Brass, or Stainless? Pole Dancing Hits Vancouver, Washington... Bombshell Style

The Bombshell Ballroom Studio Nestled quaintly, and inconspicuously on the outskirts of Vancouver Washington's Uptown Village, The Bombshell Ballroom has female Vancouverites (and even the gals over in Portland) buzzing about something a little outside of the norm. It's...

Otherwise Normal People, Competitive Rose Gardening...A new Sport?

You might not find it on ESPN extreme sports, call it compulsive gardening...Best in show for the Rose Garden!Follow the thorns on Serge the Concierge

Two Injured In Thursday Morning Fire

" June 1, 2007 Washington - Two Vancouver residents were in critical condition today after suffering smoke inhalation in a fire at their east Vancouver home. The victims, described as an adult male and an adult female, were undergoing hyperbaric treatment at a Portland...

Jesus ‘Love Bombs’ You

"The new convert is gradually drawn into a host of church activities by his or her new friends, leaving little time for outside socializing. But the warmth and embrace soon bring new rules. When you violate the rules, you sin, you flirt with rebellion, with becoming a...

ME Wind farm rejection appealed

"The company that hopes to put three electricity-generating wind turbines on Beaver Ridge is going to argue its case in court. Portland-based Competitive Energy Services filed papers in Waldo County Superior Court in an effort to overturn last month's Board of Appeals...

1st Circuit: ME Micmacs are subject to state employment laws

"A ruling by a panel of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals means the Aroostook Band of Micmacs is subject to state employment discrimination laws after all."

Explosion Destroys West End Home

" April 6, 2007 Maine - Public works crews demolished a house in Portland's West End after an explosion and fire Thursday threatened to collapse the building. The 2 1/2 -story building on Salem Street, worth more than $250,000, was falling down even as firefighters battled...