If you’re one of our many summer visitors who’ve been playing hard and spending even harder this summer in Maine, you should be aware of the sad fact that your summer is almost over. You should also know that by Labor Day – according to a long-standing Maine custom – all you New York Times- […]
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Quinn's Corner: Facts you probably passed over
For your reading pleasure, a collection of random facts collected from legitimate sources during the past few months: The Marlboro Man: The lower the IQ, the more likely a smoker. Pack-a-day smokers were 7.5 points lower than non-smokers. Forty winks: A short nap is often as valuable to a person’s memory and well being as […]
Taylor Swift returning to Maine to introduce video
The special will include Swift providing a tour of the Kennebunks to CMT host Katie Cook and explaining the making of the video.
Obama’s disapproval rating hits new high
WASHINGTON — More than half of Americans now disapprove of President Barack Obama’s job performance, new polling found, as the Ground Zero mosque controversy appeared to further erode ratings that the nation’s stagnant economy already had damaged. Gallup’s tracking poll for Saturday through Monday found Obama’s disapproval rating at 51 percent, a new high, the […]
Council: Peaks golf cart ‘taxi’ must be licensed and insured
A teenager’s golf cart service was making it hard for a city-subsidized taxi to survive.
Council: Peaks golf cart ‘taxi’ must be licensed and insured
A teenager’s golf cart service was making it hard for a city-subsidized taxi to survive.
S. Portland landmark Red’s is demolished
The popular ice cream stand was started in 1952 by Bolling’s father, Leonard ‘’Red’’ Bolling.
Brian Wilson’s good vibrations
Pop god Brian Wilson has always had an affinity for the stylings of George Gershwin. On a new album, Wilson gives the legend his due.
Foreigners find a home in the great white north
New Brunswick, facing the erosion of its population and tax base, opens its arms to immigrants.
Fed official: Easy money now may do harm later
Low rates and other recovery tools may bring inflation and speculation, Thomas Hoenig says.