The city got $40,000 from his foundation and $22,000 from a West End family, Portland officials say.
Matt Byrne
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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Four strangers, a minivan and a senator: Angus King’s long, unusual trip home
Faced with a canceled flight from Washington, D.C., to Portland on Thursday night, Sen. King hopped into a rented minivan with 4 strangers and drove through the night to get back to Maine.
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Maine congressional delegation says Iran situation fraught with danger
While the 4 members generally gave President Trump credit for halting a planned retaliatory airstrike, Sen. Angus King worries that the president could be boxed in by hawkish advisers.
Posted inMaine
Construction worker from Farmington killed by street sweeper in Yarmouth
The crash happened just before noon on Main Street.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Bill to create review panel for police-involved shootings signed into law
The measure calls for an independent panel to examine every use of deadly force by police that results in death or serious injury.
Posted inMaine
Maine toddler is burned when flammable liquid is poured on campfire
The boy’s father was trying to intensify a fire in order to cook hotdogs.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Roofing contractor whose worker died in fall faces nearly $1.8 million in fines
An federal investigation finds that Shawn D. Purvis failed to protect workers from fall hazards. His lawyer says he plans to challenge the OSHA fines.
Posted inMaine, News
Scarborough campground owner thankful fire didn’t spread
Firefighters kept a blaze at Bayley’s Camping Resort contained to the restaurant Tuesday night.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Portland food plant evacuated for chemical leak
No one is injured when freon leaks at the Barber Foods plant on St. John’s Street.
Posted inMaine, News
Driver in fatal crash on I-295 has history of driving violations, crashes
Brannon McRae, 29, has had multiple speeding tickets, two drunken-driving convictions, and 2 crashes in which he lost control of his car in good weather.