New Maine company to lay 1,100 miles of fiber optic cable for broadband expansion A new company is promising to lay 1,100 miles ...
Maine considers requiring drug companies to take back unused medicines and safely discard them The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired ...
FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2009, file photo, Maine's Republican Senators, Olympia Snowe, left, and Susan Collins are seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats say they never saw it coming, but the breakdown of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul ...
Roll Vote: How the Senate voted on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's nomination The 70-30 roll call Thursday by which the Senate confirmed Ben Bernanke for a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. A "yes" vote is a vote to ...
FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2009 file photo, Tyler Graffam, left, and Austin West, of Falmouth, Maine, play the DJ Hero video game at Best Buy in South Portland, Maine. With the looming launch of a tablet-style computer _ already nicknamed ...
In this photo made Jan. 20, 2010, employee Victoria Levesque of Hallowell, Maine moves past various baked goods line the shelves at Standard Baking Company in Portland, Maine. Consumer confidence rose past expectations in January, the third straight monthly increase as Americans ...
FairPoint Communications names telecom veteran to be its Maine state president FairPoint Communications has named a 40-year telecommunications industry veteran as its Maine state president. FairPoint announced Thursday that Michael Reed will be responsible for governmental relations, regulatory matters and economic development ...
Rent-A-Husband owner pleads not guilty to fraud and theft in Maine court A Maine man who turned his Rent-A-Husband home-repair company into a nationally recognized business has pleaded not guilty to federal fraud and theft charges. Kaile Warren of Windham was arraigned ...
Big bucks spent in Maine on TV ads aimed at influencing health care reform The U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent more than $2.5 million on TV advertising in Maine in 2009 in opposition to federal health care legislation, an advocacy group says, ...
Maine lawmakers seek compromise on requiring saltwater licenses for recreational fishermen A legislative committee sought common ground Wednesday on a divisive proposal to require saltwater licenses for recreational fishermen in Maine, one of two northeastern states yet to comply with a federal ...
More states collecting unused medications from residents, some had record hauls in 2009 A steel mailbox-sized bin in the lobby of a police department in northern Utah was full again, crammed with half-full prescription bottles, over-the-counter cold meds and even an odd ...
A worker cuts limbs from Herbie, New England's largest and oldest elm tree, in preparation for it to be cut down on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 in Yarmouth, Maine. The tree succumbed to Dutch elm disease after surviving 14 previous bouts with ...
