Seth Koenig
Portland Bureau
Seth Koenig, formerly of the Brunswick Times Record, covers the Greater Portland area for the Bangor Daily News. He has been named both New England Journalist of the Year and Maine Journalist of the year.
The meaning behind MECA’s new logo
Maine College of Art Director of Communications Raffi Der Simonian describes how the school’s new logo, unveiled Friday, will be used and what meaning is imbued in the design.
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Celtics broadcaster, former player Cedric Maxwell visits Portland between playoff games Thursday
PORTLAND, Maine — Former Boston Celtics player and current radio color commentator Cedric Maxwell said Thursday in Portland he believes the team can defeat the New York Knicks in its first-round playoff series despite having fallen behind three games to none at one point. Maxwell made his first visit to ...
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Portland elementary school parents rally after getting grade of “F”, call LePage ratings ‘demoralizing’
PORTLAND, Maine — At Portland’s Fred P. Hall Elementary School Thursday, parents and students rallied in support of their teachers after learning that the school received an “F” under Gov. Paul LePage’s grading system. “I imagine as a teacher that would be pretty demoralizing,” said Carolyn Fernald, mother of a ...
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Gorham company delves into the gruesome work of suicide, homicide scene cleanup
GORHAM, Maine — On one occasion they found a tooth in a shoe under a stereo cabinet. On another, a piece of scalp the width of a teacup under a piece of furniture across the room. Sometimes dark red blood spatters and brain matter turn up in multiple rooms, around ...
SETH AND THE CITY (blog)
Flooded toilet overhead creates lasting impression of Portland for West Coast band
on April 30, 2013, at 4:42 p.m.
Caught this tidbit in the publication Seattle Weekly Monday regarding Portland, Ore., band Duck. Little Brother, Duck! (If you’re not familiar with the band, the capitalization and punctuation like that are stylized, so don’t be confused — “Duck. Little Brother, Duck!,” just like that, is all one proper noun. OK, ...
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Man facing several charges after Portland standoff
PORTLAND, Maine — A standoff Monday between a man who barricaded himself inside an Alder Street duplex and Portland police ended after more than four hours with the man’s arrest. Kyle Upton, 28, is charged with the domestic violence crimes of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, terrorizing, assault and ...
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Portland standoff ends peacefully after more than 4 hours
PORTLAND, Maine — A standoff Monday between a man who barricaded himself inside an Alder Street duplex and Portland police ended without incident more than four hours after it began. The suspect was seen being led away from the duplex at 41 Alder St. about 7:40 p.m. It was not ...
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Maine business leaders try their hands at running schools for a day
PORTLAND, Maine — Public education is hard work. That was one of the first lessons learned by at least two members of Portland’s business community Monday as the city’s school department and Portland Community Chamber launched their Principal for a Day program, placing leaders from the private sector in administrative ...
Gorham police, school officials seek public’s help with bomb threat probe
GORHAM, Maine — Gorham police and Gorham Middle School officials are investigating back-to-back bomb threats on Thursday and Friday. On Thursday, Gorham police were advised of a bomb threat in the area of the middle school, Gorham police Sgt. Michael Nault said in a news release issued early Friday evening. ...
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Defense attorney in Portland murder case says evidence against Pratt questionable
PORTLAND, Maine — An attorney defending murder suspect Anthony Pratt on Friday questioned the reliability of prosecutors’ evidence tying him to the death of Margarita Fisenko Scott, a 29-year-old Westbrook woman whose body was found abandoned at a Portland Motel 6 in January. Defense attorney Peter Cyr told reporters outside ...
Maine, NH can save $12 million from cost to replace Kittery-Portsmouth bridge hit by tanker
KITTERY, Maine — Maine and New Hampshire transportation officials believe they can replace the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge, which connects the two states between Kittery and Portsmouth, for $12 million less than originally planned. According to a Maine Department of Transportation announcement Thursday, the scheduled 2014 replacement of the 73-year-old ...
