The Casco Bay Weekly, a free alternative weekly newspaper, ran from 1988 to 2004. In its early years, CBW’s journalists tackled controversial issues in depth, the writing and reporting often flavored with humor and irreverence.
Each print issue will be microfilmed for preservation purposes and the originals will be stored in archival boxes in the library’s off-site storage facility.
The 1988-1992 issues of the paper are indexed in the Maine News Index card file in the Portland Room, while later issues (November 25, 1992 through November 21, 2002) are indexed here on the Maine News Index online. Full-text PDFs of the paper can be accessed here.
Submissions from 1995
Letter to the editor from Seth Berner, attorney at law, with a legal opinion on
Letter to the editor from state senator I. Joel Abromson, in response to an Augu
Letter to the editor from Victoria M. Murphy of Portland, in response to a May 1
Letter to the editor from Vincent E. Furley Jr., president of Jackson Brook Inst
Linda Abromson, who chairs the committee overseeing the renovation of Portland C
Maine Bureau of Medical Services officials, Pine Tree Legal Assistance lawyers a
Maine commissioner of education Wayne Mowatt has cancelled the Maine Educational
Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner John Melrose says mid-summer 199
Maine Public Broadcasting Corp. on July 31 cancelled "Media Watch," its weekly t
Maine Senate President Jeff Butland has sponsored legislation that would exempt
MaineStay, a 12-bed shelter for homeless youths between the ages of 16 and 23, i
Members of Fight AIDS, Transform Education (FATE), a student group, on Tuesday m
Neighbors of Portland's Hadlock Field, home of the Portland Sea Dogs, say their
"News-O-Rama" piece reporting that developer Pamela Gleichman of Portland has be
"Newsreal" piece on Peter Hoglund of Portland, husband of former state represent
"Newsreal" piece on the legislative committee seats assigned to Portland's legis
"Newsreal" piece reporting that gay rights advocates will not introduce an anti-
"Newsreal" piece reporting that Gov. King has sponsored legislation that would e
"Newsreal" piece reporting that the Portland Friends of the Park Commission is p
Peace Action Maine, a Portland group opposed to military spending, on April 17 r
Peter Evans, attorney for Mark Hider, said the National Rifle Association was ta
Phil Napier of Windham, who on April 26 was shot three times by two Windham poli
Photo essay on a day in the life of music in Portland.
Portland building inspector Sam Hoffses says problems with a dumpster behind Tap
Portland City Councilor Tom Kane has asked city attorney Gary Wood to draft an o
Portland city manager Robert B. Ganley has suggested that municipalities should
Portland police last week set up a surveillance operation in a Commercial Street
Portland songwriter Phil Hoose's answer to charges by Carolyn Cosby of Concerned
Portland West Neighborhood Planning Council Director Peter O'Donnell is forming
Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., on April 18
Related articles offering 25 swell ideas for Portland, ten alternatives to the G
Related articles on Maine's microbreweries and brew pubs, including how the stat
Related articles on technology as part of Casco Bay Weekly's Technology Issue.
Related articles on the Democratic and Republican candidates for the Maine House
Renee Berry-Huffman, vice president of the Greater Portland chapter of the Natio
Renee Berry-Huffman, vice president of the Portland chapter of the National Asso
Renovations of Portland's three middle schools are currently around $900,000 ove
Reprise Records is putting together "Fiddlehead Salad," a benefit compact disc f
Richard Picariello, 46, has served almost 19 years in prison for crimes ranging
"Soley Watch" piece reporting that the Maine Marine Patrol on October 31 confisc
State biologist Doug Kane says two attacks on small white dogs by great horned o
State representative Jim Oliver has submitted legislation that would make it ill
State representative Sam DiPietro, owner of a market in South Portland, has intr
Superior Court justice Robert E. Crowley last week sentenced Mohammed Kargar to
Susan Collins, the Republican candidate for governor in November's elections, tu
"Talk" piece with Alexis Larson and Darcy Doniger, owners of Bone Appetit, a pet
"Talk" piece with Alice Mead of Cumberland, who just published "Journey to Kosov
"Talk" piece with Alicia Wilson, 29, of South Portland, who won the title of Mai
"Talk" piece with Allan Witwer, 81, of South Portland, a former contractor on a
"Talk" piece with Andy Brettel, an Englishman visiting Maine.
