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Edward D. Murphy
Ed covers the City of Westbrook and business stories for the Portland Press Herald.
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Who’s soaring now?
Portland International Jetport, that’s who. A $75 million expansion will soon be complete, promising more comfort and convenience.
Beyond the geothermal heating and cooling system, beyond the sky bridge and the high-tech baggage handling system, Portland International Jetport’s terminal expansion is being conducted with one simple goal in mind: to move people.
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Portland mayoral race: Protest candidate says new post is pointless
Another candidate is taking a low-key approach aimed – for now – at building name recognition.
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Italian, Portland musicians band together
Musicians from Nepi, Italy, will visit next week for the Maine part of an exchange with a local band.
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Towns refinance debt and taxpayers benefit
Low interest rates give Maine municipalities the chance to save, while still making improvements.
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Organizers feeling up in the air over show’s prospects
The Great State of Maine Air Show is coming back later this month after a two-year absence, but it’s a bit different than when it last took flight three years ago. The show still will feature the Navy’s Blue Angels flying team, vintage aircraft, stunt flying and other crowd-pleasers. But this time, it also comes […]
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Hampton Inn opens in downtown Portland
PORTLAND — The newest hotel on the peninsula is now open. Buffalo Lodging Associates, which is running the hotel, said this afternoon that the Hampton Inn Portland/Downtown-Waterfront is open at 209 Fore St. The 122-room hotel is owned by Mark Woglom and Greg Kirsch and was built by Opechee Construction Corp. of Belmont, N.H. […]
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Wright Express income soars; guidance increased for year
SOUTH PORTLAND — Second-quarter income for Wright Express Corp. shot up 33 percent and revenue increased 55 percent, the company said Wednesday. Earnings, after excluding income from fuel derivatives, were 91 cents a share for the three months ending June 30, the company said. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters had anticipated earnings of 87 cents […]
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BIW: Even as things are looking up, plenty of reasons to look out
Just as the shipyard lines up work on two more Zumwalt destroyers, the debt deal threatens to kill the funding.
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Wright Express earnings up, top expectations
Second-quarter income for Wright Express Corp. shot up 33 percent and revenue increased 55 percent, the company said.