News
New urgency propels proposed Portland ban on facial recognition technology
City Councilor Pious Ali proposed banning the use of facial recognition technology in Portland in October 2019.
The proposal failed to gain much traction...
Arts & Living
On Screen: Maine International Film Festival goes outside, online
The pandemic may be keeping movie theaters dark, but it’s also bringing fresh light to a certain retro film-going pleasure: the drive-in.
And so...
Letter from Aroostook: Awaiting the bounty
Spring was slow in arriving in The County.
There was snow in early May, back-to-back frosts two weeks ago, and COVID-19 slowed the start...
Viewpoint
Your Viewpoint: ‘A completely enjoyable newspaper’
The July 1 edition of the Portland Phoenix was filled with a wide variety of interesting articles ranging from the culinary delights prepared by...
Another Viewpoint: Don’t blow it, Portland
My wife and I moved to Portland 36 years ago. We left Los Angeles just a few weeks before the 1984 Summer Olympic Games....
A View from the Hill: Climate change isn’t going away
The other day I was listening to some news on National Public Radio. The announcer was doing a handoff to a reporter. After introducing...
Politics & Other Mistakes: Break it up
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (motto: Please Call Back – Oh Wait, That’s the Maine Department of Labor’s Motto – Ours...