The organization Andrew Butcher would lead is tasked with expanding access to broadband internet service in Maine.
Edward D. Murphy
Ed covers the City of Westbrook and business stories for the Portland Press Herald.
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Gov. Mills announces $139 million in spending for Maine’s economic recovery
Investments include $20 million for a new small business grant program, $39 million to help lower monthly health insurance premiums and $80 million to replenish the state’s unemployment trust fund.
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Portland-based Wex mandates vaccinations for all in-office workers
The policy comes a few weeks before a federal rule requiring vaccinations or weekly COVID tests for workers at large companies is to take effect.
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Portland sports tech firm KinoTek scores $2.1 million investment
The company, which has developed a platform to help clinicians rapidly obtain data on their clients’ movement, received the money from a Florida investment fund.
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Suspect arrested after shots fired on Congress Street
Portland police say no one was injured and they recovered a gun.
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Kennebunkport’s ‘Renaissance man’ honored at age 105
Frank Handlen has been a prolific artist, shipwright, sculptor and rock of the community for decades.
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Maine pharmacists flag ivermectin prescriptions from people seeking drug for COVID-19
The drug is intended to target infections caused by some parasitic worms in humans and animals, but many are seeking prescriptions because they believe it can ward off or treat COVID-19.
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Celebrated Chinese American mom to be honored posthumously in Portland
A plaque will mark the site on Forest Avenue where Toy Len Goon, ‘an extraordinary woman,’ ran a laundry and raised eight children as a single widow in the mid-20th century.
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Maine home prices up 15% in August as sales volume eases
The Maine Association of Realtors’ president said last month’s numbers suggest the state’s real estate market might be stabilizing.
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Section of I-295 in Portland to close for a weekend in October
The section of U.S. Route 1/Veranda Street that runs under the bridge will be closed for a week, from Oct. 18-25, as the new bridge is moved into place.