Edward D. Murphy

Portland Press Herald

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

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Published
January 16, 2020

CMP spends $2.2 million on campaign to boost support for transmission corridor

Central Maine Power Co. spent money in the fall on television and social media ads, political consultants, polling and opposition research, according to a campaign finance report filed Wednesday.
Published
January 15, 2020

Westbrook-based Idexx promotes 5 executives

The moves come 3 months after Jay Mazelsky was named president and CEO for the veterinary diagnostics company.
Published
January 14, 2020

Southern Maine commission fills new sustainability post

Bowdoin College graduate Karina Graeter will help coastal towns tackle sea level rise and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Published
January 13, 2020

Group backing CMP power line wins support of former environmental leaders

Ten former state environmental officials and advocates lend their support to Mainers for Clean Energy Jobs, a coalition of business and union groups that backs the $1 billion transmission line.
Published
January 9, 2020

Feds award nearly $14 million in grants to fight homelessness in Maine

Some of the Housing and Urban Development funds also will be used to connect residents with affordable housing programs and services.
Published
January 6, 2020

WMTW back on DirecTV after 2-day blackout

The local ABC affiliate was pulled from the satellite TV service’s lineup on Friday because of a contract dispute.
Published
January 3, 2020

Teenagers charged in connection with armed robberies in Portland, Westbrook

The 16-year-old and 17-year-old are accused of robbing a gas station and a convenience store.
Published
January 3, 2020

Exemptions limit benefit of Maine’s new hearing aid law

People whose employers self-insure and those who get their health care coverage through Medicare won’t benefit from the law mandating coverage for hearing aids.
Published
January 2, 2020

Filmmaker uses home movies to show life in 20th-century Maine

‘Maine’s Home Movies’ will air at 9 p.m. Thursday on Maine Public Television and again at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Published
December 31, 2019

Minimum wage increase means overtime pay for more Maine workers

The rules taking effect Wednesday will raise the threshold – from $33,000 to $36,000 a year – at which salaried employees must be paid overtime for working more than 40 hours a week.