The sponsor says the measure builds on last year’s speed-limit increase on I-95.
Edward D. Murphy
Ed covers the City of Westbrook and business stories for the Portland Press Herald.
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Boston Phoenix to cease publication; Portland Phoenix to continue
The weekly has faced ‘significant financial losses,’ its publisher says, and, along with a radio station the company owns, is ‘no longer sustainable.’
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Bath man arrested, accused of manufacturing meth
Agents from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency raided his apartment Wednesday after evacuating nearby apartments.
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When pope is named, Maine Catholic churches will be ready
Bells will ring and signs outside churches will declare “Habemus Papam” {“We have a pope!”) along with the pope’s chosen name, a Diocese of Maine spokesman says.
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Maine syrup producers hope to avoid repeat of last year
Last March, temperatures reached nearly 80 degrees for most of a week, inhibiting sap production by southern Maine maples.
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State inks deal to preserve Crescent Beach State Park
The five-year, $500,000 lease means the popular park will remain intact.
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Zumba jurors send questions to judge as deliberations begin
Jurors who are weighing 13 charges against Mark Strong Sr. ask for clarification on some of the charges against him.
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Survival savvy kicked in after teen got lost
Nicholas Joy did all the right things after he skied off a trail and into the woods Sunday high on Sugarloaf Mountain, said a survival skills instructor. “My hat’s off to him, for sure,” said Mike Douglas, who owns the Maine Primitive Skills School in Augusta. “If he was doing everything instinctually, he was doing […]
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Remains confirmed as Maine boatbuilding students
Zachary Wells and Prescott Wright were last seen at a late-night party in Kennebunkport on Dec. 20.