It could be months before the full list of names of suspected ‘johns’ is released, a filing in the Kennebunk case suggests.
Edward D. Murphy
Ed covers the City of Westbrook and business stories for the Portland Press Herald.
Playing to beat the bands
High school musicians, drum majors and color guards take to the field and create an audio-visual feast.
Grandson arrested in fire death
Police charge Derek Poulin, 23, with murder and arson in connection with an Old Orchard Beach house fire in which Patricia Noel was found dead.
Grandson charged in OOB arson and murder
The grandson of a woman who died in a fire at her Old Orchard Beach home last Tuesday has been arrested and charged with murder and arson.
Kennebunk police charge 18 more alleged ‘johns’ in prostitution case
Unlike the first list of 21 court summonses, this list has no immediately recognizable names.
No injuries in I-295 rollover in Freeport
Traffic on I-295 southbound was backed up for about an hour after a pickup truck rolled over at about 5:30 p.m. Friday.
Feature Obituary: Walter Crockett, 79, achieved sobriety after life on streets
SCARBOROUGH – Ann Bundy can say, with pride, that her husband “was the biggest drunk in Portland.” Because, she said, the key word in that sentence is “was.” Walter Crockett, who passed away Saturday at 79, spent 17 years on the streets due to alcoholism, Bundy said. After they met, when she was a psychology […]
Sex scandal clashes with image of small-town Maine
The story of Alexis Wright, the former Zumba instructor accused of using her business in downtown Kennebunk as a front for prostitution, clearly has taken hold.
Maine police crack down on seat-belt, texting violations
A state police crackdown over the summer resulted in nearly 3,000 tickets being written for failing to buckle up, distracted driving or texting while driving.
Feature Obituary: Joseph and Edward Brien, brothers who served in the military
When Joseph Henry Brien wanted to enlist in the Navy in World War II, he knew that the fact that he was only 16 years old wasn’t a significant deterrent. Everyone in Portland’s Libbytown knew a neighbor who worked at Portland City Hall, said Ernest Brien, the brother of Joseph Brien, who died in Paragould, […]