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  • Green energy scammer sentenced to 12 years in prison

    January 16, 2012

    A California man who bilked Mainers and others out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in a green energy scheme has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

    January 16, 2012

  • Smart meter foes file brief in appeal

    January 13, 2012

    Opponents of Central Maine Power Co.'s smart meters have filed arguments in an appeal with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

    January 13, 2012

  • Maine Supreme Court mulls Plum Creek approval

    January 11, 2012

    The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday heard arguments in an appeal of the state's approval of Plum Creek Timber Co.'s massive development in the Moosehead region, but a decision is likely months away.

    January 11, 2012

  • Ex-bookkeeper gets jail time for dental office theft

    January 11, 2012

    The former bookkeeper of Augusta Orthodontics will spend six months in jail for embezzling $120,000 from the practice over a six-year period.

    January 11, 2012

  • Woman gets more than three years for embezzlement

    January 9, 2012

    Bettysue Higgins of Gardiner will spend three-and-a-half years in prison for embezzling more than $166,000 from her former employer, the Maine Trial Lawyers Association.

    January 9, 2012

  • State payments prompt disclosure debate

    January 4, 2012

    Over the last seven years, the state paid almost $235 million to organizations headed by lawmakers or their spouses, funding that was not required to be reported to the public, according to a report from the

    January 4, 2012

  • Corporate responsibility around data breaches is changing

    Anna Fiorentino December 26, 2011

    Companies that were victimized by data security breaches in the past were largely able to avoid liability. But that may be changing as a host of laws has been introduced in Congress to establish comprehensive federal data security laws.

    Anna Fiorentino December 26, 2011

  • Judge: Press Herald can't intervene in Cutler Files case

    December 23, 2011

    A federal judge is allowing some previously sealed documents surrounding the Cutler Files website to be made public within the next two weeks, but has put on hold the Portland Press Herald's request to intervene in the lawsuit.

    December 23, 2011

  • Down East seafood co., fishermen face charges

    December 22, 2011

    A Winter Harbor-based seafood company, one of its owners and four Maine fishermen are facing criminal charges for overharvesting sea scallops off the New Jersey coast.

    December 22, 2011

  • Ex-concrete co. owner settles lawsuit with DOL

    December 21, 2011

    The former head of now-defunct Gagne Precast Concrete Products in Veazie has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit with the U.S. Department of Labor.

    December 21, 2011

  • Jail ordered for Bangor oil co. owner

    December 21, 2011

    Andrew Murphy Sr. of Bangor was sentenced to serve five months in jail for 14 counts of tax fraud in connection with his operation of his oil and trucking businesses, A.J. Murphy Inc., Hudson Road Holding Co. and Heaten Oil Co.

    December 21, 2011

  • Occupy Maine to sue Portland over right to occupy park

    December 19, 2011

    Occupy Maine plans to file a lawsuit today against the city of Portland challenging its recent decision to evict the protest group from Lincoln Park.

    December 19, 2011

  • Violette, MTA settle for $430,000

    December 15, 2011

    Paul Violette, the former head of the Maine Turnpike Authority who resigned this year over questions about his spending, has reached a $430,000 settlement with the authority.

    December 15, 2011

  • Woman pleads guilty to lawyer group theft

    December 15, 2011

    Bettysue Higgins has pleaded guilty to embezzling $166,000 from her former employer, the Maine Trial Lawyers Association, and now faces prison time.

    December 15, 2011

  • Rent-a-Husband founder seeks Windham council seat

    December 14, 2011

    Rent-a-Husband founder Kaile Warren, who faced charges of securities fraud that were ultimately dropped, is looking to serve on the Windham Town Council.

    December 14, 2011

  • Funding revives state's business court

    December 12, 2011

    Rumors of the demise of Maine's business court have been exaggerated.

    December 12, 2011

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Do your plans call for vacationing in Maine this summer?
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Summer is in full swing, and many readers are thinking about where to go next.

Maine often tops the list with its stunning coastline, fresh seafood, peaceful forests and charming small towns. Maine is known as Vacationland for a reason.

Not surprisingly, many people who live in Maine also vacation here. 

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