The storm swept through Portland with high winds and rain Saturday afternoon, leaving hundreds without power; another line of heavy thunderstorms hit York County later on.
Edward D. Murphy
Ed covers the City of Westbrook and business stories for the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Lebanon man charged with heroin trafficking in Sanford
Police say they found 128 grams of heroin and $10,170 in cash in his car.
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Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Maine Democrat reports progress in Philadelphia in effort to reform superdelegate system
State Rep. Diane Russell of Portland says a last-minute compromise will result in the elimination of two-thirds of the 716 superdelegates before the next presidential election cycle.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News, Politics
King sings Kaine’s praises as Clinton’s VP pick
Maine’s independent senator knows the Virginia senator better than most, sitting next to him in the Senate and serving on two of the same committees.
Posted inMaine, News
Rally in Portland puts South Sudan’s humanitarian crisis front and center
Kwan Malwal and about a dozen others say the new African state’s tenuous existence is threatened by a civil war that has left thousands starving.
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Man steals drugs from Naples pharmacy
The slender white suspect in his mid-20s, wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, said he would use ‘some degree of force’ if he didn’t get the drugs, police say.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine brewers fear mega beer merger will be ‘a net negative for beer fans’
The U.S. Justice Department imposed conditions on the merger of Anheuser-Busch InBev and SAB Miller, but the head of the Maine Brewers’ Guild says consumers will still have fewer choices.
Posted inMaine, News, Sports
Investor in the wings for new pro hockey team in Portland
An unidentified investor will meet next week with a group trying to find a replacement for the Pirates for the 2017-2018 season.
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DeLorme appealing $6.2 million patent fine to Supreme Court
DeLorme’s inReach device and a Virginia company’s patent for a similar device have be embroiled in a dispute. While a federal court later ruled the patent invalid, another federal court upheld the penalty.
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New rules, trends keep managers’ head spinning
Changes in OT, plus emerging wage trends in a tight labor market create uncertainty for businesses and nonprofits.