Shareholders are advised to vote out seven directors whose responsibilities included risk assessment.
May 2014
Butcher, farmer join forces to purvey local foods in South Portland
Ben Slayton of Farmer’s Gate Market in Wales and Penny Jordan of Jordan’s Farm in Cape Elizabeth plan to open a retail store in the Knightville neighborhood.
Report: 1,700 vets ‘at risk’ in Phoenix wait-list crisis
Pressure on VA chief Eric Sineski to resign escalates after a new report of the hospital scandal is released.
Millinocket files lien to obtain $2 million in overdue paper mill taxes
Great Northern Paper says the town’s lien on equipment, some of which is being sold, makes it harder to pay creditors.
Our View: Maine fishermen should take cue from farmers’ success
Buy-direct options like those in Portland and Port Clyde offer an example of how to meet Mainers’ demand for local seafood.
Two Democrats seek nomination for Biddeford’s House District 11 contest
Both Ryan Fecteau, 21, and David Flood, 58, have experience in local politics.
Still no recall of chicken tied to outbreak of antibiotic-resistant salmonella
Despite the illnesses, California producer Foster Farms has not initiated a recall, and the government has no apparent plans to shut it down.
Egypt’s el-Sissi leads rival in tepid voter turnout
Critics say the lack of enthusiasm shows discontent with him among a populace that believes he has no concrete plans.
World Dispatches
BANGUI, Central African Republic Attack on church compound by Muslim rebels kills dozens Muslim rebels stormed a Catholic church compound in the capital of Central African Republic on Wednesday, killing as many as 30 people in a hail of gunfire and grenades, witnesses said. The attack on the compound at the church, where thousands of […]
Veteran Democrats compete in District 33 Senate primary
Longtime lawmaker Sen. John Tuttle’s challenger is Andrea Boland, a four-term state representative.