Investigation into slaying of Portland woman continues
PORTLAND, Maine — Despite a suspect in the case scheduled to make his first court appearance Friday, Portland police said Thursday they’re not yet finished investigating the death of Margarita Fisenko Scott. The 29-year-old Westbrook woman’s body was found in a vehicle at a Portland Motel 6 in January. Anthony ...
Maine law panel discusses what went wrong in turnpike scandal, how future boards can prevent similar trouble
PORTLAND, Maine — Some of Maine’s top legal minds on Wednesday afternoon said it’s important that boards overseeing state agencies are diversely populated and shouldn’t be constructed based on political cronyism. Sticking to those goals would better provide checks and balances for agency leaders and prevent scandals like the case ...
Portland treasure hunter faces new challenges, makes another push to salvage record $3 billion shipwreck bounty
PORTLAND, Maine — More than a year after Portland-based treasure hunter Greg Brooks announced he was on the verge of salvaging $3 billion in precious metals from the shipwreck of the World War II-era British freighter Port Nicholson, his team remains a frustrating distance from holding that bounty. “We know ...
Maine State Police trooper wasn’t represented unfairly because of relationship with gay colleague, board rules
YORK, Maine — The chairwoman of the Maine Labor Relations Board has ruled that Maine State Police Trooper Jarrett MacKinnon hasn’t proven that union leaders treated him unfairly because of his friendship with a gay colleague, but the trooper’s father confirmed he plans to appeal the decision. Katharine Rand, chairwoman ...
Finance Authority of Maine announces plans that will create or protect 171 Maine jobs
PORTLAND, Maine — The Finance Authority of Maine announced Tuesday that it has agreed to help finance the expansion of three Maine businesses, which will create or maintain 171 jobs. According to an announcement from FAME, the organization’s board of directors last week approved the financing plans for the three ...
Former state lawmaker sentenced to 6 months in prison for misusing $384,000 in collateral funds
PORTLAND, Maine — A former state lawmaker who illegally used $384,000 in funds, which were supposed to be collateral for a federal loan, to help pay for his company’s unaffiliated debts and expenses was sentenced Monday to six months in prison. Adam Mack — who represented Standish, Frye Island and ...
Plastic shopping bags are recyclable, but still a headache for waste managers
PORTLAND, Maine — Paper or plastic? When Mainers are in the checkout lines at their local grocery or department stores, local landfill managers hope they pick paper bags or bring their own reusable ones, if possible. It’s not that the plastic bags can’t be recycled, exactly. It’s that, despite innovations ...
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Maine running out of landfill space, recycling rates stalled, but new technologies are emerging
PORTLAND, Maine — If nothing changes, Maine is less than 20 years away from having no place in-state to dump garbage. At current rates of waste disposal, the state will run out of landfill space sometime around 2025. Statewide recycling efforts, once seen as the primary way of keeping items ...
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Portland tour gives public glimpses of the city’s private designer kitchens
PORTLAND, Maine — Despite the city’s burgeoning reputation as a foodie mecca, some of Portland’s most interesting kitchens aren’t in its renowned restaurants. For Mainers who wonder what the kitchens look like in some of Portland’s architectural gems, but aren’t bold enough to knock on a stranger’s door unannounced, an ...
Dixfield teen riding atop car roof pinned under it after rollover
Police seeking tips about pickup truck possibly connected to Glenburn teen’s disappearance
Since 1971, seven Maine children reported missing have not been found
A better way to help people escape welfare
A letter to Michelle Obama in light of military sex assault epidemic
Five steps to remedy IRS wrongs
Military sex assault
Manchester 15-year-old off to impressive start for Earnhardt Jr.’s JR Motorsports
Houlton council, community still concerned about costly Millar Civic Center
Bangor’s Marcus Davis hopes to counter opponent’s height, reach advantage in Lewiston MMA main event
Farmers markets embracing food stamps with the help of USDA
Arguments over gun control and abortion will never be settled
A spot of tea, a spread of treats, at Camden’s Fromviandoux
Kitchen Nightmares meltdown or: How to lose an argument online