Parkview Adventist Medical Center will close its emergency department and acute inpatient care departments on Thursday for a planned merger with Mid Coast Health Services of Brunswick.
Edward D. Murphy
Ed covers the City of Westbrook and business stories for the Portland Press Herald.
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Right-to-die bill may come up for vote in Maine Legislature’s final week
Maine could become the sixth state to allow a dying patient to be prescribed a lethal drug.
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Waterville carnival rides involved in accidents were inspected week before
Investigators are still looking into the cause of a Friday accident on a different ride that injured three children at Head of Falls.
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Maine Department of Labor, feds feud over job predictions
The feds predicted a gain of 5,100 Maine jobs for 2014, then later revised the number to just 1,900.
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Economic growth in Maine stagnant, 47th in nation, report says
Declines in construction, finance and insurance, real estate and rentals and non-durable goods manufacturing all figure significantly.
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New England relatively dry despite snowy winter
While many farmers might need to irrigate crops, the lack of mud is making work on agricultural fields easier.
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Atlantic Cup sailing race coming to Portland in 2016
Next year’s race will finish with a New York-to-Portland leg, coinciding with the Old Port Festival on June 6.
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Consumers called losers in proposed cable merger
But federal regulators are expected to OK Charter Communications’ $55 billion bid for Time Warner Cable.
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Maine DOT clearing extensive swath along I-295 near Freeport
The clearing gives drivers a wider field of sight and allows in more sunshine to melt roadway ice in winter.
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Maine postal workers set to protest cuts that have slowed regular mail service
They’ll hold rallies Thursday in Portland and Augusta to object to a policy change that Sen. Susan Collins calls ‘self-defeating.’