Troy R. Bennett
Photographer, Portland
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Pondering in black and white
on May 23, 2012, at 2:17 p.m.
Being a photo journalist, I usually have a camera with me as I move about the Forest City. Here’s a picture I snagged from the window of my truck while waiting at a red light. I thought it looked better in black and white. Maybe this man is pondering the ...
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Police found piece of missing Harvard man’s clothing in Casco Bay
PORTLAND, Maine — Police Chief Michael Sauschuck said Monday that investigators have found an article of clothing belonging to soon-to-be Harvard Business School graduate Nathan Bihlmaier, who went missing from the Old Port early Sunday morning. During a news conference on Monday afternoon, Sauschuck declined to say what article of ...
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Portland to Mooselookmeguntic — and back — on the BDN bike
on May 21, 2012, at 11:07 a.m.
Fellow Ural-istas call it UDF: the Ural Delay Factor. You have to take it into consideration when timing your travels.
POLL QUESTION
Portland businesses, city have little recourse to deal with increase in panhandling
PORTLAND, Maine — Don Deitz labored to get to the driver’s side window of a small red car, damaged nerves in his legs making even the short walk difficult. He accepted a few dollars and a passing conversation from the driver, then returned to his cardboard sign and the corner ...
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P. Michael Bourgoin saved my life when I was 15
on May 17, 2012, at 7:18 a.m.
I got the word one day in February 2011 that he was gone. I was shooting a committee hearing at the State House. I was in the well, on the floor in front of the horseshoe-shaped arc of lawmakers’ desks. It came up on my iPhone. I wanted to cry, ...
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Bonny Eagle to dedicate theater in honor of professor who succumbed to Alzheimer’s
STANDISH, Maine — One after another, students of the late P. Michael Bourgoin recalled how he used theater — the art of playing a character — to help unsure teenagers grow comfortable with themselves. On Saturday, the theater at Bonny Eagle High School, where he taught and directed plays for ...
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Its a dirty job, but…
on May 04, 2012, at 1:26 p.m.
My BDN Portland cohorts Seth Koenig and Matt Wickenheiser have written a great series of stories about the city’s sewer woes and plans to fix them. The problem is, it being an old city (more than 350-years-old) the storm water and sewage lines are not completely separate. So, when it ...
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What’s a zombie surf band? Hanging out with Thee Icepicks at Geno’s in Portland
on May 04, 2012, at 12:10 p.m.
I caught up with Maine-based zombie surf band, Thee Icepicks, at Geno’s Rock Club on Congress Street in Portland last night. I learned a lot, but not where the extra “e”comes from. If I had to guess, I’d say outer space. [blip.tv http://blip.tv/play/ho0rgvX8YgA]
Catching fresh air in Portland
PORTLAND, Maine — The skate park at Dougherty Field on St. James Street in Portland opened in November 2010, at a cost of $250,000. It was paid for by the city and donations. It replaced a smaller, less interesting venue in a parking lot on Marginal Way next to Interstate ...
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My day with Dice-K
on April 30, 2012, at 12:54 p.m.
I spent Saturday with Dice-K. There sure were a lot of photographers on hand. Some from the Japanese media, tiny Maine weekly papers, the Press Herald and others I couldn’t identify. Gaggles of video shooters vied for space. Here’s the recap and a couple of outtakes from the game. Portland, ...
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Rain flowers
on April 23, 2012, at 5:48 p.m.
The small, triangular park between Deering and Brighton Avenues near USM is in full bloom. I think the university groundskeepers plant and maintain the tulip beds studding the patch of green near the law school. Every spring it bursts into color for a few weeks. I think the buds are ...
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University of Southern Maine students get Into the Mud for scholarship
PORTLAND, Maine — A group of University of Southern Maine students slathered themselves with a bucketful of mud Thursday and handed out fliers to the lunch crowd in Monument Square, promoting the second annual Into the Mud Challenge, a 2½-mile footrace through obstacles and goo to raise money for a ...
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Sea Dogs home opener
on April 12, 2012, at 7:42 p.m.
Hadlock Field was less than half full of cold, slightly damp fans tonight as the Portland Sea Dogs took the field against the Binghamton Mets in their home opener. Dark clouds scattering rain and a 48-degree game time temperature spurred one rooter to blurt, “Throw him the heater, it’s cold ...
Catching a drive-in movie
A dozen or so cars braved spitting snow and temperatures in the 40s to take in a double feature at the Bridgton Drive-In on Saturday night. The summer institution on Route 302, built in 1957, opened for the season March 30 — its earliest opening ever. Owner John Tevanian’s family ...
For love of the game and bragging rights, pinball lovers compete
PORTLAND, Maine — Flippers flapped, lights flashed and bells dinged as seven teams of two players each took turns swatting the shiny ball in the six machines lined up in the back of Coast City Comics on Congress Street. Winners of the weekly pinball tournament took home bragging rights for ...
Sights from the World’s Greatest Sleigh Ride
LISBON, Maine — The smell of horses and homemade doughnuts mingled under a blue sky in Lisbon on Sunday. More than a dozen teams of Percherons, Haflingers and Belgians hoofed it over a frozen field, hauling sleighs and wagons brimming with with rosy cheeks and smiles. Squeaking leather harnesses, jingling ...
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