Blaine Moore completes a month of running — 500 miles total — with 31 miles on the last day of March to complete a fundraising effort for Camp Sunshine.
Edward D. Murphy
Ed covers the City of Westbrook and business stories for the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inNews
Portland mayor gets ‘totally unexpected’ lift
Portland Mayor Michael Brennan rides in the limousine with President Obama from the airport to Southern Maine Community College.
advertisement
Posted inNews
Portland mayor hitches ride with the president
For Mayor Michael Brennan, Friday was a day that started off great and just got better.
Posted inNews
Will tradition of Brown Medals end?
This may be the first year since 1865 that the medals aren’t awarded to Portland students with the highest grade-point averages.
Posted inNews
Old Orchard Beach to take over finances for library
The town takes action after learning that the library’s operational account is missing an undetermined amount of money.
Posted inNews
Portland pot dispensary opens quietly
Just a handful of patients show up for the opening of the city’s first medical marijuana dispensary, in a nondescript brick building at the end of an alley off Congress Street.
Posted inNews
‘Substantial’ sum of money missing at Old Orchard library
An audit is next, and a now-deceased bookkeeper is the target of suspicions.
Posted inBusiness
Public Market House evolving into successful business venture
The lunchtime crowds and new businesses in a building on Monument Square prove that former Portland Public Market vendors took a well-founded leap of faith.
Posted inNews
Summers to officially launch Senate campaign Tuesday
Maine Secretary of State Charlie Summers will officially launch his campaign for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday.
Posted inNews
Police raid home, warehouse, seize about 1,000 pot plants
Robert Ryder is charged with running the operation in the small town of Waterboro.