BRUNSWICK – Acquaintances of the woman accused of killing her husband’s mistress nine years ago in California are shocked by the allegations. Susan Navarat, 47, narrowly escaped arrest in Brunswick on Tuesday. Navarat, who has run the Thai Place restaurant for the past five years,… Read More
ALFRED – A Wells man who stuffed his girlfriend into the trunk of her car faces up to 40 years in prison after being found guilty Friday of kidnapping and attempted murder. A York County Superior Court jury also found Olin K. Williams, 23, guilty… Read More
Come one, come all is the invitation for a “Christmas Carol Sing and Potluck Supper” at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, at the Prospect Harbor Methodist Church. The supper is the major holiday event sponsored by Schoodic Arts for All. New SAA director Mary Laury… Read More
LONG ISLAND – A Portland man suffered a minor injury when hit by buckshot fired by his hunting companion Saturday during a specially authorized hunt to remove nuisance deer on this Casco Bay island, the Maine Warden Service said. Daniel Train, 31, was struck in… Read More
BANGOR – The electricity users most likely to be hit hardest by a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ruling last week could be those in the transmission area of Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. FERC’s ruling is expected to have a widespread impact on power rates throughout Maine,… Read More
BANGOR – Mike Merritt scored three goals and notched an assist to power the Orono Red Riots to a 6-0 high school hockey victory over the Foxcroft Academy Ponies Saturday at Sawyer Arena. Patt Skall notched a goal and an assist while Eric Gordon and… Read More
LUBEC – Miranda Richardson’s three-pointer from the left side of the key as the buzzer sounded lifted the Lubec girls basketball team to a 39-37 win over East Grand Saturday in high school basketball action. Amber Lavalley had grabbed a defensive rebound and passed it… Read More
BANGOR – The Bangor High girls soccer team didn’t get quite as far as it wanted to in the Class A playoffs this fall. Nevertheless, the state’s soccer coaches have recognized four of the Rams as among the top players in Eastern Maine. With two… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – It’s the theory of supply and demand that has growers producing potatoes for the fresh market seeing red. With a lot more potatoes grown this year across the country, the price has plummeted to about $2.50 to $3 per 100 pounds of… Read More
So we finally got some serious snow. OK, not so much. But for a child, any time the ground is barely white, it’s time for the sleds, snowboards, snow tubes and discs to come out. Every winter, an average of 35,000 children 14 and under are treated in… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Dairy farmer Bernard “Bunny” Grignon said Sunday that being tied to the farm is just part of his way of life. “Whether you have one cow or 1,000 cows, you are there forever,” he said. “You don’t get too far away.” Cows are… Read More
FREEPORT – A ceremony was held last week at the Harraseeket Inn to install Joseph Koch, president of Dragon Products Co., as chairman of the board of directors of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce. Koch replaces 1999-2000 board Chairman Peter Vigue, president of Cianbro Corp. of Pittsfield. Read More
PORTLAND – The financial struggle for BroadcastAmerica.com has worsened to the point executives informed the Internet broadcaster’s remaining workers that there was not enough money to pay them. The announcement Friday came after a federal bankruptcy judge gave a pair of key vendors permission to… Read More
WINTHROP – A bedspread maker whose name is synonymous with Lewiston’s industrial might is having unexpected trouble making the move 23 miles up the road to Winthrop. Bates of Maine has been granted an extension of its current lease in Lewiston while it attempts to… Read More
Following are petitions for bankruptcy filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Bangor: Karen Whitney, shipping clerk, one dependent, Fort Kent; assets, $2,460; debts, $13,194. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var… Read More
Once he got over the shock of television, the Internet and adventures in space, a visiting Charles Dickens no doubt would want to take in a year 2000 production of “A Christmas Carol,” the 1843 tale which annually plays in theaters around the world. Dickens,… Read More
Three floors above a busy Bangor intersection, in a small, sunny, mirrored room that smells like lunch and lead paint, Robert Leins tells me to close my eyes and just be. “You don’t have to remember anything,” he said, “just let go.” I peek. I… Read More
WINTER WAITS, written by Lynn Plourde, illustrated by Greg Couch, Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2001, 32 pages, hardcover, $16. Lynn Plourde had written her beautiful and eloquent “Wild Child,” a picture book celebrating autumn, personified as a child in a warm, intimate… Read More
Unlike the standard divas ruling the pop and country music charts, Kathy Mattea is multidimensional. Rather than using her guitar as a prop while jumping octaves with overblown vibrato, Mattea obviously prides herself on musicianship. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
It’s becoming clear from the outpouring of letters that the management at Maine Public Radio has made what may prove to be a fatal mistake (for them) by arbitrarily making programming changes that go completely counter to the precepts and raison d’etre of public radio. Read More
