It study comes as the Maine State Legislature is scrutinizing hospital executives’ pay.
March 2012
Thanks to early spring, Maine bans heavy trucks
Heavy trucks are being temporarily banned from thousands of miles of secondary roads across northern New England with the early arrival of spring.
Maine university to offer 4 new degree programs
Husson University says next year, it’ll be offering degrees in forensic science, software development, environmental science and hospitality and tourism management.
Maine fishermen to hunt for “ghost gear”
During Monday and Tuesday’s event, Maine lobstermen will spend 48 hours looking for “ghost gear” — lost traps, fishing nets, buoys and other lost gear in the Gulf of Maine.
Suspect in massacre had history of troubles
Financial and legal struggles add to an emerging portrait of the Army sergeant and local hero now believed to have killed 16 Afghan civilians.
NBA: Gallinari, Nuggets handle Celtics
DENVER — Danilo Gallinari scored 20 points and Kenneth Faried added 18 points and a career-high 16 rebounds leading the Denver Nuggets past the Boston Celtics 98-91 Saturday night.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL: UMF’s Jones at home once more
FARMINGTON — Amy Jones went far away from the University of Maine at Farmington. Then she came right back.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Oak Hill hires new coach
Stacen Doucette knew what he wanted when he first stepped on a football field as a Lisbon High School varsity assistant in 1994. Eighteen years later, the goal finally came to fruition.
COLLEGE HOCKEY: Maine struggles early, falls to BC
BOSTON — To beat the top-ranked team in the country, the University of Maine could not afford lapses. But defensive mistakes came early, as Boston College took a quick lead and defeated the Black Bears 4-1 for the Hockey East championship Saturday night at the TD Garden.
COLLEGE HOCKEY: Radical change coming to conferences
MINNEAPOLIS — The merry-go-round of major college football teams swapping conferences has left even the most obsessive fans dizzy.