Cryptograms; El-P, I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead; The Field, From Here We Go Sublime; Frog Eyes, Tears of the Valedictorian; Future of the Left, Curses; Great Lake Swimmers, Ongiara; Les Savy Fav, Let's Stay Friends; Marissa Nadler, Songs III: Bird on the Water; M.

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