Matt Byrne has covered crime and public safety for the Press Herald since 2016. It is his second beat since being hired at the Press Herald in late 2012, when he left the Boston Globe's suburban news bureau. Matt grew up outside Philadelphia, moved to Boston to attend Emerson College and now loves living in Maine. When he is not nerding out on court documents or listening to a police scanner, Matt loves to work on old cars, make things out of metal and try new craft beers. Offers to drive your race car, or news tips, are always welcome.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2015
Portland council OKs rezoning for senior housing development
The council votes 9-0 after developers scale back their plans to 249 units on the Sisters of Mercy Convent property.
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PublishedJuly 4, 2015
Stephen Reynolds Sr., freedom of speech
Stephen Reynolds Sr. was just 7 years old when he first stood on a Portland sidewalk and professed his love for Christ. That was in 1967. Now 55, Reynolds, of Scarborough, has devoted his life to public ministry. In conversation, his demeanor is quiet and direct. When he is on the pulpit or on the […]
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PublishedJuly 4, 2015
Richard Afuma, freedom from want
Where Richard Afuma grew up in the West African nation of Cameroon, he had no running water or sanitation, and his home was made of mud and thatch. He slept on a bamboo cot, wore rags for clothing, and faced nightly invasions of roaches, mice and rats. He bathed out of a bucket, or waited […]
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PublishedJuly 4, 2015
Debbie Camire, freedom of worship
In Debbie Camire’s family, religion meant only one thing: the Roman Catholic Church. Considering an alternate faith was unthinkable. And for Camire’s grandmother, attending Mass every week was like an invasion by the Marines. “She was the first in the church and the last one to leave,” Camire said. “I don’t think there’s a place […]
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PublishedJuly 4, 2015
Lois Reckitt, freedom from fear
It was the fall of 1979 when Lois Reckitt first walked into Family Crisis Services as its recently hired executive director. She was met with a terrifying sight. “The first client I saw, the first victim, was black and blue from head to toe,” said Reckitt, 70. “I swear to God, I don’t know how […]
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PublishedJune 23, 2015
Developers agree to scale back senior housing project in Portland
Sea Coast Management and neighbors reach a deal in which no more than 249 housing units would be built in the redevelopment of the Sisters of Mercy convent.
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PublishedJune 22, 2015
Unique world traveler touches down in Maine
Norman Surplus of Northern Ireland, five years into his quest to fly around the globe, is greeted by about a half-dozen people at Biddeford Municipal Airport.
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PublishedJune 22, 2015
Maine Guard, UNE agree to land swap
The college will take over the Guard’s facility on Stevens Avenue in Portland in exchange for 29 acres of land in Saco.
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PublishedJune 22, 2015
Globe-circling gyro aircraft to touch down in Biddeford
A Northern Ireland man hopes to raise cancer awareness and set a world record.
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PublishedJune 21, 2015
Esther Clenott, former Portland mayor, dies at 91
She served six years on the Portland City Council and 17 years as a Cumberland County commissioner.
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