Monthly Archives: November 2016

Portlander turned Florida man guilty of illegal campaign donations

Good evening from the BDN Portland office on Congress Street. Tonight the newsletter is going lean because we gorged over the weekend. How was your Thanksgiving? What we’re talking about A former Portland real estate developer, who now lives outside Orlando, Florida, pleaded guilty to making $22,500 in illegal campaign contributions to presidential candidates during […]

‘The reports of the demise of books were greatly exaggerated’

You’re reading The Express, BDN Portland’s free evening newsletter. To have it delivered to your inbox every evening, text PORTLAND to 66866. What we’re talking about Emily Russo, daughter of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo, and partner Josh Christie, are opening Portland’s fourth independent bookstore Tuesday. It might seem like books are going the way […]