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PublishedMarch 31, 2024
What does the Baltimore bridge collapse mean for Maine’s supply chains?
The effects won't reach the state for over a month, one expert said. But there could be delays in restocking various goods, and consumers may see prices go up.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2024
Indoor farms are remaking the produce market – at a cost to the planet
In Westbrook, Vertical Harvest is building a four-story, 52,000-square-foot vertical farm and is negotiating a deal to supply it with renewable energy.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2024
Hannaford, Market Basket, Shaw’s, Walmart: Check out the Press Herald’s comparison shopping
The cost of groceries has skyrocketed in recent years, but the price of food is only one factor attracting patrons to the big players in Maine's shifting supermarket landscape.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2024
Judge orders neuropsychological testing for man accused of killing Westbrook couple
Marcel LaGrange, 25, entered an insanity plea last summer after he was charged with shooting Brittney Cockrell and Michael Hayter in front of their children.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2024
Smiling Hill Farm could be a roadblock for preferred Gorham Connector route
The 500-acre, 13th-generation family operation in Westbrook wants to preserve the farmland and forest it has cultivated and harvested since 1720, but some of its woodland lies in the path of the Maine Turnpike Authority's proposed 4-lane highway.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2024
Westbrook food service worker contracts hepatitis A
The Maine CDC urges staff and patrons who dined at Legends Rest Taproom or Paper City Barbecue in the past 3 weeks to contact their health care provider.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2024
Westbrook man was strangled, stabbed with glass bottle
A newly unsealed affidavit details a police investigation into the death of Clarence James Pearson, who was found dead in his apartment on Mechanic Street on Nov. 28.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2024
Portland man pleads not guilty in Westbrook killing
Deng Malual is accused of killing 61-year-old Clarence James Pearson in Westbrook last year.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2024
Warmer, wetter winters are hurting Maine businesses that count on snow and ice
Snowfall has been scant throughout much of the state so far this season. While some hold out hope that will change, others recognize winters of the past might never come back.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2024
2023 was warmer and wetter. December snow in Portland? Forget about it
Portland had the second least amount of snow on record this December, and the average temperature was 5 degrees above normal. Scientists say climate change is partly to blame.
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