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 2001
"Center Stage" piece on a Theater Project production of William Shakespeare's "M
"Center Stage" piece on a University of Southern Maine's (USM) Readers Theatre p
"Center Stage" piece on a University of Southern Maine Theater Department produc
"Center Stage" piece on a University of Southern Maine (USM) Theater Department
"Center Stage" piece on "Dance, the Spirit of Cambodia," a dance performance bei
"Center Stage" piece on Louis Gervais, a former dancer for Ram Island Dance, who
"Center Stage" piece on Maine State Music Theatre's "Little Shop of Horrors," a
"Center Stage" piece on "Mala's Song," a new play written, directed and co-produ
"Center Stage" piece on "Mary Cassatt and the Impressionists," a performance by
"Center Stage" piece on "My Misspent Youth," a performance by Michael Lane Traut
"Center Stage" piece on playwright Clay T. Graybeal's "The Calling," which is be
"Center Stage" piece on Portland Stage Company's production of Charles Dicken's
"Center Stage" piece on "Straight Up! With Chicky Stoltz," featuring local drum
"Center Stage" piece on the final installment of the 2001 Bates Dance Festival,
"Center Stage" piece on the Portland Opera Repertory Theatre's "FigaroFest," whi
"Center Stage" piece on "To See the Summer Sky," which is being presented by Buf
"Center Stage" piece on "Twisted Rules, An American Love Story," a performance b
"Center Stage" piece on William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing," which is
"Cover Story" piece on the Best of Portland 2001, with categories for Local Peop
Preview of a performance by rock musicians and brothers Michael and Kevin Bacon,
Preview of a performance by the organ-and-drum duo Eggbot, which is being presen
Preview of "The Second Coming of Joan of Arc," a one-woman show by Carolyn Gage
"Prime Cut" piece on a 12-week karaoke contest, from Jan. 4 through March 22, ho
"Prime Cut" piece on a band concert by The Holmes Brothers, which is being prese
"Prime Cut" piece on a jazz performance by the Mary Anne Driscoll Quintet, which
"Prime Cut" piece on a jazz performance by the Tony Gaboury Quartet with guitari
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by blues-guitarist Nick Curran, which is bein
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by blues singer Rory Block, which is being pr
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by British guitarist Martin Taylor, which is
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by country/folk singer Stacey Earle, which is
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by country musician Hollerin' Man, which is b
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by country musician Sleepy LaBeef, which is b
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by country singer and guitarist Dick Dale, wh
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by country western singer Carol Noonan, which
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by electric mandolinist Ben Trout, which is b
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by guitarist Mike Dowling, which is being pre
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by guitarist Reeves Gabrels, which is being p
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by Irish singer Karan Casey, which is being p
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by jazz pianist Angelica Sanchez, saxman Tony
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by musician Jay Farrar, which is being presen
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by rapper Sage Francis, which is being presen
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by singer/songwriter Freedy Johnston, which w
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by singer/songwriter Shawn Mullins, which is
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by the alt-rock band Folk Implosion, which is
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by the band Blues Traveler, which is being pr
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by the band Munjoy Hill Society, which is bei
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by the band Soulive, which is being presented
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by the band "the four bags," which is being p
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by the folk duo Chickentits, which is being p
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by the Irish band Altan, which is being prese
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by the metal band Ratt, which is being presen
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by the musical quintet "Strangemen," which is
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by the recently formed Portland rock combo Ph
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by the rock band Idaho, which is being presen
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by the rock band Lady Kensington and the Beat
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by the rock band Rustic Overtones, which is b
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by the Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band, which is bein
"Prime Cut" piece on a performance by the Washington, D.C.-based thrash-metal ba
"Prime Cut" piece on "Beatles Over Beethoven," a performance by the Atlantic Cha
"Prime Cut" piece on guitarist Roger McGuinn, who will give a solo performance a
"Prime Cut" piece on guitarist Tim Reynolds, which is being presented at The Sta
"Prime Cut" piece on performances by hard-core bands Blood for Blood, Die Cast,
"Prime Cut" piece on performances by several hardcore metal bands, including Mar
"Prime Cut" piece on performances by the DaPonte String Quartet in the final con
"Prime Cut" piece on Red Rocking Chair, a series of presentations by local write
"Prime Cut" piece on the first two rounds of Rock-Off 2001, Reindeer Records' fo
"Prime Cut" piece on the Good Witch Lobsterbake 2001, a performance by an array
"Prime Cut" piece on the inaugural 2001 New Music Odyssey performances by the St
"Prime Cut" piece on the rock band Black Beetle, which is being presented at The
Prostitution in Portland today is much less visible than in the past when prosti
"Talk" piece with Charlie Gould, 50, of Portland, who holds an M.B.A. and conduc, John Allegritti
"Talk" piece with Joe Hooper, 44, of Scarborough, a photographer who runs an onl, John Allegritti
"City" piece in which Chris Barry interviews Jay Houghton, a registered nurse an, Chris Barry
"City" piece on a 33-year-old after-dark curfew law that Portland police have be, Chris Barry
"City" piece on an annual budget meeting held by the Cumberland County Commissio, Chris Barry
"City" piece on a new state law that gives county sheriffs the authority to deci, Chris Barry
"City" piece on arrests in Portland's Western Prom area where undercover police, Chris Barry
"City" piece on gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB), a powerful knockout drug that, acco, Chris Barry
"City" piece on how difficult it is for a pedestrian to cross an intersection in, Chris Barry
"City" piece on Labor Ready, a national company with an office Portland that sup, Chris Barry
"City" piece on Maine Medical Center (MMC) in Portland, which has taken steps to, Chris Barry
"City" piece on Rena Masten, 34, of Portland, the new executive director of Port, Chris Barry
"City" piece on Richard Dill, 43, a deaf transient, who was arrested on Dec. 18, Chris Barry
"City" piece on state liquor stores in Portland. The store on St. John Street w, Chris Barry
"City" piece on the Maine Sunday Telegram's continuing ban on publishing announc, Chris Barry
"City" piece on Tillie Manning, a 69-year-old grandmother of 14 from South Dakot, Chris Barry
"Cover Story" piece on an undercover investigative report on sanitation, personn, Chris Barry
"Cover Story" piece on how and where to go camping and get back to nature withou, Chris Barry
"Cover Story" piece on Labor Ready, a temporary employment agency with Maine off, Chris Barry
"Cover Story" piece on Portland's funeral industry comparing costs for services, Chris Barry
"Cover Story" piece on the U.S. Coast Guard, how it is adjusting to the new real, Chris Barry
"Cover Story" piece providing a firsthand look at the disgusting life of a profe, Chris Barry
"Cover Story" piece taking an undercover look at life inside the Milestone Found, Chris Barry
"Edge" piece on how police and members of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency esti, Chris Barry
"Edge" piece on how the Greater Portland area's commercial radio stations dealt, Chris Barry
"Edge" piece on John Reuter, 45, of Gorham, who has turned his home into a subur, Chris Barry
"Edge" piece on several legislative bills that have been introduced in the Maine, Chris Barry
"Edge" piece on stolen merchandise auctioned off by the Portland Police Departme, Chris Barry
"Edge" piece on the Desert of Maine in Freeport, which is not really a desert bu, Chris Barry
"Edge" piece reviewing two competing local telephone books: the Maine Yellow Pa, Chris Barry