November 21, 2008

Childrens' CHRISTMAS HOUSE At Post Office Park

On Wednesday, November 26 at 2:00 p.m., a childrens’ CHRISTMAS HOUSE will be set up in Post Office Park at Middle and Exchange Streets. It’s being donated by Kid’s Crooked House, the famed Maine-based whimsical wooden playhouse builders. It’s valued at $10,000.

The HOUSE will stand in Post Office Park until mid-December. If there is a special child in your life for whom you would like to win this HOUSE, you  are invited to write an essay to that end. It may be written on line.  The contest  is sponsored by Radio Station 97.9. The winning essay will be chosen by committee and the maximum word length is 250 words.  December 18 is the deadline for entires.  The HOUSE will be given away at the Portland Pirates game on Sunday, December 21 at 4:00 p.m.

For contest rules, please visit kidscrookedhouse.com.  Once there, click on kidscrookedholiday giveaway. Or please call Elise Loschiavo, at 772-6828. She’s special events and public relations manager for the Portland Downtown District.

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By Carol McCracken

The snow is coming promise the local weathermen – maybe even next week. Whenever it does arrive, the City of Portland wants car owners to be prepared and ready so they will not be one of the many who have their cars towed when the first plowable snow hits the ground running.

To receive email notices from Portland when a city-wide parking ban is implemented, you can sign up on www.portlandmaine.gov. or by calling the hotline at 879-0300. Also check out the Time and Temperature sign in downown Portland for up-to-date postings.

When a parking ban is declared, all vehicles must be off city streets by 10 pm until 6 am the following day. Vehicles left on the street will be towed at the owner’s expense. (It’s not cheap). Vehicles will be towed to the city’s impound lot located at the International Marine Terminal on Commercial Street – please call 774-3025 should that be necessary.

One convenient designated parking area for Hill residents is in the lots off Cutter Street on the Eastern Promenade. Amother lot is across the street from the International Marine Terminal on Commercial Street – at the corner of Park and Commercial Streets.

There are other designated places as well in the City. Vehicles can begin to park in these designated areas at 5 pm the night a parking ban is declared. Vehicles must be moved from City lots by 7 pm the morning the ban is lifted.

And with this bit of information, let the snow bans come and the snowplows as well – MHN readers are ready!

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