Two candidates, Steve Bullock and Joe Sestak, have dropped out of the Democratic presidential primary. Here are some links to […]
Coworker profile: the cashier of tomorrow
Because sometimes it isn’t a customer, manager, or suit making my job less bearable… I was working five nights a […]
There’s a strip club in town that gives $2 bills to its customers. The strippers then spend them, and the […]
Bangor’s upcoming Styrofoam ban (and how little good it’ll do)
Buried deep within the BDN’s triumphal celebration of compliance with Bangor’s upcoming Styrofoam ban was this tidbit: Governor’s, which has […]
The $1.29 million Pickering Square gentrification grant
BDN: Bangor has been awarded $1.29 million in federal funds to help it replace the public bus terminal that was […]
Unpleasant design: a tale of two laundromats
The laundromat closest to my house was, at one time, a gas station. It stayed vacant for a while before […]
I can tell it’s November by the way, over the past few weeks, that Christmas music has started to crop […]
That “sensational” story about bussing homeless people out of Bangor
November 13’s local paper, front page, above the fold: Bangor is buying bus tickets to warmer states for people with […]

“Please and thank you” is an insult
Those of us with more than an hour’s exposure to the English language have probably heard the terms “please” and […]

Juul stops selling another flavor to placate “society”
AP, via the weekend’s paper: Juul Labs said Thursday it will halt U.S. sales of its best-selling, mint-flavored electronic cigarettes […]