Joe Lawlor

Staff Writer

Joe Lawlor writes about health and human services for the Press Herald. A 24-year newspaper veteran, Lawlor has worked in Ohio, Michigan and Virginia before relocating to Maine in 2013 to join the Press Herald. He is still considered “from away” but since then, he has learned what a “dooryard” is, eaten “whoopie pies” drank Moxie and boiled some “lobstahs.” The stories he enjoys most are when he learns something and meeting inspiring people.
He lives in South Portland - aka “SoPo” - with his wife, Melanie, and two school-age children.

Local & State, News

Heavy, wet snow blankets southern Maine

by Joe Lawlor April 1, 2017April 1, 2017

The spring snowstorm drops 12.7 inches in Gray and Bridgton and 10.8 in Portland.

Local & State, Lost, News

Community in crisis: Battle against opioids rages in beaten-down Sanford

by Joe Lawlor April 1, 2017January 5, 2018

Its economic strife and its proximity to the Massachusetts drug trade put the York County city in the cross hairs of the crisis. But forces within Sanford are stepping up and fighting back.

Local & State, News, Politics

Pingree, on House floor, tells story of Mainer who says he would die under Republican health care bill

by Joe Lawlor March 22, 2017March 23, 2017

The full House is expected to vote Thursday on the House bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Health, Local & State, Nation & World, News, Politics

Mainers would pay up to 7 times more in premiums under House Republican ACA replacement bill

by Joe Lawlor March 19, 2017March 20, 2017

Residents ages 55 to 64 would be hit hardest by Congress’ overhaul, and small-town Maine could see premiums jump sevenfold under the House plan.

Local & State, News

Hawk watchers busy at work on top of Bradbury Mountain

by Joe Lawlor March 18, 2017March 18, 2017

For the past decade, participants in Spring Hawkwatch have been counting the path of hawks and other migratory birds of prey to track their movements and populations.