The Office of the Public Advocate is siding with a group of ferry customers who say that the Casco Bay Island Transit District has not adequately analyzed the impact of proposed rate increases on low-income island residents.
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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Southern Maine under several weather advisories Saturday
Whether you’re going to be 50 miles off the coast, swimming at the beach, or camping along the Saco River, the National Weather Service has a warning for you.
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Child in Penobscot County critically injured in lawn tractor accident
Authorities say the 3-year-old boy was reportedly run over by a riding mower in Kenduskeag on Thursday evening.
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Missing Westbrook girl found safe
Police say the 11-year-old was located and is safe.
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Victim of fatal Aroostook County fire identified
Richard Lawrence, 70, was found dead following an April 9 fire in Westfield.
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Casco Bay Bridge will be closed to large vessels Thursday
The bridge will not open to large sea vessels between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Thursday as the Maine Department of Transportation performs maintenance.
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1 dead, 2 seriously injured in Dover-Foxcroft crash
A passenger died and the two drivers were seriously injured in the collision on Dexter Road around noon on Tuesday, officials say.
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Investigators say machinery sparked Robbins Lumber fire, triggering blast in silo
They say suppression operations were unable to extinguish a smoldering fire that began near an unloader and it rapidly triggered particulate matter, causing the explosion that lifted a silo off its base.
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Jury acquits last suspect charged in 2022 Woodford Street shooting
Jonathan Geisinger, the 4th man charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Derald Coffin in 2022, had pleaded not guilty to felony murder and robbery charges.
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Free speech group sues ICE over ‘database’ agents touted to Maine observer
The suit filed this week cites a viral Maine encounter and other references to a ‘database’ of people who oppose ICE.