Matt Byrne has covered crime and public safety for the Press Herald since 2016. It is his second beat since being hired at the Press Herald in late 2012, when he left the Boston Globe's suburban news bureau. Matt grew up outside Philadelphia, moved to Boston to attend Emerson College and now loves living in Maine. When he is not nerding out on court documents or listening to a police scanner, Matt loves to work on old cars, make things out of metal and try new craft beers. Offers to drive your race car, or news tips, are always welcome.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2015
Portland to pay $175,000 for court costs in panhandling lawsuit
The money covers legal costs incurred by the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine in its successful challenge of a city ordinance restricting people from panhandling on street medians.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2015
Though danger signs were everywhere, boy’s life was still lost
Some are quick to blame bullying in the suicide of Gavin Clark, 14, of Alna; others point to a ‘big combination of things.’
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PublishedOctober 11, 2015
Winslow man killed in head-on collision in Dixfield
Police say a car operated by an 86-year-old Winslow man crossed the center line and collided head-on with a second vehicle.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2015
Fire marshal: Wells motel fire was not intentional
The fire Saturday night at the Tallwood Motel on Post Road was quickly extinguished.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2015
Navy team has narrow window for finding El Faro’s data recorder on ocean floor
The locater ‘ping’ will go silent about two weeks after searchers with special equipment begin sweeping for the device, and there’s no guarantee that it’s even retrievable.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2015
Fifth El Faro crew member was Maine Maritime Academy graduate
Mitchell Kuflik of Brooklyn, New York graduated from the Castine-based school in 2011, the academy’s president, Bill Brennan said.
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PublishedOctober 7, 2015
After 6 days, Coast Guard ends search for survivors of El Faro sinking
That leaves the death toll at 33, including four Maine mariners, as the focus shifts to finding the wreckage and the voyage data recorder 15,000 feet below the surface.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2015
Portland drops effort to ban panhandling on street medians
The City Council will not appeal a federal court’s decision striking down a controversial ordinance enacted in 2013.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2015
NTSB says it will focus on finding and retrieving El Faro’s data recorder
The agency’s vice chairwoman says the device will give investigators a record of the ship’s movements and transmissions during the 12 hours before it sank in Hurricane Joaquin.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2015
Portland man returns after cross-country, Hail Mary dog adoption
Joel Carpenter, 23, flew to Minneapolis to adopt a dog without any money to get home.
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