The Portland metro area saw 1.4 percent growth in its gross domestic product, compared with 2.5 percent nationally.
Edward D. Murphy
Ed covers the City of Westbrook and business stories for the Portland Press Herald.
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Coast Guard investigates two distress calls in Casco Bay but finds no vessels
Operators in Portland received two 911 calls over two days from a location west of Little Diamond Island.
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Maine winters to get warmer this century, study shows
A new forecast predicts winters will average 5.4 to 5.9 degrees warmer from 2041 to 2070.
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Lawsuit charges directors got money from settlement at expense of Lincoln mill
A bankruptcy court filing says that the company started losing money after a boiler explosion, and that three board members pocketed large sums from an insurance payment rather than fix the equipment.
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Man dies after jumping from Maine Medical Center garage
The apparent suicide occurred around 9 a.m. this morning.
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Brunswick police officer pleads guilty to sending obscene selfie
Garrett Brosnan was arrested in June after the parents of a 13-year-old Arizona girl told authorities he was engaging in sexual online conversations with their daughter.
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Maine woman accused of defrauding a dozen elderly victims of $150,000
The state Department of Health and Human Services says Tanya Boutelle established relationships with the victims, and then created scenarios in which she needed to borrow money.
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Limington man pleads not guilty to murdering neighbor with machete
Bruce Akers was charged with killing Douglas Flint in June after several run-ins between the two.
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New generation of teens doesn’t remember 9/11
It’s a test for teachers: Getting young people who didn’t experience the event firsthand to understand how it changed everything.
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Maine lawmaker sends insulting email to woman calling for action on LePage
Rep. Stephen Wood tells a Massachusetts woman offended by the governor’s comments that ‘we have … (enough) mass holes here. … Thanks for not coming to Maine.’