Dockworkers agree to extend their contract for a month to avoid a crippling stoppage.
2012
Posted inBusiness
Fewer US banks failing as industry strengthens
More people are taking out – and repaying – loans, which means banks are earning more and lending a bit more freely.
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Posted inNews
Rude awakening: Portland tows 72 after winter’s 1st storm
As it does every year, Portland’s first on-street parking ban of the winter caught many motorists by surprise.
Posted inPolitics
NH Gov Lynch cleans out office after 8 years
The popular Democrat retired after serving four consecutive two-year terms. Maggie Hassan, also a Democrat, is a former state senator who will be inaugurated as governor on Thursday.
Posted inNews
Review finds problems at other Mass. labs
A former worker at the drug lab is facing charges for allegedly tampering with test results that put hundreds of criminal drug cases at risk.
Posted inLife & Culture, News
FBI’s files reveal more about Marilyn
The updated files show the extent the agency was monitoring Monroe for ties to communism.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Opposed to same-sex marriage, company ends wedding business
At odds with Maryland’s legalization of same-sex marriage, the owner of a wedding-related business has decided to close down rather than provide services to gay couples.
Posted inNews
Opposed to same-sex marriage, company ends wedding business
At odds with Maryland’s legalization of same-sex marriage, the owner of a wedding-related business has decided to close down rather than provide services to gay couples.
Posted inNews
Maine snowmobile season starts with a bang
There is already snow on the ground across the entire state, a sharp contrast to last winter when temperatures were mild and there was a lack of snow.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Arrest made in ATM theft
After several weeks on the lam, Augusta police arrested Steven Shaw, the man wanted by Windham police for impersonating an undercover sheriff’s detective last month. Shaw was arrested in an attic of an apartment building on Sarah’s Street in Augusta at about 3 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 22, Augusta Police Chief Robert Gregoire said Wednesday. […]