The three Department of Veterans Affairs specialists will work with people on issues of homelessness, mental illness or substance abuse, especially during the critical re-entry time after prison.
Edward D. Murphy
Ed covers the City of Westbrook and business stories for the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Truck driver from New York is charged with manslaughter in Saco turnpike crash
Kenneth Hubbert driving an empty flatbed tractor-trailer, veered into the breakdown lane in Saco, killing a Texas man who had stopped along the roadway..
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Politics
Second chorus of voices echoes protest of Sen. Collins’ vote on Republican tax bill
Friday’s protest by about 30 people follows a sit-in Thursday that resulted in the arrests of nine religious leaders.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Anonymous couple pay off $10,000 in layaway items at South Portland Toys ‘R’ Us
The couple’s generosity covered layaway purchases by more than 100 people, according to the store manager.
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State fumbles data as sexual harassment complaints double
The Maine Human Rights Commission says it doesn’t know why the numbers rose so dramatically, hitting an all-time high of 192 complaints filed in fiscal 2016.
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Reported claims of sex harassment in Maine on the decline
Experts credit the state for requiring a lot of training, but say private settlements could be keeping numbers down.
Posted inLocal & State, New England, News
Kennebunk woman killed in crash on congested I-93 in Massachusetts
Deborah Burpee, 48, drove her Honda Fit into a GMC Yukon in Woburn, police say.
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Victim identified in hunting-related shooting in Oxford
James Footman, 32, of Paris was seriously wounded in both arms while hunting near Number Six Road, police say.
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Man seriously wounded in hunting-related shooting in Oxford
The Maine Warden Service says the victim, who is from Paris, suffered wounds to his arms and was taken to a Lewiston hospital for treatment.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Man with Maine ties helps lead charge against Harvard’s admissions policy
A part-time South Thomaston resident uses funds from his nonprofits to mount lawsuits over universities’ race-based considerations.