[2] The first issue of the magazine was published online in September of that year.
[3] From 2007 to June 2008, it printed quarterly and thereafter switched to monthly publications.
[4][5] The magazine is published by Bollard Media LLC, owned by Chris Busby.
In 2019, the Bollard was renamed Mainer, however it reverted back to its original name in 2023.
[6] The Bollard was established by owner/editor-in-chief Chris Busby in 2005 after the collapse of another local paper named the Casco Bay Weekly.