To Brother Donald Paul of the Franciscan Brothers of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, the difference between baking bread and brewing beer is only in the details. Combine grain, yeast and water in one way, and you get bread, like the enormous, fragrant loaves Brother Don bakes and he and his fellow brothers Kenneth and Stephan […]
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Enrollment at Maine universities projected at 31K
BANGOR (AP) — Fall enrollment at Maine’s universities and community colleges is expected to be about the same as last fall. Classes begin Tuesday at the state’s seven universities and two of the community colleges. Classes at the other five community colleges began last Monday. University of Maine System officials expect about 31,000 students this […]
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Maine officials preparing to sign agreement to erect 1,800-foot steel fence at historic Fort Knox
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Maine Historic Preservation Commission are expected sign by the end of this week a memorandum of agreement to add fencing at Fort Knox State Historic Site, Skip Varney, the director of engineering and real property for the bureau, said Wednesday. The memorandum will detail the state’s understanding […]
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Verso Paper trying to keep its stock on New York Stock Exchange
PORTLAND — Verso Paper Corp., which operates two paper mills in Maine, is trying to save itself from being delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. The NYSE on June 25 said it had commenced proceedings to delist Verso’s common stock, traded under the ticker symbol VRS, because the company’s market capitalization — the market […]