The Maine Historic Preservation Commission’s archaeological dig along River Road is helping to solve mysteries of a fort that was built in the 1740s.
Edward D. Murphy
Ed covers the City of Westbrook and business stories for the Portland Press Herald.
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Historic Bar Harbor mansion once listed for $15.5 million is going up for auction
East of Eden, an 8-bedroom, 12-bathroom waterfront mansion on the National Register of Historic Places, goes on the auction block Sept. 7.
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Elks and their ilk must draw millennials or face extinction
Graying organizations like the Portland Elks, with an average age of 74, hope to link young people to old-school service.
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Lawyer in CMP customers’ lawsuit wants company’s confidential letter to regulators thrown out
Peter Murray argues that Central Maine Power customers whose account details were revealed should know what’s being said about them.
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Peaks Island will go electric to tame golf cart traffic
Responding to complaints, the Portland City Council requires rental companies to ditch noisy gas models for all-electric ones by 2021.
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Confusion – more than usual – reigns over people’s veto votes in Maine
The ballot measures could go to voters during the March primary, but it could be June until they vote.
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Judge orders company sued in lobster embezzlement scheme to pay $4.5 million
The company never answered allegations that it was part of an operation to embezzle lobsters from a restaurant and lobster wholesaler in Saco.
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Regulators to consider CMP’s offer of customer compensation along with request for rate hike
The Public Utilities Commission says it will take up the proposals after it investigates complaints by thousands of customers who say they were overbilled.
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John Dority, longtime transportation official, dies at 82
Dority worked for the Department of Transportation for 53 years and possessed a nearly encyclopedic knowledge of Maine’s roads.
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Maine’s 2 major retail outlet towns chart falling sales
The strategy in Kittery and Freeport is to diversify amid a national shift to online shopping.