Good evening from the BDN Portland office on Congress Street, where we spent part of the day besieged by internet spiders (seriously our site, like many others, was down for most of the day. We apologize.) Here’s the news, as best we can tell: What we’re talking about Long Creek can’t treat severely mentally ill […]
Good evening from the BDN Portland office on Congress Street. Tonight: we have absolutely no news. Sorry, wait, I have the wrong envelope. Tonight: we have plenty of news. Also, here’s a video of a bat eating a watermelon. What we’re talking about A man was found dead on Chadwick Street — A 35-year-old man […]
School children all over New England collected $17,000 in pennies, nickels and dimes. Their names are in a sealed box, somewhere within the pedestal.
Good evening from the BDN Portland office on Congress Street. For no real reason — besides the fact that it’s Friday afternoon — here are a bunch of pictures of animals that look like rockstars. What we’re talking about Eight places that shaped Portland’s African American history — As Black History Month draws to a […]
Good evening from the BDN Portland office on Congress Street. Tonight the newsletter is jam-packed with news, views and a few things to do this weekend. What we’re talking about My transgender daughter’s civil rights aren’t up for debate — Emily Wedick, who last year shared the story of how her older daughter was born […]
Good evening from the BDN Portland office on Congress Street. Let’s get to it. What we’re talking about City Council says $25,000 available for body camera pilot — On Wednesday, City Council members presented the vague sketch of a plan they said has been in the works for more than six months to equip a […]
Good evening from the BDN Portland office on Congress Street. Tonight the police chief gets political; a story that would make most humans cry; and for crying out loud, please let the NBA trade deadline be over so I can stop obsessing over every Isaiah Thomas tweet. What we’re talking about Portland police chief ‘disgusted’ […]
Good evening from the BDN Portland office on Congress Street. Tonight an update on the weekend’s shooting; inside Chamberlain’s last house; and $6 bone broth. What we’re talking about Police could get body cameras by 2019, but activists want them earlier — The city has earmarked $400,000 to outfit Maine’s largest local police force with […]
The bullet mangled his guts beyond repair — but it took 50 agonizing years before he finally succumbed to his injuries.
The guy who hates the Environmental Protection Agency maybe more than anyone is now running it; a happy story; and a political scorecard says the City Council isn’t as progressive as you might think.
