An Oakland woman who admitted embezzling $6,500 in postal service money said she did so to help her family budget and pay for gas.
October 2012
Posted inNews
Winslow woman uses nunchuks in self-defense after attack by ex-boyfriend
WINSLOW — A woman used a pair of nunchucks to briefly fend off a prolonged attack from her ex-boyfriend, who threatened her with a knife and twice kept her from calling for help, police said.
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Posted inPolitics
Maine bond backers spread word on their own
As attention and ad dollars go elsewhere, groups use networking and speeches to push for bond passage.
Posted inNews
Fall foliage peaking for leaf peepers
Colors are at least 75 percent of peak in southern Maine and at peak along the coast and in western Maine.
Posted inCommunity
STILL LIFE: Blown away
University of Maine at Farmington employee Harold Henry uses a blower to pile fallen leaves on the lawn at Merrill Hall on campus on Wednesday.
Posted inNews
Clinton town manager resigns
Aaron Chrostowsky announced his resignation during an executive session Tuesday, but will remain at his post through the end of the year.
Posted inNews, Sports
Maine defensive end Cole out for the season
The junior suffered a torn quadriceps tendon in the Black Bears’ 26-3 victory over Delaware.
Posted inCommunity
SNAPSHOT: Storage crops
Dave Martin rolls a wheelbarrow full of winter squashes past rows of tomato plants and on out of his his large gardens on Wednesday in West Gardiner.
Posted inBusiness
Fed: Housing lifts growth in most US regions
The Fed says growth improved in 10 of its 12 regional banking districts from mid-August through September, while leveling off in one region and slowing in another.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Heating costs to rise this winter as cold returns
Last winter was the warmest on record. This year temperatures are expected to be close to normal.