A Maine woman who doused her 77-year-old grandmother with gasoline and set her afire has been committed to a psychiatric facility in Augusta.
April 2012
Posted inBusiness, News
Service firms grow at steady pace, boost hiring
Rising consumer and business spending is boosting hotels, restaurants, retailers, entertainment and recreation firms, construction companies and financial services providers.
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Magazine ranks Portland among ‘greenest cities’
Travel & Leisure also says Portland is the No. 1 city in America to live in and visit during the summer.
Posted inNews
Warm and fuzzy T. rex? New evidence surprises
Movies often depict T. rex as having scaly skin. But new evidence suggests the king of dinosaurs may have actually had soft, fluffy feathers.
Posted inNews
Fairfield police log April 4
The Fairfield Police Department reported the following activity April 4:
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Maine lawmakers balking on union dues bill
The bill would remove the requirement that state employees pay a portion of union dues, even if they are not union members.
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Obama signs ban on insider trading by lawmakers
The new law bars Congress, the president and thousands of federal workers from profiting from nonpublic information learned on the job.
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Homes for the price of a car
A house for the price of an SUV? That’s plausible, given the dip in housing. But a home for the price of a Ford Fiesta? Whoa. Now there’s a value-bending proposition. While most people don’t think of real estate in prices relative to that of a car, there are houses in some parts of the […]
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Report on Sugarloaf skier death finds no fault with response
The state office that oversees emergency medical services has dismissed most complaints about the medical treatment provided to David Morse, who died en route to the hospital after a skiing accident on Sugarloaf in January.
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How outdoor space can help sell your home
Humorist Fran Lebowitz once wrote, “The outdoors is what you have to go through to get from the apartment into the taxi.” But she’s an exception. When considering a new property, nearly every home buyer considers the outdoors in some way as a requirement for a property they’re considering. If the buyer is looking for […]