You’re reading The Express, BDN Portland’s free evening email newsletter. To sign up, text PORTLAND to 66866. What we’re talking about Two candidates for Portland City Hall have raised remarkable amounts of money this campaign season: At-large City Council candidate Pious Ali raked in more than $20,000, while District 3 incumbent Edward Suslovic’s war chest […]
In the Western Cemetery, there are hundreds of unmarked graves. It only hints at the number of people in the ground.
They dug up hundreds of graves in the almshouse cemetery. The bones were trucked to a pit at Forest City Cemetery in South Portland.
Less than an hour later the ship struck the top of Alden’s Rock, tearing a hole in the engine compartment. Before the water quenched the boilers, Capt. Borland gave the order to steam directly for land.
Good evening from the BDN Portland office on Congress Street. Today, banning tips at restaurants may be breaking the law; Portland’s city manager says he’ll be campaigning for Clinton; and with the election and Halloween approaching, things are getting strange indeed. What we’re talking about Two Portland restaurants, Bao Bao Dumpling House and soon-to-open Baristas […]
He began by boiling down spruce sap on his parents wood stove in Bangor. Then he came down to Portland to try and sell it. Nobody much bit on his idea.
If ever there was a sizable serpent slithering around Westbrook, its days are likely done.
That’s when Helen moved to Boston, with no formal mechanical training, and embarked on her career as the 19th century’s most successful female inventor.
Good evening from the BDN Portland office on Congress Street. Tonight: The city is selling five acres in Bayside; a local doughnut shop is expanding into a vacant Tim Hortons; and the city cracks down on a would-be RV park. Let’s do this! What we’re talking about With development booming and housing scarce, Portland is […]
That night, blinding snow, hurricane-force winds and 40-foot seas blew up as two storms — one from the south and one from the west — joined forces in ravaging New England.
