Ed Morin
Maine Public
Portland, ME, United States
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Hannaford Blames Tech Error For Failure To Report Razor Blades In Pizza Dough In August
Hannaford Supermarkets is blaming an unspecified technology error for the company’s failure to inform consumers and police after it received a report in → Read More
White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator Stresses Importance Of Testing In Maine Visit
White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx was in Maine on Tuesday meeting with the governor as well as leaders, faculty and students → Read More
Portland Issues Guidelines For Safe Trick-Or-Treating
In light of the ongoing pandemic, the city of Portland has issued guidelines for how to safely participate in trick-or-treating activities this Halloween. → Read More
Portland Business Owners Oppose Minimum Wage Hike Amid Pandemic
Representatives from small business, professional theater and the hospitality industry held a press conference this morning in Portland to voice opposition → Read More
Municipal Officials Say Mainers Are Embracing In-Person Absentee Voting
Mainers are taking of advantage of in-person absentee voting, a day after several municipalities began allowing it. → Read More
Some Aroostook County Potato Farmers Expecting Lower Yields
Some potato farmers in Aroostook County could see lower yields this year because of extreme drought in the region. → Read More
Opponents of Portland Housing Questions Say Passage Would Freeze Markets In Place
Three ballot referendum questions in Portland intended to increase affordable housing in the city are drawing criticism from a group opposing the proposed → Read More
Maine Expands Accessibility Of Absentee Ballots For Visually Impaired Voters
An interim agreement reached in a pending lawsuit filed on behalf of four blind or visually impaired Mainers means that Maine voters with certain → Read More
Audit Indicates Spectrum Underpaid Franchise Fees To Nine Cumberland County Towns
Cable TV provider Spectrum allegedly underpaid nine towns in Cumberland County a total of more than $140,000 in franchise fee payments in 2017 and 2018. → Read More
Angus King: A Trump Supreme Court Nominee Could Erode Environmental Protections
Fifty years ago on Tuesday, the landmark Clean Air Act of 1970 was passed by Congress. Spearheading the measure was Democratic U.S. Sen. Edmund Muskie of → Read More
USDA Declares Drought Disaster For Aroostook County
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared Aroostook County a Drought Disaster Area. That makes farm operators in Aroostook and its 4 contiguous → Read More
Court Hears Challenge To Maine Election Laws
Arguments are being heard today in a lawsuit challenging parts of Maine’s election laws. → Read More
Hundreds Gather In Portland To Remember Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Several hundred people gathered Sunday evening in Portland's Monument Square for a vigil honoring late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. → Read More
Portland, South Portland Develop Plan To Fight Climate Change
Anticipating the growing effects of climate change, the cities of Portland and South Portland have created what is being called a Joint Climate Action and → Read More
Trump Administration Lifts Tariff On Aluminum Imported From Canada
The Trump administration has lifted a 10% tariff on aluminum imported from Canada. → Read More
Farmington To Mark 1-Year Anniversary Of Deadly Explosion With Drive-by Memorial
A year ago Wednesday, a deadly propane explosion rocked Farmington, killing one firefighter and injuring seven other people, including six firefighters. → Read More
Maine's Saddleback Mountain To Open In December With New $7.2M Quad Lift And Other Improvements
After five years, and several attempts, Saddleback Mountain in Rangeley is opening again for skiing on Dec. 15. → Read More
Jackson Lab-Engineered 'Mighty Mice' Retain Muscle Mass In Space, Study Finds
Researchers at the Bar Harbor-based Jackson Laboratory say experiments involving so-called "mighty mice" conducted aboard the International Space Station → Read More
Labor Day 'Funeral Procession' Calls For Stronger Pandemic Response
Members of labor organizations are holding a caravan in Portland this morning led by a hearse as they demand stronger pandemic response. → Read More
ACLU Lawsuit Claims Border Patrol Highway Checkpoints Are Unconstitutional
The American Civil Liberties Union affiliates in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the use of border patrol → Read More