WELLS — After nearly half a century, an effort to restore one of Wells’ most historic graveyards is finally underway. An easement agreement signed this week between the town of Wells and Optima Bank in Portsmouth, New Hampshire grants the town control over an 11,930-square-foot parcel of land that was previously Torches Restaurant. The land, […]

BEIJING (AP) — A scaffolding collapse at one of Beijing’s most prestigious high schools on Monday killed 10 construction workers and injured four others, officials said. The accident occurred at the start of the school day at Tsinghua High School in the city’s northwest, but did not affect any classrooms or other buildings used for […]

PORTLAND (AP) — FairPoint Communications says the National Labor Relations Board has dismissed complaints accusing the company of bargaining in bad faith, disappointing news for striking workers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. The Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers said they were appealing. Pete McLaughlin, head of the union […]

SANFORD — A 62-year-old Sanford man sustained a possible broken leg when he was struck by a car crossing Main Street on Christmas Eve. Robert Harrington entered the northbound lane of Main Street near the intersection with Maple Street about 6 p.m. He was struck by a car driven by Kathy Cornish, 64, also of […]