For some shoppers, carting their online purchases back to a bricks-and-mortar store is not an option.
December 2016
Posted inBusiness
Heating oil prices climb in Maine
The statewide average cash price is up 8 cents in the last two weeks.
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Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Scary new scam threatens death if recipient doesn’t pay up
A Falmouth resident reports the text message to police, who say it’s a variation on a standard theme but they haven’t seen one that ominous before.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Lewiston man gets 10 years in prison for accessing child pornography
Douglas Blodgett, 46, was also sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Bridgton library tells kids to take a hike: Loon Echo Land Trust is accepting applications for environmental education grants.
BRIDGTON—The Bridgton Public Library is offering kiddos an easy way to explore the outdoors with new naturalist backpacks, courtesy of a grant from the Loon Echo Land Trust. The backpacks contain useful tools to help children explore the outdoors, and are aimed at extending a child’s learning beyond the library and into the natural world, […]
Posted inNation & World, News
12 big takeaways from Kerry’s speech on the Mideast peace process
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John F. Kerry delivered frank remarks on the Middle East peace process at the State Department on Wednesday. Here are excerpts from his speech: On ‘trends on the ground’: “The truth is that trends on the ground – violence, terrorism, incitement, settlement expansion and the seemingly endless occupation – are […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Outdoors
Smelt season in Pittston, Bowdoinham already better than last year on Kennebec River
Camps around central Maine have shacks on the river weeks earlier than last year, when warm weather and a lack of ice shortened the smelting season.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
LePage’s top attorney leaving administration for private practice
Avery Day is the fifth general counsel to join and then leave the administration since 2011.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Town of Dixfield shuts down police force over personnel issue
The department’s two members are put on paid administrative leave amid a probe of what a union official says relates to what the chief does during work hours.
Posted inNation & World, News
NYPD seeks Trump Tower traffic fix as safety jitters, costs loom
The cost of security and its impact on traffic has become a contentious issue between the mayor of the most populous U.S. city and the team supporting the president-elect.