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BDN DEVELOPMENT
New Beta version of Docs to WordPress
on May 10, 2012, at 11:19 a.m.
I’m working on a new version of the Docs to WordPress plugin and would love it if a few people could field test it to make sure I didn’t screw anything up. There were mostly a few simple fixes, though I added a new extender that allows you to use ...
BDN DEVELOPMENT
Updates to the Docs to WordPress plugin forthcoming. What would you like to see?
on May 08, 2012, at 11:08 a.m.
I will be working shortly on some upgrades to the Docs to WordPress plugin and wanted to get some input on what people would like to see in the next version. There have been a lot of great ideas floated in the comments section on previous posts but I’d like to ...
Study: Maine is fifth-worst state for business taxes
Maine’s business tax system is one of the worst in the country but is making gains, according to a report released Monday by the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council. Maine was 46th overall for the second year in a row in a ranking of the 50 states and the District ...
BDN DEVELOPMENT
Knight News Challenge
on April 12, 2012, at 10:13 p.m.
Just a quick shoutout: The BDN is very honored that our submission to the Knight News Challenge made it to Round 2. Our proposal is to take what we’ve done at the BDN, rewrite the code now that we have a better idea of what we’re doing and package it ...
Bangor casino revenue declined in 2011; customers almost exclusively from Maine
BANGOR, Maine — After five continuous years of growth, revenues at the Hollywood Casino dropped off for the first time in 2011 as the New England gambling market becomes more competitive, according to a new report. The declining revenues came before the casino added table games to its lineup in ...
POLL QUESTION
New census numbers show where Mainers are moving, which counties are growing
BANGOR, Maine — Androscoggin and Penobscot counties are growing while Kennebec and Sagadahoc counties are shrinking, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The data provide a county-by-county breakdown of movement between any two counties in the U.S. during a five-year period and show that Mainers have ...
BDN opens statewide digital marketing agency in partnership with Dream Local
BANGOR, Maine — The Bangor Daily News and Thomaston-based Dream Local Digital have partnered to offer expanded marketing services for Maine businesses looking to grow in the digital market. The agency, which will operate under the BDN Maine brand, will help clients with lead generation, local search services and social, ...
The 25 most-read stories of 2011
For many communities in Maine, 2011 was a year of tragedy, with death shocking small towns such as Dexter, Frankfort, Winterport and Dover-Foxcroft. Stories involving children, such as the ongoing search for 20-month-old Ayla Reynolds, who disappeared from her father’s residence in Waterville, hit especially close to home for many people. ...
BDN DEVELOPMENT
Setting the head of a post using a delimiter in your doc
on Dec. 22, 2011, at 3:56 p.m.
I’ve gotten a lot of requests from people using our Docs to WordPress plugin on how to set a headline that’s different from the title of your Doc, such as we do at the BDN using a pipe. This isn’t a standard feature of the plugin, but the plugin does include ...
9 Occupy members arrested after jumping fence to governor’s mansion
AUGUSTA, Maine — Nine members of the Occupy Augusta movement were arrested Sunday after a group of people jumped the fence surrounding the Blaine House and unfurled a banner that read “End corporate rule now” on the portico. The arrests are the first in Maine in connection with official Occupy ...
Occupy Thanksgiving: Protesters ‘taken care of’ by Mainers
PORTLAND, Maine — OccupyMaine protesters dug peacefully into their donated Thanksgiving turkeys here Thursday while their counterparts with Occupy Wall Street in New York City nearly clashed with police before finishing off their holiday meals. About 500 protesters were digging into donated turkey and all the trimmings when police told ...
VIDEO AND POLL
10 inches of snow blankets Maine, just in time for holiday travel
AUBURN, Maine — The state’s second snowstorm of the season made traveling difficult before the Thanksgiving holiday. More than 10 inches was recorded before noon in Durham, Otisfield, Hope, Bethel and Sebago. Southern coastal areas were getting primarily rain. Portland saw mostly rain overnight and Wednesday morning, but it still ...
POLL QUESTION
Obama references crumbling Westbrook bridge in speech
WASHINGTON, D.C. — During remarks urging Congress to pass his jobs bill, President Barack Obama made reference to the Cumberland Street bridge in Westbrook, which he says is in such bad shape it is crumbling. The bridge was closed for more than 24 hours this week after a worker found ...
Neighbor catches burglar in the act in Westbrook
WESTBROOK, Maine — Police say a burglar was arrested Tuesday while still inside a Main Street home, thanks to an alert neighbor. Kasey R. Crissinger, 21, of South Portland was charged with burglary, theft by unauthorized taking and criminal mischief, according to Westbrook police Lt. Michael Nugent. Police arrived while ...
2 charged with selling crack, heroin in Portland
PORTLAND, Maine — Police have charged two people with selling crack cocaine and heroin in Portland. Officers arrested Carl Langston of South Portland and Carol Vining of Cumberland, both 22, Wednesday evening in the parking lot of a restaurant on Congress Street. Police seized a half-ounce of crack, 61 bags ...
BDN DEVELOPMENT
Appeal for help, because I’m terrible at regex
on Aug. 31, 2011, at 10:01 a.m.
One of the most annoying things about using Google Docs is that none of the styles are inline. It used to be that bold text was wrapped in a <strong> tag and italic text was wrapped in am <em> tag. No longer. Now each style of text is wrapped in ...
Westbrook man catches fire while smoking on oxygen
WESTBROOK, Maine — A Westbrook man died Wednesday morning after catching fire, according to police. Early indications are that Gerald A. Demers, 63, was smoking while using oxygen, according to Chief Michael Pardue of the Westbrook Police Department. “The gentleman had just come out onto the porch and appeared to ...
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Bangor Daily News completes final switch to WordPress
on June 13, 2011, at 6:57 p.m.
Wednesday, we pointed the last of our traffic to our WordPress servers. We started planning the transition soon after I started at the BDN in July, and started beta testing the system in late August with our Sports section. Stories are penned first in Google Docs, then brought over to ...
New Winterport restaurant offers real barbecue to mid-Maine
WINTERPORT, Maine — True barbecue — or really any barbecue at all — isn’t easy to come by in mid-Maine. Slathering beef in A1 Steak Sauce or throwing pork on a bun, although sometimes delicious, does not a Southern barbecue make. For many Mainers, however, that’s often all that’s available, ...
PBS website defaced; hackers claim famed dead rapper alive in New Zealand
A PBS news website was hacked late Sunday evening, resulting in a fake news report being posted on the site and staff passwords posted across the Internet. The hack, claimed by anonymous group The Lulz Boat, spread quickly on Twitter and Facebook after the group posted a fake article on ...
Glenburn art teacher killed in Friday morning collision in Bangor
Harvard student asked to leave bar for ‘bad behavior,’ not drunkenness
LePage blasts teachers union for endorsing same-sex marriage question
Reporting crime
A people’s revolt in Bar Harbor
Old Town football coach steps down
Perakslis helps UMaine beat Albany; Binghamton next in America East tournament
Orono baseball shuts out archrival Old Town for ninth straight victory
Stony Brook knocks out UMaine to win America East tournament
Aroostook businessman expands company out of home with hit mobile app 7 Little Words
Former CEO of MaineToday Media Richard Connor sued over $250,000 in loans
Small idea launches major project in Hampden
Diversity predicts export success, MIT professor tells Maine audience
New, old methods combine to deter scrap metal thefts in Aroostook
Gary Allan talks with the BDN leading up to Bangor concert
Out of the ashes, Central Street’s garden grows
Mid Coast Actor’s Studio provides new forum for classic plays
Signs lead artist to opportunity
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