If Congress fails to reauthorize federal highway funding, Maine could spend $29 million to keep projects going.
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 inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Maine agents bust 15th suspected meth lab this year
Police say 24 separate devices to make the drug were found at a home in a small Aroostook County town.
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Posted inFood, Local & State, News
Lawsuit alleges more than 250 labor violations during Maine blueberry harvest
Two businesses and a recruiter mistreated and cheated 18 migrant workers, many from Florida, during the 2008 harvest, the filing alleges.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Maine braces for steep drop in highway project funds
Millions of dollars will be unavailable soon unless Congress comes up with the badly needed federal money by month’s end.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Press Herald wins national awards
The coverage of aging Mainers and the Eimskip move are praised by the Associated Press Media Editors.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Contraception ruling likely to have little immediate effect in Maine
The 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court would not affect a Maine law that requires insurance providers to include contraception coverage.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Falmouth awarded $231,800 for land preservation
The grant is about half the funding required for a 96-acre acquisition contiguous to another town-owned preservation area.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News
Supreme Court ruling casts doubt on legality of Portland’s clinic buffer zone
Anti-abortion protesters who sued over the city’s restricted area near Planned Parenthood hope the decision in a Massachusetts case helps their free-speech argument.
Posted inElections, Local & State, News, Politics
Yarmouth’s Steve Woods asks for probe of opponent’s endorsement
In a complaint to the state ethics panel, he says the Democratic Party conspired to sabotage his campaign.
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Maine Guard unit returns from Afghanistan
The unit garnered headlines in April, when the Press Herald reported on a plan to trade the 133rd Engineer Battalion to Pennsylvania in exchange for infantry.