Two men and a woman were arrested after a five-hour standoff late Monday night into early this morning, Saco police said.
Edward D. Murphy
Ed covers the City of Westbrook and business stories for the Portland Press Herald.
Rescued Maine hiker says White Mountains are out
A Buxton man’s preparations are undone by a broken snowshoe and fickle weather.
State treasurer responds to ethics panel
Poliquin said he found a financial-disclosure form “confusing” and fixed it Friday. But he still faces multiple other ethics questions relating to his beach club and property taxes.
Steeple repairs to make history
The 186-year-old structure atop First Parish Church, which includes the country’s oldest Willard tower clock, is being refurbished to match its original design.
Have you seen this bird?
A carved wooden phoenix from the 1860s, “a local treasure” that symbolized Portland’s resilience, has gone missing.
Portland man sentenced to 32 years in ‘brutal killing’
Mitigating factors in Shawn Garland’s case – his mental illness and his guilty plea – are not enough to offset the brutality of his attack on another Portland man, the judge says.
Man gets 32 years in stabbing death, dismemberment
Shawn Garland is sentenced for killing Richard Meyers by stabbing him 97 times and then trying to dismember the body.
U.S. castoffs to aid Tanzanians’ health
Scarborough’s Partners for World Health will send volunteers carrying unused but rejected supplies.
Feature Obituary: Eleanor Merrill, 95, former Lincoln Junior High teacher
PORTLAND – Annie Merrill remembers that as a teenager, she dreaded shopping trips with her mother, Eleanor Merrill. It wasn’t because of the normal friction between most mothers and their teenage daughters — it was the other people they would encounter. “You’d be walking down Congress Street and through Porteous, Mitchell and Braun (department store) and […]
In lost deal’s wake, Maine has nagging questions
Kestrel’s decision to build a plant in Wisconsin instead of Brunswick spotlights the roadblocks Maine faces as it crafts incentives for businesses.