A Portland Evening Express photograph from January 1940 shows a striking art-deco storefront at 566 Congress St. – now home to downtown’s Otto Pizza.
Christian MilNeil
Christian MilNeil is a data reporter and online content producer. A graduate of Bonny Eagle High School in Standish, he studied math and economics at Reed College in Portland, Oregon and joined the Press Herald in 2012. He’s especially interested in design, city politics, cartography and climate change. If you’re in Portland, you might see him bicycling to work, or just for fun.
Posted inLife & Culture
KahBang Festival organizers pull plug on music part of event
That means more than 30 performances at three Portland venues, including shows by St. Vincent and DMX at the State on Aug. 8, will not happen.
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Route 302, North Windham, in the late 1970s
This undated photograph from the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram print archives shows North Windham’s Route 302, looking southeast toward Portland. The old photograph and the 2014 view of the same area (below) share few recognizable landmarks in common, but the “Italian Sandwiches” sign seems to mark the present-day location of Feroci’s Pizzeria, and some […]
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Maine bakery featured in Google economic impact report
In Maine, Google chose Briana Warner and her company, Maine Pie Line, to tout its online advertising.
Posted inFlashback, Life & Culture
The Gorham Station Restaurant, 1979
A Press Herald archive photograph showing Gorham’s old railroad station shortly before it was renovated into a restaurant.
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W.A.C. recruits at Union Station, 1944
A group of Maine recruits poses in front of Portland’s Union Station on St. John Street before departing for training at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., in June 1944.
Posted inElections, Politics
Collins raises money lead on Bellows in Maine Senate race
Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins out-raised her Democratic opponent by nearly $340,000 for the three months from April 1 to June 30.
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‘Top of the Old Port’ in 1960
A 1960 news photograph shows the First Baptist Church, since demolished to make way for the ‘Top of the Old Port’ parking lot in downtown Portland.
Posted inMaine Governor's race, Politics
It’s Day 3 of the LePage, Sovereign Citizens controversy
Maine’s governor finds himself in another full-blown controversy following the publication of an excerpt from a book written by liberal activist Mike Tipping.
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Bull Feeney’s storefront, 1942
A 1942 news photograph shows 375 Fore St., then the new home of the Seamen’s Friend Society, and today the site of Bull Feeney’s restaurant.