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Justices order authorities to release the records in a Biddeford murder case, rejecting the state’s long-standing policy to withhold them.

Justices order authorities to release the records in a Biddeford murder case, rejecting the state’s long-standing policy to withhold them.

Share Alison Pray, founder and co-owner of Standard Baking Co. in Portland, taste-tests bagels at the Portland Press Herald. Staff photo by Gregory Rec The judges were swift and severe. After getting their first look at the bagels lined up in the center of a conference room table in the Press Herald newsroom, they immediately dismissed the anemic ones on the end because they looked as if they hadn’t spent enough time in an oven. Some judges refused to acknowledge that they even were bagels, ...

Press Herald sues Maine State Police over concealed discipline records The newspaper is working to obtain public information on why more than a dozen state troopers were disciplined since 2015. Share The Portland Press Herald filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Maine State Police seeking to pry loose disciplinary records that could shed light on how the agency handles complaints of misconduct and rule-breaking among its ranks. The Maine State Police redacted key parts of disciplinary records o...

increase font size Press Herald joins federal lawsuit as Maine newspapers sue over delay in access to civil complaints The federal lawsuit challenges a rule allowing digital civil court filings to remain secret for weeks or even months after they are filed. Share The Portland Press Herald and the Sun Journal have joined a new federal lawsuit challenging a rule that allows civil cases in Maine’s electronic court records system to be secret for weeks or even months after they are filed. Courth...

Christmas rum balls were among many things we loved about Betsy Longtime Portland Press Herald copy editor and page designer Betsy Gattis, who was killed in a car crash this month, was known best for her kind heart, which came through in the annual holiday treat she shared with her co-workers. Share Every year around Christmas, Press Herald employees looked forward to longtime copy editor and page designer Betsy Gattis bringing in her famous rum balls to share with her co-workers. Photo by S...

Read Article A Falmouth couple who died this week in a traffic accident on the Maine Turnpike were remembered Wednesday for their kindness, optimism and good work. Press Herald copy editor Betsy Gattis was employed at the paper for 30 years. She retired in 2018. Carl D. Walsh/Staff Photographer: Geoffrey Gattis and his wife, Elizabeth “Betsy” Gattis, both 68, died Tuesday afternoon as they drove home from a visit with their grandson in Massachusetts. Their car was stopped in traffic and...

The response was so good, were dedicated to do even more of this kind of investigative journalism on how the state conducts its affairs and how good a job these public servants are journalism on how they conduct their affairs and how the public servants are conducting their work. >> everybody watching this show hopes that would be your answer. cliff schechtman, the newspaper has done a really remarkable investigative series here and is paying a price in the long run and will hurt the politician ...