Maine prices are now more than 33 cents lower per gallon than at the same time last year.
April 2013
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Trial begins over baby food lead warning
Lawyers for the food companies say the FDA tested products targeted in the lawsuit, and decided levels were below the standards that require a warning.
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S. Korea: ‘Indication’ N. Korea prepping for nuke test
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s point man on North Korea says there is an “indication” that Pyongyang is preparing for a fourth nuclear test. Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae told a parliamentary committee Monday that “there is such an indication,” according to two ministry officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not […]
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Final arguments set in Rockefeller impostor case
LOS ANGELES — The prosecution and defense are presenting their final arguments Monday in the trial of a longtime Rockefeller impostor who is accused in a decades-old murder of a California man. Deputy District Attorney Habib Balian, who has presented three weeks of circumstantial evidence in the mysterious cold case is expected to argue […]
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Maine museum to exhibit N.C. Wyeth paintings
The paintings span four decades of Wyeth’s work and include early western paintings and paintings that were used as illustrations for Robert Louis Stevenson classics.
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Former Sen. Alan Simpson to speak at Colby
Simpson served in the Senate from 1979 to 1997. More recently, he was co-chairman of President Barack Obama’s commission to reduce the federal deficit.
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‘Honor flight’ takes aging Maine vets to visit D.C. war memorials
Eighteen of the 19 veterans involved in Sunday’s trip were World War II veterans. And it didn’t take long for the other visitors to notice the crew from Maine.
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Rutgers case sparks extortion probe
The FBI wants to know if a former program director sought money not to make public a video of a coach.
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Starks plans special town meeting
STARKS — The town of Starks will hold a special town meeting to determine how the new Pelton Brook bridge will be funded. The selectmen and budget committee propose that $100,000 come from a Community Development Block Grant, $38,000 from the Urban Rural Initiative Program and $50,000 from a bank loan.
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Clinton nomination papers available
CLINTON — Nomination papers are available for the following positions: a three-year and a two-year term for selectmen, a three-year term for library board of trustees, one three-year and one two-year term; a three-year term for library board of trustees; and a three-year term for School Administrative District 49.