"Talk" piece with Anne Heldenbrand, 71, of South Portland, who greets certain sh
"Talk" piece with Bill Owen of Brunswick, president of the Cumberland Motor Club
"Talk" piece with Catherine Fisher, 30, of Portland, the founder of Oratoria. F
"Talk" piece with Cecil Hines of Portland, who will celebrate his 75th birthday
"Talk" piece with Dana Roffler, a Reiki practitioner, aromatherapist, shaman and
"Talk" piece with Diana Murphy of West Baldwin, who is currently conducting traf
"Talk" piece with Dot Gonyea of South Portland, treasurer of the True Fans for E
"Talk" piece with D.S. Corton, owner of All the News of Portland, an image and p
"Talk" piece with Eddie McGarrity, a mason from England, who is currently doing
"Talk" piece with Edna Dratch, president and designer of Saahji Swimwear, a Port
"Talk" piece with Faiz Mohammad, chief of security at the Portland Museum of Art
"Talk" piece with Fred Haynes of South Portland, a native of Portland's Munjoy H
"Talk" piece with Joe Discatio, proprietor of Joe's Smoke Shop on Congress Stree
"Talk" piece with John Deans, 39, of Gorham, who has been a farrier for 15 years
"Talk" piece with John Denison, 35, editor and publisher of Whore's Egg News: A
"Talk" piece with John Hawkins-Durgin of Lewiston and Desiree and Peter Leland o
"Talk" piece with John Hubbard, the owner of Pet Jungle, an exotic animal store
"Talk" piece with Jon Erskine, a cook at Portland's State Theatre.
"Talk" piece with Karen Ketover, head of the Maine chapter of Cat Collectors, wh
"Talk" piece with Karla Jurgelevich, a ceramacist in Portland who has been makin
"Talk" piece with Keith Heldenbrand, who runs Shhh-Confidential Records Center o
"Talk" piece with Lauretta Gregoire of Portland, the first woman to achieve the
"Talk" piece with Lois Van Pelt-Marki and David Pitt, owners of Stones & Stuff o
"Talk" piece with Louis Couture, who founded the Head Hunter School of Design in
"Talk" piece with Marc Karman, the owner of Maine Artificial Limb on Brackett St
"Talk" piece with Mark Richardson, who works for New Market, a marketing firm th
"Talk" piece with Michael Naylor, who runs an astrology-based counseling busines
"Talk" piece with Nance Trueworthy and Dennis Jud, who own Zandhoeven, a Belgian
"Talk" piece with Neil Johnson, 25, of Florida, who lives in a pickup truck that
"Talk" piece with Norman Millette, who has been cutting hair at the Senior Citiz
"Talk" piece with one of the two Trash Monsters that collect the trash at Hadloc
"Talk" piece with Paul Rollins, former assistant city manager for Portland and a
"Talk" piece with Peter Rich, 62, of Cape Elizabeth, a lawyer in Portland who ha
"Talk" piece with Pookie Wilson, 25, a native of Alabama and center fielder for
"Talk" piece with Ray Cornils, Portland's 10th municipal organist.
"Talk" piece with Raymond I. Long, 90, of Portland, whose "Incredible Perpetual
"Talk" piece with Richard Eakin, an avid bird watcher and a professor of biology
"Talk" piece with Rick Bouchard, a dream practitioner and owner of The Dream Par
"Talk" piece with Rick Vance, who started Vance's Driving School in 1987. Vance
"Talk" piece with Robert Lipps of Portland, who twice has received the Munjoy Hi
"Talk" piece with Robert Temple, a juggler, unicyclist and musician.
"Talk" piece with Shalom Wertsberger of South Portland, a native of Israel, comp
"Talk" piece with Stan Warniello, 27, the owner of Gamescape, a game shop locate
"Talk" piece with the Flamin' Flames, Portland's only traditional roller skate g
"Talk" piece with the Rev. Speaker Gerald Polley of Portland, who with his wife
"Talk" piece with Tom St. Amand, who, with his brother Ted, runs Atlantic Exterm
"Talk" piece with Wes Nickerson, a graphic artist, childcare provider and window
The Bangor Daily News last week reported that developer Pamela Gleichman has set
The board of the Casco Bay Island Transit District on March 17 decided that the
The board of trustees of the Cumberland County Civic Center (CCCC) is looking f