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    September 4, 2011

    Feature Obituary: Arthur Waitley, 63, went from law enforcement to ministry

    NEW GLOUCESTER – While lying in a hospice bed last week, Arthur E. Waitley offered some life advice to a friend. “Love one another,” said Waitley, a Yarmouth pastor from New Gloucester who was diagnosed with cancer about five years ago. “Because if you love one another, everything else will just fall into place.” His […]

  • Published
    September 3, 2011

    Truck pulled from the water in Kennebunkport

    Tow trucks pulled a pickup truck from the water near the Cape Porpoise Pier in Kennebunkport about 6:45 this evening, say eyewitnesses. It was not immediately clear how the truck got into water. Tom Cannon, a South Portland resident who was having dinner in Cape Porpoise, said he was among 50 or 60 onlookers watching […]

  • Published
    September 3, 2011

    Kayakers rescued in Kittery

    A fire department boat rescued two kayakers who overturned in the water this evening off Seapoint Beach in Kittery, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Coast Guard Sector Northern New England Chief Rob Childress said Kittery police requested assistance from the Coast Guard shortly after the incident, which happened about 6 pm. The Coast Guard […]

  • Published
    September 3, 2011

    Governor won’t go on trade mission

    He says he must attend to budgeting challenges here in Maine instead of visiting Chile and Brazil.

  • Published
    September 2, 2011

    State business funding gets a boost

    The Maine Technology Institute revamps grant and loan programs to increase financing.

  • Published
    September 1, 2011

    Thousands of Mainers still without Internet and electricity

    And CMP reports that 15,780 customers, including 7,290 in Cumberland County, remain without electricity.

  • Published
    September 1, 2011

    Time Warner cable failure hits 350,000

    PORTLAND – The impact of Tropical Storm Irene continued to be felt Wednesday, when flooding caused by Sunday’s rain knocked out a fiber-optic cable in Vermont and cut Internet and digital phone service for almost four hours to about 350,000 customers of Time Warner Cable in New England. The company’s network crashed about 2:30 p.m. […]

  • Published
    August 31, 2011

    Economic development group lands $375K grant

    The Greater Portland Economic Development Corporation will use the grant to hire an executive director, buy marketing materials and fund general business development activities.

  • Published
    August 31, 2011

    Time Warner’s cable and internet service back online

    Time Warner blames a “fiber break in one of the hardest hit areas of the storm.”

  • Published
    August 31, 2011

    Northeast Bancorp sells insurance division