Al Diamon - Maine - The Way Life Was Last Week

August 18, 2008 Chalk Squawk The writing’s on the wall for writing on the sidewalk in Bar Harbor. And other important news of the week of Aug. 12-18. Read more » Posted on Monday, August 18, 2008 in Maine - The Way Life Was Last Week \| Permalink \| Comments (0)

August 11, 2008 Milfoil, Mud and Muffins Invasive plants, incessant rain, an incredible deal on pastry and other news of the week of August 5-11 Read more » Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 in Maine - The Way Life Was Last Week \| Permalink \| Comments (1)

August 4, 2008 Gone: Red Tide, President Bush and Mail Delivery to a Trash Can Here: Lower gas prices, lower lobster prices and one of America’s 20 best cocktails. Also, other news of the week of July 29 – August 4 Read more » Posted on Monday, August 4, 2008 in Maine - The Way Life Was Last Week \| Permalink \| Comments (2)

July 28, 2008 Maine Towns Vote, Vote and Vote, Again Will all that voting stop the snakes? Who gave sticky notes to the Eepybirds? Find out in our review of the news of the week of July 22-28 Read more » Posted on Monday, July 28, 2008 in Maine - The Way Life Was Last Week \| Permalink \| Comments (0)

July 21, 2008 Snake on a Drain And other terrifying news from the week of July 15-21 Read more » Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 in Maine - The Way Life Was Last Week \| Permalink \| Comments (3)

July 14, 2008 Petitions, Pellets, Poll Results – and Some Guy’s Armpit All the weirdness (and some important news) from the week of July 8-14 Read more » Posted on Monday, July 14, 2008 in Maine - The Way Life Was Last Week \| Permalink \| Comments (1)

July 7, 2008 A Great Week – for Me and Ten Other People For everybody else, a review of the Maine news from July 1-7 shows mixed results. Read more » Posted on Monday, July 7, 2008 in Maine - The Way Life Was Last Week \| Permalink \| Comments (4)

June 30, 2008 Tased and Confused And other shocking news – like PHOTOS OF NAKED WOMEN – from the week of June 24-30 Read more » Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008 in Maine - The Way Life Was Last Week \| Permalink \| Comments (0)

June 23, 2008 So Long, Red. Hello, Slime Eel. A Maine icon dies. A Maine non-icon gets noticed. And other news of the week of June 17-23 Read more » Posted on Monday, June 23, 2008 in Maine - The Way Life Was Last Week \| Permalink \| Comments (1)

June 17, 2008 Fish, Sex and Odd Words And other Maine news of the week of June 10-16, which includes the passing of Family Dog Collective's Alton Kelley Read more » Posted on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 in Maine - The Way Life Was Last Week \| Permalink \| Comments (0)

"Maine: The Way Life Was Last Week" is Al Diamon's review of the news of the previous seven days from the perspective of a native Mainer with an attitude problem. Diamon has worked in the Maine media as a reporter, editor (big mistake), TV commentator (bigger mistake), radio talk-show host (enormous mistake) and columnist for more than 30 years, and has won lots of awards (although none a normal person has ever heard of). He also writes the Media Mutt blog for downeast.com and the weekly column "Politics & Other Mistakes," which appears in 10 Maine newspapers. He lives in Carrabassett Valley, where he serves as harbor master. If you need a mooring, just mention his name. It's solid gold. Really.