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Ed covers the City of Westbrook and business stories for the Portland Press Herald.

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  • Published
    February 3, 2011

    ‘It’s a very active weather pattern’

    Offices and schools close, clearing roads for plowing, and more snow is coming

  • Published
    February 2, 2011

    Snow day … all day

    A meteorologist with the National Weather Service says the snow will begin easing off in York County soon and in Greater Portland in about four hours, or roughly 5 or 6 p.m.

    Margaret Curtis says skies will remain cloudy tonight with snow showers, but forecasters don’t expect to see more than another inch or two of accumulation after the main part of the storm winds down.

  • Published
    February 2, 2011
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    Sick of snow, you say? Oh wait … there’s more

    This accumulation from this year’s storms is narrowing roads and forcing people to reconsider simple maneuvers, like backing a car into the street.

  • Published
    February 1, 2011

    USM president expects peaceful resolution of Egypt’s crisis

    Selma Botman, an expert on the country, says Mubarak is probably preparing to flee.

  • Published
    January 31, 2011

    Peaks island secessionists to elect officers

    The Peaks Island Independence Committee will also offer islanders a legislative update on Sunday.

  • Published
    January 27, 2011

    Authority will study downtown train depot

    Portland officials are hopeful that a station on Commercial Street would spur development.

  • Published
    January 26, 2011

    Storm expected to only graze Maine

    The forecast now calls for the storm to start swinging out to sea south of Cape Cod, a track that means Maine will miss out on most of the snow.

  • Published
    January 26, 2011

    Law allows another try for Peaks Island secession

    The Attorney General’s Office says lawmakers are free to vote to allow island residents to break with Portland.

  • Published
    January 25, 2011

    Bayside Village will startchanging soon

    PORTLAND — The new owner of Bayside Village Student Housing plans to continue operating the building as apartments for college students for at least the next 18 months, but will soon begin reconfiguring the units.

    Lam said his company plans to convert at least half of the 100 units to smaller apartments, some of which could be available as early as this summer.

  • Published
    January 22, 2011

    Surgeries over, she’s eager for ‘just fun’

    Portland’s role in doctoring a young Iraqi sniper victim ends as she leaves the hospital Friday.