If you have a major sweet tooth but feel guilty about consuming refined sugar, the new “Green Market Baking Book” by Laura C. Martin is for you. This collection of 100 recipes from professionals such as Alice Waters and Dan Barber features both sweet and savory baked goods made with local, sustainably-produced ingredients and natural […]
2011
Saco police search for suspects in burglary, carjacking
Shots are fired after a man arrives home and confronts two men who had broken into his house, police said.
Woman says she was kidnapped, forced into prostitution
Saco police charge Lydia Ross Sholl of South Portland, Wayne Hick of Scarborough, and Tiana Clark of Medford, Mass., with kidnapping.
Edwin C. Brown, 96: Former Yarmouth post master, loved animals
Yarmouth – Edwin C. “Brownie” Brown, 96, died peacefully Dec. 18 after a short illness. Born in New Gloucester on Oct. 11, 1914, the only child of Chester A. and Bessie (Rowe) Brown, he attended New Gloucester schools and later moved to Yarmouth, where he graduated from Yarmouth High School in 1931 at age […]
PUC to review CMP’s Smart Meter policy
The commission decides to examine the possibility of local opt-outs to the program and what alternatives are available.
Freeport Police Beat: Jan. 4
Arrests 12/23 at 2:23 p.m. Richard Williams Male, 46, of Harrison, was arrested by Officer Matthew Moorhouse on Wardtown Road on a charge of refusing to submit to arrest or detention. 12/29 at 4:17 p.m. Joseph D. Cameron Jr., 45, of Portland, was arrested by Officer Thomas Gabbard on Main Street on charges of violating […]
(Women) writers: Differences are good
I read an open letter this morning published on the Ms. Magazine blog to the New Yorker magazine denouncing the publication’s dearth of female writers featured in its pages so far this year. As a female writer, this naturally got me thinking about my own experience in the publishing industry. Having come from the professional […]
Jackson Lab delays Florida expansion
The lab hopes to build a esearch center where scientists would apply genetic research to human health problems.
Businesses to LePage: Cut red tape
About 50 business representatives meet at Portland Regional Chamber to air concerns about bureaucratic obstacles.
Preparations under way for inaugural
Workers are hanging lights and getting the television cameras ready at the Augusta Civic Center today.