TEHRAN, Iran ( AP) — A U.N. team visiting Iran has no plans to inspect the country’s nuclear facilities and will only hold talks with officials in Tehran, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said today. The remarks by Ramin Mehmanparast cast doubt on how much the U.N. inspectors would be able to gauge whether Iran is […]

BRUSSELS (AP) — Greece won a second massive financial bailout in the early hours of this morning when its partners in the 17- country eurozone finally stitched together a (euro) 130 billion ($170 billion) rescue, meant to avoid a potentially disastrous default and secure the euro currency’s future. But the patchwork of measures — including […]

WASHINGTON — Federal workers were $15 billion losers as Congress looked for ways to pay for parts of the just-passed legislation to extend the payroll tax cut and federal unemployment benefits through the end of the year. Their advocates are crying foul, saying two consecutive years of seeing their pay frozen means the nation’s 2 million […]

FAIRFIELD ( AP) — The president of Maine’s Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield is going to be staying on. President Barbara Woodlee announced her retirement in the summer of 2010, but two national searches didn’t find a viable candidate to succeed her so she’s agreed to stay on the job. The 65- year- old […]

NORRIDGEWOCK (AP) — Maine firefighters say a second fire at a Norridgewock home heavily damaged the structure that had escaped an earlier garage fire with minor damage. The two fires occurred eight hours apart. Firefighters say they were first called to the River Road home at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday. That fire was caused by […]

CALAIS (AP) — The president of Maine’s Washington County Community College in Calais is going to retire at the end of June. Joyce Hedlund has spent 43 years in education, 25 years in Maine’s community college system. Before taking the top job in Calais in 2010, Hedlund spent 16 years as president of Eastern Maine […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — The newly formed Maine State Charter School Commission is taking to the road to hear the public’s ideas on what they want to see in a charter school. The commission can authorize up to 10 public charter schools during the first decade of Maine’s charter school law, which was authorized by […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine officials are poised to issue the state’s first casino license. The Gambling Control Board is slated to issue the license to Hollywood Slots in Bangor when it meets today in Augusta. Hollywood Slots is now licensed as a slots operator, but it requires a casino license now that it plans to […]

PORTLAND — In his relentless demands for steep Medicaid cuts, Gov. Paul LePage has said Maine spends far more per capita than other states on Medicaid and is high above the national average. Whether you support or oppose LePage’s cost-cutting proposals, he’s right. Maine had the nation’s fifth-highest Medicaid coverage rate in fiscal year 2009 at […]

Summonses Alan Barry, 43, of 237 Perkins Road, Burnham, Feb. 13, 9: 32 a. m., charged with operating without a license, on Bath Road. Christina Baker, 33, of 42 MacMillan Drive, Feb. 12, 10:39 p.m., charged with operating without a license, on Baribeau Drive. Eric Sulzberger, 24, of 95 Court St., Apt. A, Bath, Feb. […]