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
Preview of "Grant Street," an exhibition of paintings by Kate Barnes, which is b, Chris Barry
Preview of the next "Second Tuesday Poetry Slam," featuring members of the Bosto, Chris Barry
"Talk" piece with Joe Basler, 24, of Portland, a poet, fiction writer and manage, Chris Barry
"City" piece on the Portland City Council's approval of plan to start charging i, Christopher Barry
"City" piece on the upheaval among people with mental-health and substance-abuse, Sharon Bass
Preview of an exhibit of sketches by William Kentridge of South Africa, which is, Julie Birnbaum
Preview of a reading from "Augusta Gone: A True Story," by the author, Martha T, Julie Birnbaum
Preview of "Recent Acquisitions and Selections from the Permanent Collection," w, Julie Birnbaum
Preview of the 10th Annual Photography Forum series, which are being held Thursd, Julie Birnbaum
Preview of "The Tomb of the Warrior Housewives," an art installation that is bei, Julie Birnbaum
Preview of two performances by dancer Deborah Hay, which will be presented at Bo, Julie Birnbaum
"Cover Story" piece on orgies organized by the author over a period of one year,, Isaac Bubier
"City" piece calling on local officials to expedite the establishment of a civil, Chris Busby
"City" piece on a proposal being submitted to the Portland City Council by Portl, Chris Busby
"City" piece on a proposed five-story condominium complex in Portland's Munjoy H, Chris Busby
"City" piece on a protest by students at the Maine College of Art in Portland., Chris Busby
"City" piece on Mary Jo O'Connor, Portland's new superintendent of schools. Wit, Chris Busby
"City" piece on meat sold at the Portland Public Market's Wolfe's Neck Farm stan, Chris Busby
"City" piece on MediaPlex, a planned high-tech facility where work in film, vide, Chris Busby
"City" piece on Michael Crowley, formerly a part-time corrections officer with t, Chris Busby
"City" piece on Portland city councilor Peter O'Donnell, who said he plans to st, Chris Busby
"City" piece on Portland police chief Michael Chitwood's recent decision to work, Chris Busby
"City" piece on the increased rate of condominium conversions in Portland, and r, Chris Busby
"City" piece on the planned move of the Scotia Prince ferry to the east end of t, Chris Busby
"City" piece on the Portland Public Market's director, Ted Spitzer, who also run, Chris Busby
"Cover Story" piece casting some of Maine's most prominent public figures in the, Chris Busby
"Cover Story" piece on a council of elders in Portland that is offering city off, Chris Busby
"Cover Story" piece on an olfactory tour of the newly smell-sanitized city of Po, Chris Busby
"Cover Story" piece on drug addiction in Maine. Maine Drug Enforcement Agency h, Chris Busby
"Cover Story" piece on Portland artists who prefer not to use the gallery system, Chris Busby
"Cover Story" piece on the future of classical music in Portland. With special, Chris Busby
"Cover Story" piece on the Maine state quarter, due to be minted in 2003. With, Chris Busby
"Cover Story" piece on the Portland Public Market and how Ted Spitzer's decision, Chris Busby
"Edge" piece on Briggs Seekins, 30, of Portland, who co-hosts "Settling the Scor, Chris Busby
"Edge" piece on C. S. Thompson, 28, of Portland, president of the Cateran Societ, Chris Busby
"Edge" piece on Eggbot, a local musician who plays a Farfisa organ while singing, Chris Busby
"Edge" piece on Face Magazine, formerly a Portland publication featuring article, Chris Busby
"Edge" piece on Mitch Aver, manager of a record label in Portland called Pigeon, Chris Busby
"Edge" piece on Portland's Eldemur Krimm, a local heavy-rock trio, composed of F, Chris Busby
"Edge" piece on songwriter and guitar-maker Scott Conley, 30, of Portland, who e, Chris Busby
"Edge" piece on the Dirty Bird dance club in Portland, which is co-owned by J. J, Chris Busby
"Edge" piece on "The Rag," a four-page photocopied, free, underground, biweekly, Chris Busby
"Edge" piece profiling blues drummer and Maine native John Carleton, 39. After, Chris Busby
"Portland Prowler" piece denouncing in tongue-in-Cheek fashion the Eastland Hote, Chris Busby
"Portland Prowler" piece in which Chris Busby writes a postcard from Old Orchard, Chris Busby
"Portland Prowler" piece on a performance by the alt-country group The Silos, wh, Chris Busby
"Portland Prowler" piece on Diggers, a new bar and dance club in Portland's Old, Chris Busby
"Portland Prowler" piece on Greg Goodwill of South Portland and his hard-rock ba, Chris Busby
"Portland Prowler" piece on performances by the jazz duo Clown School Dropouts,, Chris Busby
"Portland Prowler" piece on Portland's East End Beach., Chris Busby
