Maine Startup & Create Week: Celebrating entrepreneurship
/ The inaugural Maine Startup & Create Week is an ambitious effort to shine a bright light on the startup work being done in Maine, and far beyond.
Working in Portland
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The politics of grease
/ Plumbing the grease traps of our food-obsessed city for power and politics.
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Beneath the Street
/ Ever wondered why Wharf Street is a block removed from the wharves? Fore Street was the original water line, named after the river that flows into Portland Harbor. In 1853 the city began to fill in the wharves in front of Fore Street, extending the land mass and creating Commercial Street, in order to lay down railroad track and enhance the city's position as a hub of commerce (at least according to Creating Portland: History and Place in Northern New England).
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A Covey of Calendars
/ In a city as charged as Portland, it can be challenging to keep track of what's happening when. If you're looking to indulge your artistic/creative side, there are many calendars out there, including this listing of more than a dozen right here on this web site.
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And the winner is....
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Health, Happiness, and Employment
/ One of the most popular facebook posts Creative Portland and 2 Degrees Portland have shared (ever) was a recent link to The Atlantic announcing the happiest states in the union, based on tweets (The Geography of Happiness According to a Million Tweets). Hawaii was first, and Maine was the runner-up for relative, collective happiness.
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Portland's Fourth Estate Is Alive and Innovating
/ Last week, Portland's daily newspaper, the Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, relaunched MaineToday. com, its online arts and living guide, with new content, bloggers, and a much-improved design.
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Help Wanted: Portland Planning Board
/ As I wrote here earlier this year, one of the most endearing aspects of Portland is how much access and responsibility the city's local government grants to ordinary citizens. In the New England tradition of self-governance, much of the city's municipal workings are handled by volunteer boards and citizen committees.