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What we learned from the race

Mayoral Aftermath
As of last Tuesday, Portland has its first elected mayor in many decades; Michael Brennan will take office December 5 and serve a four-year term.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | November 16, 2011

Voting sustainable

Going green
Among the new mayor's responsibilities will be increasing energy efficiency in city buildings, managing and advocating for local alternative transit priorities, and setting an example regarding eco-friendliness.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | October 26, 2011

Mayors, media, masses

Press Releases
Portland's 15 mayoral candidates are missing an opportunity to connect with the people, both directly and through the media, by failing to publicize their support for OccupyMaine.
By JEFF INGLIS | October 19, 2011

20 questions about Portland's upcoming mayoral election

Rising from the masses
With three months until Portland's first mayoral election in more than 80 years, and two weeks until candidates are required to hand in the 300 signatures that will reserve them each a place on the ballot, a whopping 19 people have thrown their hats into the ring by taking out nominating-petition papers.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | August 11, 2011

Bragdon vs. Trevorrow, Greens, District 120

Primary 2010
Charles Bragdon and Anna Trevorrow vie in the East End legislative race
By DEIRDRE FULTON | May 19, 2010

We sing, we dance, we steal things

Politics and other mistakes
Last week, I profiled the Democrats running for governor of Maine in 2010. Thousands were taken ill.
By AL DIAMON | November 26, 2008

Maine House candidates

Who wants to go to Augusta?
As with the candidates for Maine Senate, we compiled some biographical information on each candidate and then asked each person what they would take action on right up front, if they were elected.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | October 29, 2008

Maine’s most massive screw-ups in 2006

Stuff that just should never have happened
2006, we’re going to miss you.
By JEFF INGLIS AND SARA DONNELLY | December 20, 2006

Young guns

K-Don and Dave on being city councilors, playing politics, and what Wharf Street should look like
When Kevin Donoghue and Dave Marshall are sworn in to the Portland City Council on December 4, they’ll be more than a decade younger than the youngest of our sitting councilors.
By SARA DONNELLY | November 15, 2006

Voter’s Guide

Endorsements for races for the Portland city council, the state House of Representatives, the State Senate, the US House of Representatives, the US Senate, and, of course, the governor.
The Portland Phoenix staff packaged up our hopes for a vibrant Maine and stuffed them in this Voter’s Guide.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF | November 01, 2006

In District 118, liberal plays Republican

True colors
Last Monday, Benjamin Crocker, the Republican candidate for state representative in District 118 in Portland, wrote a letter to the state elections office formally withdrawing from the race.
By SARA DONNELLY | July 12, 2006

Housing rights

Get out of my apartment!
Violations of tenants’ rights are commonly reported to Maine housing rights advocates, and tthen there are the unnoticed violations that occur while tenants aren’t home.
By ASHLEY RIGAZIO | June 14, 2006

Grass roots fire fight

Maine Greens, burned by internal conflict, struggle to stay alive
During its recent convention, the Maine Green Party transformed itself from a chronically decentralized group of activist-skeptics into a maybe, possibly, if-you-squint-your-eyes-could-be a unified party with a palpable lust for political power.
By SARA DONNELLY | June 07, 2006

Community culture club

Wolf Pine Farm plants seeds in West End
Community-supported agriculture programs produce a way for city folk to enjoy the fruits (and veggies) of organic farming, even if their yards are only cement patios or third-floor fire escapes.
By LISA CRAIG | May 31, 2006

Letters to the Portland Editor, May 5, 2006

Readers fire back on Brian Duff's university-cafeteria story, and our Readers' Picks choice for Best Local Politician in "The Best"
By LETTERS TO THE PORTLAND EDITOR | May 03, 2006

Ways not to lose

Politics and other mistakes
In most legislative districts, frontrunners can admit to any indiscretion short of a fondness for Osama bin Laden and still win.
By AL DIAMON | April 12, 2006

Free money

Rent relief!
There is a program that might ease renter’s ache: Maine Residents Property Tax and Rent Refund Program.
By AMY MARTIN | April 12, 2006

Block Party

Portland’s Greens go for the council
This November, Green party candidates will run for Portland City Council against incumbents Karen Geraghty and Will Gorham, according to the Portland Green Independent Committee's co-chairman.
By SARA DONNELLY | April 05, 2006

Are you dead yet?

Politics and other mistakes
The Green Party is contracting, to the point where that’s about the only place it has any political impact, and once you get outside Portland, Green candidates for the Legislature are rare as profitable paper mills.
By AL DIAMON | March 29, 2006

Letters on the prison series

Portland readers respond
Portland readers respond
By | March 23, 2006

Letters to the Portland Editor, March 17, 2006:

Readers fire back on the issues of Maine's US senators endorsing Samuel Alito, and Portland's "missing" half-billion dollars.
Sara Donnelly's article on senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe’s endorsing of Samuel Alito was thoughtful, reflective, energetic, accurate, and full of journalistic integrity.
By LETTERS TO THE PORTLAND EDITOR | March 15, 2006

Letters to the Portland Editor, February 3, 2006

Readers fire back on Baldacci's re-election plan, MCLF, and Maine's prison reform
Readers fire back on Baldacci's re-election plan, MCLF, and Maine's prison reform
By LETTERS TO THE PORTLAND EDITOR | February 02, 2006

You promised

Show Eder the money
Portland representative John Eder wishes he had more friends in the capitol these days. Since supposedly securing funds last March for an unprecedented “arts incubator” to support the creative economy in Portland, Eder says the state has given him the run-around. Now, the $500,000 he was promised has disappeared.
By SARA DONNELLY | February 01, 2006

Sticking it to political reformers

Power play gives State House Democrats control of 'nonpartisan' activist group
State House Dems don't get mad, they get even.
By LANCE TAPLEY | January 12, 2006