A truck hit the light at Windham Center Road and Route 202 on Wednesday afternoon and knocked it to the ground.
February 2012
AP: Giants will win Super Bowl
The Associated Press predicts that the New York Giants will beat the New England Patriots 33-30 in overtime to win their second Super Bowl in five years.
Stocks rise on manufacturing data
U.S. stocks had a big January, and they’re starting February strong, too.
Sprague Corp. pulls plan for Scarborough Beach park
SCARBOROUGH — Sprague Corp. on Wednesday pulled its proposal for a new park on 62 acres of beachfront property near Black Point Road. “It really was an economic decision,” Seth Sprague, president of family owned Sprague Corp., said in an interview Wednesday. “We were trying to project what our investment was going to be to […]
Janitor gets 3 years for selling pills at Ellsworth school
A former custodian at Ellsworth High School has been sentenced to three years in prison for selling prescription drugs at the school.
Author Ehrenreich recalls the 'good old days' of being poor
BRUNSWICK — Ten years after Barbara Ehrenreich cleaned the toilets of some of Maine’s wealthiest residents while researching “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America,” the author returned to the state to reflect on how the plight of minimum-wage workers has changed. Ehrenreich was invited to speak as part of the Brunswick-Bowdoin Community […]
Sprague pulls plug on controversial Scarborough project
The Sprague Corporation says planning and development costs have made the Black Point Beach project financially unfeasible.
Manufacturing expands at fastest pace since June
Consumers are buying more cars, while businesses are ordering more machinery. It’s the 30th straight month manufacturing has expanded.