A new Obama policy requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with access to free birth control has roiled the presidential race and angered congressional Republicans.
February 2012
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Indulging their gull-ibility
Gene and Delores Carey of South Portland watch the seagulls beg for more crumbs from the couple’s lunch in the parking lot at the South Portland Municipal Boat Ramp near Bug Light on Feb. 6.
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Closing arguments expected in Dapolito trial
Patrick Dapolito, 41, is accused in the 2010 killing of his wife, 30-year-old Kelly Winslow.
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Bowdoin College researchers predict impact of rising sea level on Harpswell, Brunswick
HARPSWELL — For generations, the Abenaki carried their boats from Harpswell Cove to Middle Bay across a narrow point of Harpswell Neck. Now a new study identifies that low-lying marsh, and the intersection of Route 24 and Coombs Road along Buttermilk Cove, as two of the most vulnerable areas to sea-level rise and flooding. The […]
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RSU 1 to move central office to Bath business park
BATH — Regional School Unit 1 signed a five-year lease last week to move its central office to the Wing Farm Business Park. The move is designed to cut costs for the school district, which serves Bath, Arrowsic, Phippsburg, West Bath and Woolwich. RSU 1 operated at the John E. L. Huse Memorial School on […]
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Chairman, 3 others resign in Yahoo board shake-up
Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock and three longtime board members are stepping down, submitting to the demands of frustrated shareholders who blame them for dragging down the company’s revenue and stock price.
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Valentine’s discount for ‘Stars on Ice’ in Portland
For tickets priced at $55 or less, people can buy two for the price of one to the March 16 show.
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Bath planners approve new Hyde School dorm
BATH — The Planning Board on Tuesday unanimously approved the site plan for a new dormitory at Hyde School. George Paton, facilities director at Hyde, said demolition of the existing dorm is planned for June. Construction of the new dorm on the site is expected to be finished next January. The 17,000-square-foot Campus Drive building […]
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LePage communications chief stepping down
Peter Rogers says he never intended for it to be a long-term job.
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3rd investigation opened at LA school linked to sex abuse
Officials at a Los Angeles school rocked by teacher sex-abuse claims are investigating yet another allegation, this one involving a teacher’s aide in her 50s sending love letters to an 11-year-old boy.