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

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  • Published
    May 10, 2012

    DHHS remains mum on case

    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.

  • Published
    April 25, 2012

    Emergency radio jam escalating

    Someone has been intermittently jamming radio transmissions of fire and rescue departments in southern Maine for the past few months, but on Sunday, Jason Cole said, the problem escalated sharply.

  • Published
    April 25, 2012

    Radar jammers hurting emergency responders’ efforts

    Someone has been intermittently jamming radio transmissions of fire and rescue departments in southern Maine for the past few months, but on Sunday, Jason Cole said, the problem escalated sharply.

  • Published
    April 22, 2012

    Obama outpacing Romney 10-1 in Maine fundraising

    If campaign cash was votes — and there’s often a strong correlation between the two — the presidential race in Maine could be considered just about over.

  • Published
    April 22, 2012

    Obama leads Romney in Maine fundraising

    If campaign cash was votes — and there’s often a strong correlation between the two — the presidential race in Maine could be considered just about over.

  • Published
    April 17, 2012

    Five Teacher of the Year semifinalists selected

    The field will be narrowed to three finalists and then a winner will be selected in August or September, the Maine Department of Education says.

  • Published
    April 8, 2012

    Titanic survivors didn’t dwell on sinking

    Bradford Wellman thinks his mother would be overwhelmed and baffled by all the attention the Titanic is getting 100 years after it sunk in the North Atlantic.

  • Published
    April 8, 2012

    Titanic survivor’s son speaks

    Bradford Wellman thinks his mother would be overwhelmed and baffled by all the attention the Titanic is getting 100 years after it sunk in the North Atlantic.

  • Published
    April 6, 2012

    No-confidence vote at USM moving forward

    PORTLAND – Plans for a faculty vote of no confidence in the administration of University of Southern Maine President Selma Botman are moving forward, the head of the school’s faculty senate said.

  • Published
    April 2, 2012

    Labor mural on the road, viewed more than ever

    Locked away in an undisclosed location, Judy Taylor’s “history of Maine labor” mural is anything but a traveling piece of art.