"Portland Prowler" piece on the Basement, a new pub in Portland's Old Port., Chris Busby
"Portland Prowler" piece on the entertainment at Uncle Billy's Bar-b-que Restaur, Chris Busby
"Portland Prowler" piece on the Jan. 19 closing of Portland's Club 619, an after, Chris Busby
"Portland Prowler" piece on the Mercury, a high-class martini bar in Portland's, Chris Busby
"Portland Prowler" piece on the Portland-based alt-pop band The Ponys, which is, Chris Busby
"Portland Prowler" piece on the Randall-MacVane American Legion Outpost on Peaks, Chris Busby
"Portland Prowler" piece on the second annual First Friday Art Walk, which was h, Chris Busby
"Portland Prowler" piece on The State Theatre in Portland and what it has to off, Chris Busby
"Portland Prowler" piece on the third annual Casco Bay Weekly Invitation pool to, Chris Busby
"Portland Prowler" piece on The Well, a recreation center in Portland run by the, Chris Busby
"Portland Prowler" piece on the Wine Bar in Portland's Old Port., Chris Busby
Preview of "Abstractions . . . Two Views," an exhibition of watercolors by Carlt, Chris Busby
Preview of a compact disc release party and performance by the Portland-based gu, Chris Busby
Preview of an exhibit of art works by John Joslin and Mike Hamlin, which is bein, Chris Busby
Preview of performances by the bands Cerberus Shoal and Tarpigh, which are being, Chris Busby
Preview of "Shortly After Takeoff," a compact disc by the Maine-based space-jazz, Chris Busby
Preview of two performances by the punk band Big Meat Hammer, which are being pr, Chris Busby
"So Noted" piece adding to Al Diamon's twenty-five suggestions for a better Port, Chris Busby
"So Noted" piece arguing the police and the district attorney need to take serio, Chris Busby
"So Noted" piece by Casco Bay Weekly editor Chris Busby explaining why he decide, Chris Busby
"So Noted" piece describing Chris Busby's sense of revulsion upon witnessing a, Chris Busby
"So Noted" piece lamenting the imminent demise of the Keystone Theatre Cafe in P, Chris Busby
"So Noted" piece noting that Portland schools are facing a $600,000 loss of stat, Chris Busby
"So Noted" piece on an ordinance proposed by Portland city councilor Peter O'Don, Chris Busby
"So Noted" piece on a referendum initiative by the Campaign for a Comprehensive, Chris Busby
"So Noted" piece on the Milestone Foundation, a homeless shelter for male alcoho, Chris Busby
"So Noted" piece taking issue with the Portland Police Department for placing an, Chris Busby
"So Noted" piece urging Portland voters to listen closely and critically when le, Chris Busby
"So Noted" piece urging the Portland City Council to give foremost consideration, Chris Busby
"So Noted" piece urging the Portland School Committee and the city council to ma, Chris Busby
"So Noted" piece with a self-introduction by Chris Busby who has replaced David, Chris Busby
"Talk" piece interview in question-and-answer format with Dave Burd, 38, and his, Chris Busby
"Talk" piece with Andrew Downs, 27, of Portland, an event coordinator with Portl, Chris Busby
"Talk" piece with Andrew Gilbert, 24, of Portland, a musician who recently shave, Chris Busby
"Talk" piece with J. Jules Vitali, 55, of Freeport, a retired graphic designer w, Chris Busby
"Talk" piece with Kelly Nesbitt, 26, and George Weatherbee, 43, both of Portland, Chris Busby
"Talk" piece with Marty O'Brien, 48, of Bath, a substance-abuse counselor and ho, Chris Busby
"Talk" piece with Scott Zambrano, 26, of Old Orchard Beach, an activist with the, Chris Busby
"Talk" piece with Stephen Lanzalotta, 42, who runs Sophia's, a Portland bakery., Chris Busby
Allen Dammann writes about the art of "cockblocking," the art of disrupting a ma, Allen Dammann
A tongue-in-cheek dictionary of words used by Portland politicians from "Arts Di, Allen Dammann
"City" piece in Q & A format with Kevin Carley, a former investment manager and, Allen Dammann
"City" piece on 1,050 missing copies of the University of Southern Maine (USM) n, Allen Dammann
"City" piece on a $13 million bond issue for Portland's schools that may be on t, Allen Dammann
"City" piece on a Campaign for a Comprehensive Plan, which is responsible for a, Allen Dammann
"City" piece on a committee created by leaders of the Portland Newspaper Guild t, Allen Dammann
"City" piece on a fact-finding inquiry presided over by Portland city clerk Lind, Allen Dammann
"City" piece on a legal notice filed by Sgt. Sullivan Rizzo of the Portland Poli, Allen Dammann
"City" piece on an off-leash dog park proposed for Portland's Eastern Promenade., Allen Dammann
"City" piece on a plan to renovate the interior of the 22-year-old Portland Publ, Allen Dammann