Mercury 25th Anniversary Issue

[Find the Mercury‘s 25th Anniversary Issue (in print) near you by using this handy-dandy map, and read all of our anniversary stories here.—eds.] I’m generally not one to romanticize the past. But that said, during our first 25 years? The Portland Mercury had some really fucking good times! We also put out a lot of papers, […]

[Find the Mercury‘s 25th Anniversary Issue (in print) near you by using this handy-dandy map, and read all of our anniversary stories here.—eds.] It was the best of times. It was the weirdest of times. Like nearly every Portland Mercury news editor before and after him, Denis Theriault’s memories of working at the paper feel both […]

[Find the Mercury‘s 25th Anniversary Issue (in print) near you by using this handy-dandy map, and read all of our anniversary stories here.—eds.] The first issue of the Portland Mercury debuted in June 2000, coinciding with a rare alignment of six planets and the introduction of the Nokia brick phone. No, it wasn’t founded in the […]

[Find the Mercury‘s 25th Anniversary Issue (in print) near you by using this handy-dandy map, and read all of our anniversary stories here.—eds.] Little known fact: The Portland Mercury takes its name from one of the most notorious weeklies from the dawn of Oregon history. During the latter half of the 1800s, the Sunday Mercury was […]

[Find the Mercury‘s 25th Anniversary Issue (in print) near you by using this handy-dandy map, and read all of our anniversary stories here.—eds.] With our deepest gratitude we’d like to thank the scores of employees and regular columnists who over 25 years shared their talent, time, sweat, and brilliance to the Portland Mercury. This issue is […]