Bright Matter’s clients include Bangor International Airport, the Maine Turnpike Authority, and Project Harvest Hope.
2011
My brain and I eat way too much candy these days
I call it brain candy. You might call it entertainment junk food (and you wouldn’t be alone). But whatever you call it, if you’re a typical American, you probably imbibe often and without qualms. I imbibe. But I have qualms. And (like my Jewish heritage practically requires) I feel guilty. Before I met my husband, […]
Angelina Jolie visits Syrian refugees
U.N. envoy Angelina Jolie traveled to Turkey’s border with Syria today, sharing fruit and desserts with some of the thousands of Syrian refugees who have fled their government’s bloody crackdown.
Maine jobless rate 7.7% in May
The number of unemployed people in Maine totaled 53,800 in May, down 2,100 from a year ago.
Saco man arrested on firearm charges
Charles Casey, a convicted felon, is charged with reckless conduct with a firearm.
Maine couple welcomed homeafter 4½-year voyage
Nat and Betsy Warren-White of South Freeport have arrived home after their 4½-year-long sailing trip around the world.
“It has been a lifelong dream of mine,” Nat said. “It was great.”
UK blocks UPS sites over security
Shipping company UPS has been barred from moving air cargo through some U.K. facilities because of security flaws, the British government said today after it carried out security tests.
The vulnerability of air cargo to terrorist attacks is a major worry for international security agencies.
UPDATE: Cape Elizabeth GOP picks candidate in House District 121
CAPE ELIZABETH — A Republican candidate has been selected to run in the Maine House District 121 special election scheduled for Aug. 16. Nancy E. Thompson, of Pine Ridge Road, was selected in a caucus of the Cape Elizabeth Republican Committee on June 17. “We are thrilled to have such a great candidate,” RuthAnne Haley, […]
Catholic school in Saco closes after 82 years
Students from Notre Dame de Lourdes School will be consolidated with St. James School in Biddeford.