The General Dynamics shipyard will build a DDG-149 to fulfill a multiyear contract it received in 2023.
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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Susan Collins discloses medical condition
Maine’s 5-term senator says she has had a benign essential tremor throughout her career in the Senate and that it does not impact her work.
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Portland teen to be released by ICE after nearly 6 months in custody, lawyer says
A judge ordered that Olivia Andre, 19, is to be released by the end of the week, according to her attorneys.
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Authorities search for missing paddleboarder on Graham Lake in Ellsworth
The 20-year-old is believed to have set off late Tuesday morning, officials say.
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Knox woman arrested, charged with attempted murder in house fire
Jessica Allsop, 41, was also charged with arson and violating conditions of release, officials say.
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Prisoner who left Thomaston job site believed to be on the run with New Hampshire woman
The Maine Department of Corrections says it has obtained arrest warrants for Brian Day, 45, and Candice Fisher, 45.
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Firefighters combat Portland boat fire
A boat in dry dock caught fire and proved difficult to access, officials said.
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Chellie Pingree calls on ICE to free Portland teen detained in Texas
‘There was nothing about the conditions that were humane,’ Maine’s 1st District congresswoman said at a news conference following her visit to the Dilley Immigration Processing Center on Tuesday.
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Crews recover body of missing kayaker near Deer Isle Bridge
Jeffery B. Eaton, 55, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, overturned in his kayak shortly after launching from shore, officials say.
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12-year-old reported missing found safe
The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office report she was found safe.