Ed covers the City of Westbrook and business stories for the Portland Press Herald.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2015
Nonprofit Maine Community Law Center offers lower-cost legal service
The center bills clients on a sliding fee scale and provides training to young lawyers.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2015
Nova Star facing claims for more than $1.6 million in unpaid bills
More creditors, including the city of Portland, are seeking payment while the beleaguered ferry remains moored in Portland Harbor.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2015
Next minimum wage drive in Maine: $12 an hour statewide
Advocates already have enough petition signatures to force a 2016 referendum and are encouraged by the 42 percent who voted Tuesday for $15-an-hour basic pay in Portland.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2015
Portland businesses cheer voters’ rejection of $15 minimum wage
The proposal to make Portland’s minimum wage twice as much as the state minimum met resistance from the business community and got just 42 percent of the vote.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2015
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Mainers’ appeal on gun ban for domestic violence convictions
In a case that will hinge on intent, a lawyer for the two men will argue that their guilty pleas for hitting their partners shouldn’t bar them from owning guns.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2015
Rough seas dogged Nova Star from the start
Nova Star Cruises’ troubles included late marketing and sales efforts and low passenger numbers.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2015
Tariffs on Canadian paper may help, hurt mills in Maine
They will offset foreign subsidies and make U.S. mills more competitive, but two Canadian affiliates in Maine could end up losing jobs.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2015
FairPoint workers might have to repay unemployment benefits
A state official has reversed a ruling that found the workers eligible for unemployment payments during their strike.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2015
Personal income of Maine residents rises by nearly 1 percent
The second-quarter jump matches the national average and offsets a 0.9% decline in the first quarter.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2015
Maine unemployment falls to lowest rate since April 2007
A preliminary estimate pegs the August jobless rate at 4.5 percent.
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