Priscille Gagnon is accused of misusing over $20,000 from La Kermesse and a condominium association.
Edward D. Murphy
Ed covers the City of Westbrook and business stories for the Portland Press Herald.
Former La Kermesse president pleads not guilty
Priscille Gagnon, 70, was indicted last week on two counts of theft by unauthorized taking and two counts of misuse of entrusted property.
Waterboro holds election, and everybody loses
Embarrassed officials nullify the vote for road commissioner after learning it came a year too early.
Windham residents OK town budget
WINDHAM — David Tobin said he’s known around town as a conservative, so it will shock some people to learn that he wanted to increase the town’s budget Saturday. Tobin said he wanted to stop the town from contracting with Cumberland County for its emergency services dispatching. He thinks the contract may save money initially, […]
Windham passes $13.8 million budget
WINDHAM – Residents approved a $13,776,208 budget at a town meeting this morning.
Drugs stolen from Westbrook pharmacy
WESTBROOK – An undetermined amount of drugs was taken from a Rite Aid Pharmacy this morning in a robbery, police said. According to police, a 20- to 30-year-old man went into the store on Main Street around 9:20 this morning and demanded the drugs at the pharmacy counter. No weapon was mentioned or shown, police […]
The bucks flopped here
Big spending didn’t make the difference Tuesday, and GOP winner Paul LePage actually shelled out the least per vote.
SMCC teams with PlumChoice to provide training, jobs
A grant from the Maine Quality Center will allow students to get customer service and Microsoft and Apple systems training at no cost to the students.
RSU #23 budget passes
Voters ignored calls for defeat by officials in Saco and Dayton and overwhelmingly passed the Regional School Unit 23 budget Tuesday.
Two summer cruise ships homeporting in Portland
PORTLAND – Two cruise ships will homeport at the Ocean Gateway this summer for cruises up and down the Maine coast. The first ship, the American Glory, will arrive Thursday. The ship will take eight-day cruises from Portland to other Maine coastal communities, including Boothbay Harbor, Bar Harbor, Camden, Belfast, Castine and Rockland. The American […]