There are food stamps offenders, and beer and cigarettes should always be cut, but come on, being down at the bottom isn’t as much fun as it appears, and sometimes, a Hostess cupcake can bring you up faster at the end of the month than a carrot, when loose change is all there is.
May 2013
Posted inBusiness
Coastal homeowners stagger under insurance costs
From Cape Cod to Texas, rates for homeowner coverage have skyrocketed, sparking outrage as insurance companies report higher profits in coastal states than inland.
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Posted inNews
ME-NH Sarah Long Bridge work to start in 2014
Work to replace an aging bridge between New Hampshire and Maine that was hit by an oil tanker in April is expected to start in 2014.
Posted inNews
RSU 18 chief takes responsibility for failures in transition to new system
Near the end of an emergency board meeting Thursday night, the superintendent of Regional School Unit 18 stood up and took responsibility for what he called failures in the transition to a new learning system.
Posted inNews
Sordid Zumba story ends with tears, jail
Alexis Wright speaks publicly about her Kennebunk prostitution business and begins a 10-month sentence.
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LePage announces trade mission to Mexico, Colombia
The mission will include businesses and schools hoping to expand into Latin American markets.
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4 people, 2 dogs rescued from boat on Androscoggin
It took about an hour for Auburn emergency personnel to pull the powerless craft away from the grates above Great Falls.
Posted inNation & World, News
U.S. Rep.: Russians beleve Boston bombings could have been averted
Democratic U.S. Rep. William Keating says officials of the Russian Federal Security Service showed him the detailed information they had shared with U.S. authorities.
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Worker on NH-Maine bridge suffers leg injury
It was not immediately clear how a 40-foot beam struck a worker on the Memorial Bridge construction project.
Posted inNation & World, News
Dallas house where Oswald lived to go up for sale
The house has been in Patricia Hall’s family since about 1942, but she has decided that it’s finally time to let it go – as long as the buyer wants to preserve it.