Portland Through the Lens: Photos of Portland Maine by Portland Photographers
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Awful lot of green, isn't it? Here's a link to the actual breakdown photo - but let me explain quickly: Red- solid 'no' Pink- majority 'no' black- tie white- no data (yeah, we have alot of places with no folks whatsoever) Lt Green- majority 'yes' Green- solid yes So, pretty much everything north and east of the I-95 corridor went to the Schubert-Flint/NOM/Catholic Diocese side. Opinions may differ...
Green Mountain Daily - Front Page (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
According to the Bangor Daily News , Maine voters are following the script of 30 other states by supporting the repeal of the Marriage Equality law their legislators passed and their governor signed last spring. As of 10:35 pm, the margin is 51.83% for repeal to 48.17% against repeal and in support of keeping marriage equality.. There are a LOT of precincts still to report their votes, including Lewiston...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Research says that effects of downturn will not hit some parts of Britain for several months – and that local councils need to prepare for this 'aftershock' The full cost of the worst global downturn since the second world war has yet to hit Britain's local and central government finances, new research reveals . Analysis by data company Experian shows that the recession – in terms of unemployment,...
MikeCan.net (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
WCSH6.com | Portland, ME | In The Arena: Question 5 - Medical Marijuana (NEWS CENTER) -- Question 5 on the statewide ballot is the medical marijuana initiative. It reads, "Do you want to change the medical marijuana law to allow treatment of more medical conditions and to create a regulated system of distribution?" Joining NEWS CENTER's Pat Callaghan In The Arena are Jonathan Leavitt of the...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17/07/2009
John Purvis MEP is quite right to argue that British interests need engagement in Europe ( Letters , 14 July). Why then has his Conservative party broken ranks with Europe's main centre-right parties and left the European People's Party group which is the majority bloc in the European parliament? People have made fun of David Cameron's new homophobic, anti-semitic and global-warming-denying friends...
UK400ClubRareBirdAlert (Free subscription) | 23/06/2009
Phil Barnett discovered a singing male MARSH WARBLER at Otmoor RSPB reserve (Oxfordshire) this evening, frequenting Hawthorns and reedbed vegetation adjacent to the main track between the first and second screens, whilst only the 7th MARSH WARBLER for Hertfordshire continues for a fourth day just west of the canal at Amwell (see full directions on my Hertfordshire Birding site). A further singing male...
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