While Massachusetts voters have OK’d medical marijuana dispensaries, some towns want limits.
2013
York Street neighbors to fight restaurant plan
They fear a second new eatery in the area will lead to disruptions like those tied to Popeye’s.
Lobster Dippers get caught up in a wave of enthusiasm
Nearly 400 people bravely immerse themselves in the 41-degree ocean to benefit Special Olympics.
Mexico standoff ends in arrest
Police took a man into custody Tuesday night after a standoff that lasted more than two hours on Brown Street.
Bright spots in Maine’s economy mask challenges ahead
The state is poorly positioned in growing industries and needs help from a strong national recovery.
Not all of Maine’s same-sex couples rushing to get married
Most of them seem to be doing what many heterosexual couples would: planning a wedding.
Concern over pesticide use at schools rises
Parents are becoming more aware as some schools in the state are not moving to reduce pesticide use.
People & Entertainment: Hefner weds former Playmate
LOS ANGELES – Hugh Hefner’s celebrating the new year as a married man once again. The 86-year-old Playboy magazine founder exchanged vows with his “runaway bride,” Crystal Harris, at a private Playboy Mansion ceremony on New Year’s Eve. Harris, a 26-year-old “Playmate of the Month” in 2009, broke off a previous engagement to Hefner just […]
Photo: Disc break
Tim Greenway/Staff Photographer Peter Jacobs plays Frisbee with his brother Toby and his friend Alex Wheelwright as the sun sets on the first day of 2013 along the Eastern Promenade in Portland on Tuesday. He’ll really need those gloves Wednesday, since highs are expected to reach only into the 20s. Â
State pharmacy robberies more than doubled
While 2012 numbers for fires, traffic deaths and homicides were down, drug addicts became more brazen.