The Bollard

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The Bollard is a monthly local magazine based in Portland, Maine, covering local news and arts.

Early History

The Bollard was founded in 2005 with $3000.[1] The first issue of The Bollard was published online in September of that year.[2] From 2007 to June 2008, it printed quarterly and thereafter switched to monthly publications. It is a free publication available in public places across southern Maine and online.[3]

Community Impact

The Bollard has be instrumental in bringing focus to several issues facing southern Maine that were overlooked initially by the daily press, including giving pause to the city counsels implementation of supposed "Drug Free Zones", and the declining condition of the fishing industry central to Portland. The Bollard has also provided unprecedented coverage of the recent local mayoral election, Portland's first mayoral election in over 80 years.

Editor

The Bollard was established by owner/editor-in-chief Chris Busby in 2005 after the collapse of the seminal local paper The Casco Bay Weekly.

References

  1. ↑ Steve Hargreaves (Nov 1, 2005). "Entrepreneurs start Web-based, highly local news sites. Can they compete with the local paper?". 
  2. ↑ "Chris Busby interview for the Media Giraffe Project". 2006.  Unknown parameter |Post Date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |interviewer= ignored (help)
  3. ↑ TheBollard.com
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