The Dow Jones Industrial Average, coming off its worst day of the year, gains 99.97 points, or 0.4 percent, to 25,579.39.
2019
Posted inCommunity
Dr. Shaw library grand opening event set for Aug. 18
The new building addition is finished in Mount Vernon.
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Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Longtime MCI postgrad coach Max Good set for Maine Basketball Hall of Fame induction
Former NBA All-Star Caron Butler will present Good during ceremony on Sunday in Bangor.
Posted inMaine, News
Portland shuts emergency shelter as last asylum seekers move out of Expo
Many are relocating to apartments or host homes in communities from Saco to Brunswick.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Farmingdale increases annual property tax rate 5%
Town Clerk Rose Webster said the average taxpayer could see an increase of about $148 in their annual tax bill.
Posted inNation & World, News
Indiana cemetery objects to plans to exhume gangster John Dillinger
That exhumation would be part of a Dillinger documentary for The History Channel.
Posted inMaine, News
The strange tale of a Maine balloonist who vanished in 1885
Wealthy Frederick Gower disappeared after his balloon wound up in the English Channel and put an end to his plan to develop a way to drop dynamite on London or Paris in future wars with the help of wind-borne bombing.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Publisher who took over Maine Magazine amid controversy steps down
Andrea King succeeded Kevin Thomas, who had led the glossy Portland-based magazine and other publications until he was accused of sexually harassing a former co-worker.
Posted inMaine, News
Arundel farmers say their blood samples show high levels of ‘forever chemicals’
Fred and Laura Stone’s dairy farm has been shut down because of contamination from PFAS they say got into their water, soil and cows’ milk from municipal sludge used as fertilizer.