I am writing in response to Robert Ronco’s letter (BDN, Dec. 12) concerning the Palestinians. Ronco compares the Jewish resettlement in Palestine with “a mullah and contingent of Arabic military” coming up the Penobscot and conquering Bangor. He leaves out the fact that unlike this Arab invasion force,… Read More
It was a horrific deed these young men proceeded to do in killing Have At It and Rocket in the Pittsfield area. My heart goes out to the owners and the caravan folks. Perhaps these young men should be sentenced for two years to a… Read More
Recently there has been a lot of media coverage about neglect and abuse in long-term nursing care facilities. How about looking at the other side of the coin and writing an article titled, “The better side of nursing care.” I work in a nursing facility,… Read More
As winter closes in, take a moment to look on the bright side. The sights and sounds and smells of the season make it a time to relish, not just something to soldier through. The scraping at night of steel blades against pavement reminds us… Read More
Despite a tight state budget expected next year, Education Commissioner Duke Albanese did the right thing this week by proposing that Maine stay on track for recovering K-12 funding lost to communities in the early 1990s recession. His recommendation that General Purpose Aid to Education be increased by… Read More
I once found a “cousin” by leaving a note on a gravestone where both of us had been placing flowers on Memorial Day. These days, of course, it’s not unusual to find a relative through the Internet, a new-fashioned device that can make for some old-fashioned reunions. Read More
PORTLAND – The state can use extreme neglect as it does incest and abuse to justify the permanent removal of a child from a parent’s home, the state supreme court ruled Thursday. The court ruled against the father of a Lewiston girl who was found… Read More
Property owners on Greenings Island, an offshore chunk of Southwest Harbor, earned a reprieve Thursday when the Maine Supreme Judicial Court decided against the town in a case that sets a precedent for dozens of others who have contested the assessor’s shoreland valuations. The issue… Read More
For anyone sitting in Alfond Arena’s section B during the UMaine women’s basketball game in Orono against Delaware Sunday, you can thank Jerry Burleigh for your halftime snack. Burleigh, the Stearns of Millinocket girls basketball coach, was picked to shoot free throws in a contest… Read More
JONESPORT – A scallop fisherman drowned Thursday afternoon and two others were missing after their boat became disabled in Chandler Bay. The U.S. Coast Guard will resume a search today for the two fishermen. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
Even though 1999 was a tough act to follow, the 2000 tourism season kept pace. The state says taxable sales in the lodging and restaurant sectors in the year ending Sept. 30 exceeded totals from the same period in 1999. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
A fast-moving storm that left a trail of rain and ice from Texas to the Northeast blanketed Maine with about a half-foot of snow over most of the state Thursday before changing to rain and sleet later in the day. The storm contributed to numerous… Read More
The state paid $70,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the former manager of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, according to documents obtained by the Bangor Daily News under the Maine Freedom of Access law. Tim Caverly, who claimed he was unjustly fired, was awarded $48,000,… Read More
BANGOR – After deliberating for five hours Thursday, a Penobscot County jury told Maine Superior Court Justice Andrew Mead that members were hopelessly deadlocked and could not reach a verdict in the arson trial of Scott Gagnon. When the jury was polled, each member told Mead that they… Read More
It’s easy to take electricity, three meals a day and the car we have to get us to and from work for granted. But imagine what life would be like without such things. One family writes that its members once were homeless and slept in… Read More
ELLSWORTH – Two scholarships have been awarded to Hancock County residents through the Next Step, Hancock County’s only domestic violence project. The Martha Beathem Scholarships are awarded to people who have suffered domestic abuse but who have a strong desire to develop or improve their… Read More
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. John Baldacci and coach John Winkin joined more than three dozen members of the Maine State Society in placing about 4,500 Maine wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, D.C., Wednesday. For the eighth year, Worcester Wreath Co. of Harrington, Maine, donated balsam fir… Read More
SHERMAN STATION – Air quality problems at Katahdin Elementary School have prompted school officials to take steps to modify work that was done decades ago to save fuel. During the energy crunch of the 1970s and 1980s, SAD 25 shut down and closed off mechanical… Read More
Bangor District Court Debra Wilson, 35, Brewer, criminal trespass, jail six months, suspended, probation one year; theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, continued for sentencing; theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, jail six months, suspended, probation one year. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
