Casco Bay is your friend
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Thank goodness for Casco Bay. And as long as you're thanking goodness, you should also thank Friends of Casco Bay. 
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Catch the Rising Tide
/ So why would thirty, forty people be lining up at noon on a Saturday, inside a cinderblock building in Portland's Bayside neighborhood? The answer, as you may suspect, had everything to do with the bottled objects in the lower-left of the photo. Beer.
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Richard Blanco in Portland
/ Poet Richard Blanco is back home in Bethel, Maine after reading his poem "One Today" at President Barack Obama's second inauguration in Washington, D. C.
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Ghosts Against Dad Rock: Ian Svenonius’ Supernatural Strategies
/ The cold snap appeared to be on its way out. The good old Call Joe sign on the Time & Temperature Building was flashing 22 degrees.
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Everyday Outside
/ This week, Women's Health (in partnership with Men's Health) released their fifth-annual report on the country's healthiest cities for women. The editors come to these rankings using a fairly wide array of data in 41 categories, including nutrition, cost of living, and cancer rates.
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Food to Look Forward to
/ It seems that everyone welcomed Eventide Oyster Co. with open mouths in 2012.
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"Love is Love." Same-Sex Couples Marry at City Hall
/ By midnight a crowd of well-wishers had gathered outside Portland's City Hall. Mayor Michael Brennan offiicially opened the clerk's office at 12:01 am EST on December 29th, the earliest time that same-sex couples could exercise their new right to marry.
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Support Portland's Creative Economy with These Locally-Produced Gifts
/ It's a good time of year to highlight some of Portland's artists and craftspeople who have been busy making the rounds at various local craft fairs (such as the 4th annual Picnic holiday sale, happening this coming Sunday). Here's a sampling of locally-produced gift ideas from some of our hometown bloggers and curators.