The roof of 10 Brackett St. caved in as firefighters from several towns worked to contain the flames.
Drew Johnson
Staff Writer
Drew is the night reporter for the Portland Press Herald. He previously covered South Portland, Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth for the Sentry, Leader and Southern Forecaster. Though he is from Massachusetts, Drew grew up going to his family’s lake house in Denmark, Maine, learning to snow ski at Pleasant Mountain and water ski on Moose Pond. While he started as a “Vacationlander”, Drew adopted “the way life should be” motto and moved to Portland in 2021.
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Westbrook bank robbery suspect arrested in New Hampshire
It wasn’t clear if the suspect in the Chase Bank robbery Thursday morning — Jean Gendron, 61, of Smyrna, South Carolina — was also a suspect in 2 bank robberies in Portland within the past week.
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Portland fire boat damaged in rescue, under repair
The vessel was damaged last month during a rescue near Jewell Island.
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Apple sues Apple Cinemas theater chain, alleging trademark infringement
The Massachusetts-based movie theater company owns and operates 14 theaters, including ones in Westbrook and Saco.
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State restricts Piscataquis County Jail operations after it fails to meet key standards
The Maine Department of Corrections has ordered the jail to stop new intakes, return boarded inmates to their original facilities and create a plan to address its shortcomings.
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Bath Iron Works wins contract to build new U.S. Navy destroyer
The vessel is to be named after Cpl. Kyle Carpenter, the youngest living Medal of Honor recipient.
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Details remain scarce as police investigate discovery of unresponsive man in Scarborough
The 25-year-old Portland resident, who was found by a motorist Saturday night, was still hospitalized and in critical condition as of Thursday, officials say.
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One dead, one seriously injured in head-on Alton crash
A man from Penobscot County was pronounced dead at the scene, while a second man was flown to the hospital with serious injuries, police said.
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Maine resident hospitalized with year’s first human case of tick-borne Powassan virus, CDC says
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has also reported the season’s first case of West Nile virus, which was detected in a crow in York County.
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Old Orchard Beach reserve officer arrested by ICE had been cleared by feds to work, police say
ICE says that Jon Luke Evans is in the US illegally, and broke the law when he tried to purchase a gun. But the Old Orchard Beach police chief says Evans’ legal status was verified by the federal Department of Homeland Security.