Police and fire marshal’s investigators are looking for clues and talking to community members.
2012
Posted inNews
State uncovers $14 million in extra revenue
An accounting error led officials to underestimate December revenue, Maine Revenue Services says.
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Posted inNews
Cure for health care waste: Rethink 45 treatments
Nine medical societies representing nearly 375,000 physicians are challenging the perception that more health care is better, releasing lists of tests and treatments their members should no longer automatically order.
Posted inNation & World
U.S. bounty catches Pakistan off-guard
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan was stung Tuesday by the U.S. State Department’s announcement of a $10 million reward for the capture or conviction of the founder of a Pakistani militant group that allegedly carried out the November 2008 terrorist attacks on Mumbai, India’s largest city. The size of the bounty for Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, founder of […]
Posted inNews
Maine AFL-CIO vows to fight ‘right to work’
A legislative panel is set to vote on a bill to end mandated union dues for non-union public workers.
Posted inLife & Culture, News
‘Love for Sail’: Mainer looking for love on the high seas
Derek Lovely of Portland will appear in the second episode of the show, which will premiere at 10 p.m. April 10 on the Lifetime network.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Fire Department review right move for Portland
Evaluating services and their costs is a good addition to the proposed city budget.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the editor, April 4, 2012Equity would mean raises for all UMS workers
Recently, the University of Southern Maine has received negative publicity for giving certain staffers a raise. It’s the raises people haven’t gotten that bother a lot of us. The USM Chapter of the Associated COLT Staff of the Universities of Maine – the union representing all clerical, office, laboratory and technical employees in the University […]
Posted inOpinion
Maine Voices: Constitutionality of disputed health care ‘mandate’ is a moot point
Through the tax code, the government already can set penalties for not doing certain things.
Posted inOpinion
Another View: Auto bailout helped car makers a little but hurt investors a lot
A better course would have been to restructure GM and Chrysler in bankruptcy.