VAN BUREN – Seniors at the SAD 24 District Secondary School lost the use of a lounge because of a small fire of suspicious origin there. SAD 24 directors were told of the incident Wednesday night. They agreed with the school administration that the facility… Read More
Police continue to look for a 32-year-old man wanted in connection with a robbery at the Thriftway Food Center in Orono last month in which several cartons of cigarettes were taken and he allegedly threatened a store employee. According to police, Abernathy Miller already has… Read More
CARIBOU – The following divorce was granted in November in Aroostook County Superior Court on the grounds of irreconcilable marital differences. Kenneth Eugene Schuurman of Hamel, Minn., and Charity Ann Schuurman of Wytopitlock, married in Wytopitlock, Feb. 17, 1995, custody of three children to the… Read More
YARMOUTH – State regulators are postponing until February a decision on how to cut emissions from the Wyman Station power. The state Board of Environmental Protection is considering a rule that would reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by about 40 percent. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Robert Williford, 21, of Washington Street in Pittsfield was in the Somerset County Jail on Thursday night, charged with possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, possession of stolen property, negotiating a worthless instrument and possession of a usable amount of marijuana, a civil violation. Read More
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CORINNA – Nomination papers for three public offices are available at the town office for the annual March elections. There are two openings on the Board of Selectmen, currently held by Marvin Lister and Chairman Steve Buck. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
DYER BROOK – The school board of the Southern Aroostook Community School District has voted unanimously to rehire Terry Comeau as superintendent for the 2001-2002 school year. Comeau will be employed half time as superintendent and half time as the district’s business manager. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
PALMYRA – “Mountains of plastic milk bottles” left behind at an abandoned recycling business will soon disappear, according to an out-of-court settlement announced at the Wednesday night selectmen’s meeting. Code Enforcement Officer William Murphy told Palmyra selectmen the long-standing battle to clean up the property… Read More
WATERVILLE – The Kennebec Valley Community Action Program plans to bring up to 400 youths and adults to Waterville early next summer to improve the homes of local families, according the KVCAP Deputy Director Peter K. Duncombe. As many as 70 local families will benefit… Read More
Houlton District Court Paul K. Albright, five counts of acquiring drugs by deception, all charges transferred to Superior Court. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length;… Read More
CORINNA – Selectmen here began a detailed budget review Wednesday night hoping to fulfill the needs of the changing community and still maintain its static tax rate. For three years running, the town has sustained a tax rate of $15 per $1,000 of property valuation. Read More
Two media companies that feature the outdoors announced a content-sharing deal between their online properties this week. RSN (www.RSN.com) will provide RSN Resort Cams, snow conditions, event listings, mountain profiles and trail maps to both powdermag.com and snowboardingmag.com, the online counterparts of POWDER and SNOWBOARDER… Read More
PITTSFIELD – Scott Sirois smashed his way into the candlepin bowling records Tuesday night at the Pittsfield Bowling Center. Sirois, of Skowhegan, set a Pittsfield one-game mark when he fired a 223 in the Tuesday Night men’s league. The score broke the old record of… Read More
WINTER HARBOR – The most recent set of upgrades to the town’s water system may be near completion. Shirley Chase, one of the water district’s three trustees, said Thursday that replacement of connections along the water grid should be completed by the end of the… Read More
A pair of University of Maine football players have been named to the Atlantic 10 Football Academic All-Conference Team first team. Senior wide receiver Phil McGeoghan and sophomore offensive tackle Justin Szwejkowski were among the 21 players named to the team googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
ROCKLAND – Senior Spectrum, an organization that provides an array of options for independent living, has named state Rep. Joseph E. Brooks of Winterport as regional director of its Knox Community Center in Rockland and Waldo Community Center in Belfast. Brooks will supervise the day-to-day… Read More
A 20-year-old woman from Kittery Point died Wednesday from injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident earlier this month in Castine. Rebecca Kelso had been hospitalized at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor since Dec. 7 when she received severe head and internal injuries in… Read More
Dover-Foxcroft District Court Francis Landry, 43, Brownville, improperly displaying vehicle plates, $100. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0]… Read More
ROCKLAND – The Farnsworth Art Museum will be hosting a New Year’s Eve party at the museum from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 31, to kick off 2001 and say goodbye to Andrew Wyeth’s painting “Christina’s World.” Dec. 31 will be the last… Read More
SEARSPORT – A Searsport woman attending Tufts University in Massachusetts has been awarded a Fulbright grant to teach in Germany, the U.S. State Department and the J. William Fulbright Scholarship Board announced. Melissa Latham is one of approximately 2,000 U.S. grantees who will travel abroad… Read More
