“Paul LePage governs from the heart, speaks from the heart and he loves Maine,” the New Jersey governor tells a crowd of 200 Tuesday.
Matt Byrne
Matt Byrne has covered crime and public safety for the Press Herald since 2016. It is his second beat since being hired at the Press Herald in late 2012, when he left the Boston Globe's suburban news bureau. Matt grew up outside Philadelphia, moved to Boston to attend Emerson College and now loves living in Maine. When he is not nerding out on court documents or listening to a police scanner, Matt loves to work on old cars, make things out of metal and try new craft beers. Offers to drive your race car, or news tips, are always welcome.
Posted inHealth, News
Maine, attorneys could be headed for showdown over Ebola-negative nurse
State officials say they will seek a court order if Kaci Hickox does not comply with a quarantine.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Effort underway to ask Maine voters to switch to ranked-choice voting
Such a system would replace the winner-take-all ballots now used for statewide elections.
Posted inMaine Governor's race, News, Politics
Wealthy Kansas Republican couple give $50,000 to pro-Cutler PAC
The donations from James and Marilyn Hebenstreit are the largest in the recent reporting period for Campaign for Maine; Cutler says he’s known James Hebenstreit since college.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
FairPoint and striking unions brace for a long stalemate
While workers get ready to go without paychecks, the company pays for police details at picketing sites.
Posted inElections, Maine Governor's race, News, Paul LePage
Maine’s candidates for governor try to close deal with voters in final debate
Though more subdued than Monday night’s debate in Portland, the event in Auburn includes some jabs between candidates.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Sanford man who threatened roommates found with cash, heroin
Jesse Roy was charged with gun and drug charges after officers searched his apartment.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine school board puts teacher on leave after she traveled to Dallas
The teacher, who has not been named, attended a conference 10 miles from the hospital where Ebola patients have received care.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, News
October means season for invasion of the ladybugs
The Asian lady beetles make their way indoors at this time of the year, looking for warm spots.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Cornish digging for answers after discovery of human remains
Historians and cemetery stewards are scouring old documents, hoping to learn how the eight bodies could have been misplaced many years ago.