Cut and pasted from various sources are these factoids: Efficiency rewarded: Since 1972 the productivity of U.S. workers has increased 114 percent. During that same period wages have declined by 6 percent. Where the money goes: CEOs in 299 U.S. companies earned $3.4 billion in 2010 – an increase of 23 percent from 2009 – […]
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Without Borders – Local bookstores, publishers consider future after store's closing
SOUTH PORTLAND – The too-big-to-fail mantra that saved banks at the start of the recession apparently means nothing for booksellers at a time when – as we’re constantly being told by the televised talking heads – we’re supposed to be in the midst of an economic recovery. Last Thursday, Borders, the nation’s second-largest chain of […]
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Bull Moose to bid on Borders store leases
Bull Moose, a Maine-based retailer of music, movies, games and books, plans to bid on the leases of “several” New England Borders locations, after hearing from customers on Facebook and the Bull Moose website. Last week, Borders, the nation’s second-largest bookstore chain, announced it was shuttering after a last-minute deal to save the stores fell […]
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West wins Lobster Bowl thriller
BIDDEFORD – The motto for the annual Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic is “strong legs run so that weak legs may walk.” That motto, which reflects the fact that the annual contest benefits the Shriners Hospitals for Children, was especially apt for the 22nd edition of the game Sunday at Biddeford’s Waterhouse Field as Portland’s […]
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Cape Elizabeth Land Trust must raise funds for Robinson Woods
CAPE ELIZABETH – You win some, you lose some. A day after surviving an attempt to cut off $350,000 in municipal funding for its Robinson Woods land purchase, the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust learned it lost out on another leg of deal – a grant from the state Land for Maine’s Future (LMF) program. The […]
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Cape Elizabeth Land Trust must raise funds for Robinson Woods
CAPE ELIZABETH – You win some, you lose some. A day after surviving an attempt to cut off $350,000 in municipal funding for its Robinson Woods land purchase, the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust learned it lost out on another leg of deal – a grant from the state Land for Maine’s Future (LMF) program. The […]
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Cape Elizabeth Land Trust must raise funds for Robinson Woods
CAPE ELIZABETH – You win some, you lose some. A day after surviving an attempt to cut off $350,000 in municipal funding for its Robinson Woods land purchase, the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust learned it lost out on another leg of deal – a grant from the state Land for Maine’s Future (LMF) program. The […]
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Q&A with George Entwistle III, new Scarborough superintendent
SCARBOROUGH – There’s a new man atop the Red Storm totem pole in Scarborough. Dr. George H. Entwistle III, 57, was hired as superintendent of schools March 17, besting a pool of 20 applicants in a four-month search process that began last fall, with the sudden resignation of David Doyle. Assistant Superintendent Jo Anne Sizemore […]
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Maine Mall tax appeal decision due Friday
SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland Board of Assessment Review is scheduled to vote Friday on whether the Maine Mall’s owner, Chicago-based General Growth Properties, is due a refund of nearly $900,000 on its 2009 property tax bill. This is the second appeal by company in as many years. In December 2009, the state Board […]
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Scarborough police log – 7/21
Arrests Monday, July 11 Philip M. Bumby, 40, of Gorham, on Broadturn Road at 3:21 p.m., on a warrant. Thursday, July 14 John C. Southard, 34, of Biddeford, on Cabela Boulevard at 2:51 p.m., on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking. Jeremy M. Somers, 33, of Biddeford, on Cabela Boulevard at 2:51 p.m., on […]