BANGOR – The Bangor Historical Society is offering an invitation to turn back the clock and visit the Thomas A. Hill Historic House and Civil War Museum, at 159 Union Street, for a special holiday treat. The museum is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from noon… Read More
THOMASTON – Selectmen are investigating options for enacting a “quiet zone” ordinance that would control use of so-called Jake Brakes on trucks around town. Town Manager Valmore Blastow Jr. said selectmen are trying to find model ordinances to assist the town in drafting an ordinance… Read More
LEVANT – The town office of Levant will be closed Tuesday, Dec. 19, from noon to 1 p.m. for the annual Christmas party. The town office will close at noon, Friday, Dec. 22, for the holiday. Read More
ROCKLAND – The Knox County Superior Court grand jury rose Thursday, after four days of deliberations, and issued 34 indictments. The nearly three-dozen indicted people had a total of 79 counts against them. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
BANGOR – The Libra Foundation has awarded a grant of $100,000 to the capital campaign for the Maine Discovery Museum. The new children’s museum is scheduled to open in the former Freese’s building in downtown Bangor in February. Created by the late Elizabeth Noyce in… Read More
ROCKLAND – The board of Youthlinks has announced three new members. Arthur Adelberg of Camden, Marilyn Hotch of Owls Head and Ted Rodman of Rockport were unanimously elected at a recent board meeting. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
BANGOR – Two subcommittees of the Special Committee on Opiate Addiction will meet today to discuss the location and possible delay in the opening of a methadone clinic planned for the city. The two issues have become central in the debate surrounding the clinic, news… Read More
MILO – Investigator using DNA have identified the man who died in a Dec. 3 mobile home fire as 36-year-old Richard Frazier. Authorities have ruled that the fire started accidentally, and was likely caused by a cigarette left burning. The state Fire Marshal’s Office released… Read More
HOLDEN – The Maine Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, or MAHPERD, has named a Holden elementary school teacher the Middle Physical Education Teacher of the Year. Timothy J. Pearson, a teacher of adaptive physical education and physical education at Dedham School, Holden,… Read More
An article published in the Thursday, Dec. 14 Maine Day section concerning two men charged with issuing bogus checks to the U.S. Postal Service incorrectly identified one of the offices affected. According to the Hartland postmaster, his office was not affected by the scam. In Wednesday’s… Read More
CUTLER – A bait truck slid off a pier Thursday, releasing an undetermined amount of diesel fuel into Cutler Harbor. Marine Patrol Officer Russell Wright said the driver for Coffin’s Bait of Jonesboro had backed the truck down onto the Cates pier off Route 191… Read More
HARRINGTON – The public is invited to attend some free concerts by the SAD 37 high school band and the ‘Guagus Singers and Band. On Monday, the Narraguagus Singers and Band will conduct a series of concerts at the five district schools. Music teacher Walter… Read More
LUBEC – The Quoddy Players will present “Mrs. Weeks of the Cabbage Patch” at the Lubec High School Cafetorium on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 16-17. The play includes music and dancing and the performances will take place at 7 p.m. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
BANGOR – Information for Al-Anon meetings in Bangor and surrounding areas is listed below. Mondays: noon, 234 French St., St. John’s Episcopal Church office building; 7 p.m. Acadia Hospital, (Katahdin Room 268), Stillwater Avenue; 7 p.m. Acadia Hospital (Kenduskeag Room) Alateen meeting. Tuesdays: noon, 234 French St.; 6… Read More
Houlton District Court Ryan R. Bartlett, 24, Houlton, speeding 30 plus mph more than posted speed, bound over for jury trial. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
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The University of Southern third-year women’s hockey program is off to its best start and two local women are making a dramatic impact in their first seasons at USM. Glenburn’s Stacey Rudnicki, a sophomore winger who transferred from the University of Maine, is tied for… Read More
It’s time to start making plans for the 2001 racing season. For the next two months, horsemen and their animals will rest from the daily rigors of harness racing while several horsemen’s organizations and fair groups hold their annual winter meetings and awards banquets during this down time. Read More
WASHINGTON – Sen. Susan Collins and Rep. John Baldacci have asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to purchase 10 million pounds of frozen wild Maine blueberries. Maine’s wild blueberry growers yielded a harvest of 100 million pounds, 15 million pounds more than the record-breaking crop… Read More
Starting at the beginning of September, the 179 pupils attending the Dr. Levesque Elementary School in Frenchville began bringing pennies to school to fill cans in their classrooms. At 1 p.m. today in the school gymnasium, just before their seasonal assembly, the pupils will present… Read More
