Ed covers the City of Westbrook and business stories for the Portland Press Herald.
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PublishedApril 3, 2023
Bath Iron Works, Mississippi shipyard can’t produce destroyers fast enough, Navy says
Congress approved 3 destroyers for the current fiscal year, but Pentagon officials say the shipyards can’t build that many and wants to buy only 2 next year.
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PublishedApril 3, 2023
South Portland truck leasing business acquired by Penske Corp.
Kris-Way, which employs 150 people in Maine, is being purchased by one of the world’s largest transportation services companies.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2023
Secretary of state OK’s wording for ballot question that could block public utility
If successful, voter approval would be required for a consumer-owned utility, such as one being proposed on the same November ballot, to take on more than $1 billion in debt.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2023
With fewer sports bars in downtown Portland, Red Sox fans improvise on Opening Day
Some lament the loss of once-popular venues, but others find that any establishment with a few TVs fills the bill.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2023
After so-so year, Maine tourism industry hopes to grow more in 2023
Tourists spent over $8.6 billion in Maine during 2022, an increase of 10% above the previous year.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2023
Portland jetport restaurant workers sue employer, alleging they were underpaid
The two said they were paid as tipped workers – half the state’s minimum wage – even when they did work that earned them no tips.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2023
Carlo Cimino, founder of Maine construction company, dies at 84
The business he launched 57 years ago has led the construction of schools and multifamily housing projects throughout the state.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2023
Maine restaurants, bars hope for return to a ‘normal’ St. Patrick’s Day
With the holiday falling on a Friday, businesses are looking for a profitable celebration after the pandemic has dampened them for three years.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2023
Judge orders rewording for referendum question on electric utility
The Maine secretary of state is ordered to draft a new referendum question that doesn’t use the word ‘quasi-governmental’ to describe a proposed consumer-owned electricity company.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2023
Maine craft brewers ‘own the backyard’ – but beer-making business is on a new playing field
Maintaining market dominance will require adapting to new consumer tastes, a beverage industry expert told brewers at a conference in Portland.
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