Sunday, May 19, 2013
Maine’s guidelines for overseeing restaurant safety were quietly scaled back last year, even as the number of health-related complaints about Maine restaurants has been on the rise.
Why do failure rates vary across the state?
Maine inspection rule among least restrictive in U.S.
Accessing, crunching the state’s results ultimately frustrate bid to create database
"Ghost Brothers of Darkland County" will debut Oct. 10 at the Indiana University Auditorium.
Charles Scontras was known in the tight-knit neighborhood for his troubled behavior.
Man dies in house fire after 4 1/2-hour standoff in Saco
The budget for the city of Zephyrhills is just more than $49 million; the winning Powerball jackpot is 12 times that.
Former Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe was all over the media landscape last week promoting her new book; Congress makes progress on important legislation; Rep. Chellie Pingree's bill on military sexual assault gets pushed back; Rep. Mike Michaud urges action on safety accord; and the C-SPAN bus stops at Cony High School, State House on Wednesday.
The refinancing bill would enable students and graduates who have an interest rate above 4 percent to refinance their federal loans at a lower, fixed rate of 4 percent. The bill will be introduced in the Senate this week.
Metro-North President Howard Permut says the two-track electrified railroad must be rebuilt.
The festival was started in 2009 to promote comic books and give the public an opportunity to meet the creative talent behind them.
The men and women graduating Saturday from Kennebec Valley Community College were urged to make the most of their opportunities through hard work, integrity and discipline.
Kennebec Valley Community College Class of 2013
Nine teaching jobs will be cut if the proposed $17.7 million budget is adopted in Regional School Unit 4 — Litchfield, Sabattus and Wales — and each town will be billed more to support that budget.
Nadal beats Federer, Serena wins at Italian Open
Rafael Nadal wins this tourney for the seventh time, and Serena Williams wins her fourth straight title this year.
BOOKS: Fears drive the satirical ‘Odds Against Tomorrow’
Mitchell Zukor is a disaster waiting to happen — and waiting for disasters to happen to himself and the rest of us.
IN BRIGHTON PLANTATION, Saturday at 1:21 a.m., a vehicle accident was reported on Mayfield Road.
Curtain rises on assistant PSO conductor Norman Huynh, 24, is poised to conduct Pops and Discovery concerts – and community outreach.
Boy Scouts prepare for vote on gays
Rhetoric is heated as religious groups say they do not want openly gay boys in the Boy Scouts.
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