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Ed covers the City of Westbrook and business stories for the Portland Press Herald.

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  • Published
    May 25, 2012

    Firefighters on submarine hit intense heat, smoke

    KITTERY — Firefighters who confronted a blaze inside the nuclear submarine USS Miami encountered a dark, hellish atmosphere of intense heat and heavy smoke, two firefighters at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard said Thursday.

  • Published
    May 24, 2012

    For firefighters, intense heat, heavy smoke, narrow passages

    Heat and and lack of oxygen added to difficulties in getting fire under control.

  • Published
    May 24, 2012

    Officials unsure whether USS Miami will sail again

    Rear Admiral Rick Breckenridge: ‘There are a lot of heroes who worked together to save the ship.’

  • Published
    May 23, 2012

    Portland man arrested on child-porn charges

    FBI agents began investigating Jon Fenton more than a year ago, after noticing his actions on a file-sharing website.

  • Published
    May 13, 2012

    When do you step in?

    The number of children removed from abusive homes in Maine has declined more than 50 percent in the past decade, as the Department of Health and Human Services has pursued a policy of keeping children with parents unless they face physical abuse or serious neglect.

  • Published
    May 13, 2012

    Next step for abused children still evolving

    The number of children removed from abusive homes in Maine has declined more than 50 percent in the past decade, as the Department of Health and Human Services has pursued a policy of keeping children with parents unless they face physical abuse or serious neglect.

  • Published
    May 12, 2012

    Owner of Windham escort service charged with extortion

    The owner of a Windham escort service has been charged with trying to extort money from a longtime Falmouth client, according to federal court documents.

  • Published
    May 11, 2012

    DHHS won’t release information on dead baby

    AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage backs the Department of Health and Human Services’ refusal to release information on how it handled a report of suspected child abuse at the Arundel home of Ethan Henderson, a 10-week-old baby who died, allegedly at his father’s hands.

  • Published
    May 10, 2012

    LePage backs DHHS silence on Arundel case

    The governor’s spokeswoman says LePage agrees the information could affect the criminal investigation of Gordon Collins-Faunce, who is charged with murder in the death of 10-week-old Ethan Henderson.

  • Published
    May 10, 2012

    State won’t say when it first heard of abuse at home

    The Maine Department of Health and Human Services refused to say Wednesday when it first learned that child abuse might be occurring at the home of Ethan Henderson, the 10-week-old boy who died after his father allegedly lifted him by the head and threw him into a chair.