2012
Posted inNation & World

Nation Dispatches

SAN FRANCISCO Burned refinery has lengthy record of pollution offenses A massive refinery fire that sent hundreds of people rushing to hospitals was just the latest pollution incident at a facility that records show has increasingly violated air quality rules over the past five years. The Chevron oil refinery is one of three such facilities […]

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Posted inBusiness

More homes getting foreclosure notice

by The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES – More homes started on the foreclosure path in July, as lenders tackled a backlog of mortgages gone unpaid even while they pulled back on home repossessions. The number of homes that received an initial notice of default — the first step in the foreclosure process — increased 6 percent in July compared […]

Posted inNews

Dispatches

Maine pharmacist gets prison for taking kickbacks / Boy, 4, dies from injuries in ATV crash / Gorham OKs new rules limiting fireworks … and more news from around the state.

Posted inLetters, Opinion

Letters to the editor: LePage a liability to state, his party

Paul LePage has been governor for less than two years, and the negative publicity he generates is unprecedented. He routinely makes headlines in The New York Times, The Boston Globe and The Washington Post for insulting the president, state employees, the Maine Education Association, women, Jewish people, the NAACP, labor unions and poor people. When […]

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