Police say the owner of the JP Corner Store in Livermore Falls paid a man to burn down her business.
March 2012
New Maine casino holding job fair for blackjack dealers
The event is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today in Oxford.
Police make 1 arrest, seeking 2 others in Arizona club shooting
Two of those shot are in serious condition, police said.
After tornado outbreaks, survivors begin to reassess damage
Emergency crews desperately searched for survivors Saturday after a wave of violent storms demolished towns in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio.
Senator says she’ll consider endorsing a replacement for Republican primary
PORTLAND — Sen. Olympia Snowe said Friday that she has been in touch with potential GOP candidates for her seat and anticipates that more Republicans will join the race. At a news conference she held to discuss her retirement after three terms in the U.S. Senate, Snowe also said she may endorse a candidate before […]
Review: ‘Hidden Tennessee’ is well worth finding
Maine theater companies have lately been paying some respect to Tennessee Williams, one of the greatest American playwrights, who would have turned 100 years old last year. Freeport Factory Stage just finished a run of “The Glass Menagerie” (another production of that play will open at Monmouth this summer) and now Portland Stage is presenting […]
Clippers strike gold
BANGOR—For 44 long and lonely years, the 1968 Yarmouth boys’ basketball team stood alone as the program’s only state champion. Friday evening, at long last, it got some company. An undeniable, unforgettable group whose never-say-die attitude and unrivaled athleticism launched itself into the realm of legend. Facing another history-seeking team in the Class B state […]
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Joffre George Schnarr, 95, beloved father and grandfather, died on Feb. 27, 2012 at Sedgewood Commons Care Community in Falmouth, a much-loved resident there for the past seven years. A remembrance service will be held this summer at his family’s home in Maine. Further details will be published nearer the date. To contact the family, […]
Staying connected
BIDDEFORD — When Arundel native Fletcher Kittredge returned to the area in 1994 after working in Boston for years to start a small telecommunications company in Biddeford, he was just a local boy looking for a way to work closer to home. The Harvard-schooled Kittredge thought the as-yet untapped potential of the Internet would be […]
Staying connected
Fletcher Kittredge, founder and CEO of Great Works Internet in Biddeford, points to a series of routers and fiber optic connections inside the bowels of his company’s operation on Wednesday. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)