BATH – Silt in the Kennebec River has prompted emergency dredging to allow destroyers to go between Bath Iron Works and the sea. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ordered the federal navigation channel in the river dredged because destroyers can’t get through it even… Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Armed with grim statistics about congestion at Logan International Airport in Boston, New England governors pledged Thursday to work together to divert more travelers to regional airports. Delays and flight cancellations at Logan are costing airlines about $150 million annually, Massachusetts Institute… Read More
CHICAGO – A Maine man wounded in a shootout with police in Union Station remained hospitalized in critical condition and under guard Thursday as investigators tried to determine why he and another man pulled weapons when confronted by police. The two men involved in a… Read More
BRUNSWICK – State and federal authorities are looking for a Brunswick restaurant owner who is suspected of killing her husband’s mistress nine years ago in California. Sawan Navarat, 47, narrowly escaped arrest in Brunswick earlier this week. She is accused of shooting her husband’s mistress… Read More
ORONO – The revitalized Cyrus Pavilion Theatre at the University of Maine is the perfect place to stage Christopher Durang’s “The Marriage of Bette and Boo.” With only 89 seats in the three-quarter round performance space, watching the production is like peering through a neighbor’s window. Read More
By any definition, Laura Darrell is an exceptional young woman. The Yarmouth eighth-grader plays flute in band, sings in chorus, plays sports every day after school and maintains one of the top grade-point averages in her class. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
PlayStation 2. List price: $299; if bundled with the sports pack (Madden NFL 2001, SSX, Ready to Rumble 2, one extra controller, one DVD movie) $499. 8MB memory card: $32. DVD remote for PS2: $17.99-$29.99. Parents, take heart. After all the hype surrounding Sony’s allegedly… Read More
BATH – The Maine Maritime Museum is thinking big with the commissioning of one of the largest pieces of public art ever attempted in Maine. The museum, which exceeded its fund-raising goal, has selected two local artists to build a see-through sculpture of the 450-foot… Read More
AUGUSTA – Two days of roundtable discussions and visits to successful Maine businesses highlight the U.S. Small Business Administration-Russian Federation Business Development Exchange, managed by the SBA’s Maine district office. Building on the success of the 1996 Gore-Chernomyrdin Commission, initiated to draft agreements for small… Read More
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins have announced that four recipients in Maine will share $54,500 in National Endowment for the Arts funding to support cultural projects throughout the state. Slated to receive funding are: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
If the speeches Wednesday night were a measure of the possibilities for political common ground, the long presidential campaign and the prolonged vote count that followed merely reinforced and ultimately reflected the national feeling that the bitter ideological divide of recent years will no longer be tolerated. But… Read More
As a horse and pet owner, I, too, was saddened and angered by the recent killing of two horses in Pittsfield. However, I am also tired of the news media referring to the boys who did this as “hunters.” What they did had nothing to do with hunting. Read More
How can the country be united when in a purely political move, the U.S. Supreme Court disenfranchised the American voter by appointing George W. Bush as the next president of the United States? Trying to blame the Florida courts for their decision makes the U.S. court look even… Read More
It has been more than a year since the lobster die-off and the collapse of the lobster fishery in Long Island Sound. This environmental catastrophe was declared a disaster by Connecticut Secretary of Commerce William Daly. Still there has been no substantial research conducted into the investigation of… Read More
The Bangor Daily News article, “Father pleads guilty in attack” (Dec. 7) left this reader outraged and disgusted. We know where the elder Mr. Buble will be spending time for his crime – what about Philip Buble? Where is his dog? With him, because torture can’t be proven. Read More
Two letter writers (BDN, Dec. 9-10) express disdain for “celebrating diversity” and efforts to protect gays from discrimination. I suspect both writers, if they are old enough, were – probably still are, for that matter – similarly disdainful of efforts made decades ago to provide protection from discrimination… Read More
A Nov. 25-26 BDN commentary by Millinocket Town Manager Eugene Conlogue about the ongoing dispute between some paper companies and three tribal governments caught be my surprise. Our DNR staff has enjoyed a productive working relationship with the fine people who oversee the town’s wastewater treatment plant. This… Read More
So, it’s over. Sort of. We will soon have a president-elect, and barring the unexpected in the Electoral College vote, it will be George W. Bush. Huzzah. The Supreme Court ruling delivered Tuesday night dealt a mortal blow to Al Gore’s bid for the White… Read More
AUGUSTA – Gov. Angus King has appointed his former communications chief to the commission that promotes Maine as a location for movies. Dennis Bailey, who left last summer after six years as King’s spokesman, now has a public relations firm in Portland. The former journalist… Read More