According to 2013 data, personal income in The County jumped well above the state and national averages.
Edward D. Murphy
Ed covers the City of Westbrook and business stories for the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Mediator unable to revive negotiations in FairPoint strike
The two sides get nowhere in a session that lasted less than an hour. A federal labor board will likely make the next move.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Kaci Hickox, boyfriend leaving Maine after Ebola quarantine fight
The nurse who treated patients in West Africa was at the center of a national controversy over how to handle returning health care workers.
Posted inNews
Voter turnout across Maine expected to approach 60 percent
Contentious races and issues on the state and local levels are drawing voters to the polls in large numbers.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Five dead in Portland house fire, the deadliest in Maine in 30 years
One survivor of the early-morning fire on Noyes Street is badly burned.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine PUC votes to review proposals for new natural gas pipelines
Critics say the potential benefit isn’t worth up to $75 million a year that ratepayers may be billed to subsidize the project.
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Mainer who returned from West Africa monitored for Ebola symptoms
The Maine CDC says that the person, whose travel began in Maine, returned from West Africa recently.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine September unemployment rises to 5.8 percent
That’s up from 5.6 percent in August, but still less than the national rate of 5.9 percent.
Posted inLifestyle, Local & State, News
All-day music festival could come to Portland’s Eastern Prom next summer
City councilors will be asked to approve the event for sometime in August.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Obama to stump for Michaud in Portland on Oct. 30
The president will attend a rally at the Portland Expo to kick off a get-out-the-vote effort.