Fighting the Tides

[...] President of the Friends of Congress Square Park, Frank Turek. Photo- Seth Koenig, BDN. Here’s what president of the Friends of Congress [...]

[...] I’ve lived and worked near Congress Square Park since its inception in 1982. As a teenaged MeCA student, living in the Eastland, I [...]

[...] In their ongoing collaborative effort to revitalize Congress Square Park, the Friends of Congress Square Park and SPACE Gallery have launched a free summer concert series. On Sunday afternoon, a [...]

[...] attractive to investors. Those in favor of a NO vote argue that development of Congress Square Park would boost the city’s economy, and that RockBridge Capital may lose interest in their [...]

[...] for USMFuture member Meaghan LaSala: “On May 29th the Faculty Senate of the University of Southern Maine released an alternative budget proposal for the university, including 1.26 million dollars [...]

[...] and AAUP Investigation On Monday, December 1st, fourteen more employees at the University of Southern Maine lost their jobs in a crisis that is neither inevitable or necessary. We appreciate the fact [...]

[...] Maine. After he finished touring with his collection, Talbot donated it to the University of Southern Maine, and it came to be known as “The Gerald E. Talbot Collection.” The donation inspired the [...]

[...] in their mission to stop what they call “draconian measures” taken by University of Southern Maine president Theo Kalikow’s administration. The student led group has launched a crowd funding [...]

[...] be one of the most bizarre traffic accidents in Portland’s history on Wednesday night. Photo- Chris Shorr, BDN. Nobody was injured in the accident, which occurred around 7:30 pm in front of the Free [...]

[...] deafening levels- it felt like a lot more than that had turned out for the event. Photo- Chris Shorr, BDN. Pedestrians on the sidewalk stopped to watch, people hung out of high-rise windows to [...]

[...] gone, leaving behind only a trail of trickling blood as he disappeared into the night. Photo by Chris Shorr, BDN. [...]

[...] layoffs. Students for #USMFuture rally in Portland’s Monument Square in April, 2014. Photo by Chris Shorr, BDN. They’ve also responded to the announcement made earlier this week by the American [...]

[...] Last winter I did a piece covering the Portland harbor dredging project. Portland’s Deputy Harbor Master Lance Hannah invited me to tag along for a [...]

[...] the Portland Harbor, they’re highlighting a trend of negative online reviews from cranky guests with enough time [...]

[...] game is to save up a bucket of rotten bait and chuck it off the stern of the boat as we enter Portland harbor at the end of the day. Usually one or two seagulls will appear almost immediately, then [...]

Workers and patrons on Portland’s Custom House Wharf were surprised this morning to find that the popular tour and party boat, the “Casablanca” [...]

[...] footage of the actual physical assault, is enough to warrant punitive action by the Portland Police Department against on the officer in question- but it’s certainly enough to call for a review. [...]

[...] federal law, all marijuana use and production is strictly penalized. Despite this, the Portland Police Department does not cite or arrest medical marijuana patients. Since we make exceptions on the [...]

[...] Darien Richardson’s murder is asked to contact the Detective Division of the Portland Police Department at 207-874-8533 or www.portland-police.com.” When reached on Saturday afternoon [...]

[...] .” “If anyone recognizes the guy in the pictures, if they could contact the Portland Police Department or myself, it’d be a big help.” For anyone with information, the Portland [...]

Back in his high school playing days in Portland, Maine, thousands of locals would turn out in the dead of winter and fill a steamy Deering High Sc [...]

For the second edition of “Caner-Medley’s Corner,” Nik tells us what it’s like coming back from an injury to a team on which he has taken a l [...]

In the third installment of “Caner-Medley’s Corner,” Nik finally gets back on the court. He also gives a glimpse inside the not-so-exciting sid [...]

In this week’s entry for “Caner-Medley’s Corner,” Nik gives us an inside glimpse into the frustration of losing a close game, and he also show [...]

[...] For all the great pictures that I take on the lobster boat, there’s one that I really missed out on. About two years ago my captain, Skip Werner, and I [...]

I’m lucky to have a cool Captain who’s willing to put up with me taking time away from working to snap pictures sporadically throughout the workda [...]

[...] of dead seals. I’ve seen several of them in the three years that I’ve been working on the lobster boat, but these three all showed up within the last month. The most disturbing of the three [...]

[...] I always try to explain to people just how difficult it is working on a lobster boat, especially in rough weather. Well last week I had the rare opportunity to get some video [...]

[...] photography project documenting the simple (yet complex) images of people’s faces in downtown Portland. It sort of started out as a way to raise awareness for homelessness, but it quickly [...]

[...] on gay rights issues?” “What can you do to stop DHHS services from being moved from downtown Portland to the airport?”: “What will you do about immigrants?”: “What will you do to help [...]

[...] -inch paper, taped to doors, windows, telephone poles – just about any surface available in downtown Portland. Police and city officials were baffled, with no idea who had sneaked through the city [...]

[...] I say all the time, all you have to do to find a good story to write about is walk around downtown Portland for a while. There have been many times when I have set out on a walk with the specific [...]

[...] . It is not sustainable to fund park improvements by selling the park itself. I urge Portland residents to vote YES on June 10th. [...]

[...] need to end police overreach and allow adults to make their own decision on marijuana use. Portland residents demanded an end to citations for adult marijuana users a year ago. Chief Sauschuck and [...]

[...] BDN staff writer Beth Brogan explaining the history of the local legend: “On Feb. 14, 1976, Portland residents awoke to find hundreds of red hearts, printed on white 8 1/2-by-11-inch paper, taped to [...]