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ROCKLAND : When Maine's Department of Economic and Community Development announced last spring that it was offering $1.5 million in competitive grants to municipalities through Municipal Investment Trust Fund ...

On Monday night, the planning board unanimously approved a site plan for Tedeschi Food Shops, of Rockland, Mass., and allowed the company to subdivide the lot at 451 Washington St., in front of Home Depot, to ...

Wanted: A few good women at Skydive Pepperell on Sept. 20. The mission: A leap of faith from an airplane at 13,000 feet.

Ruth Cook's new career requires the ability to smile when others might curse her presence.

Despite howls of protest about a new law designed to crack down on gifts to doctors, several Massachusetts life sciences companies say they remain hopeful the regulations can be implemented in a way that ...

Robert J. Fraser of Marshfield is the new president for South Coastal Bank , a full-service financial institution in Rockland, Mass.

Police are looking for two men who have been breaking into stores in Rockland. According to police, the suspects, who were caught on surveillance tape with their shirts wrapped around their heads, hit seven ...

July 21, 2008 - Audio for this story will be available on WBUR's web site later today.

July 21, 2008 - Audio for this story will be available on WBUR's web site later today.

The light has been yellow a little too long, but there's no police officer in sight, so you punch it anyway, zipping through as the opposing traffic gets the green.

"We probably didn't even have the ability three years ago to grant you an FHA loan, but now they're 15 percent of our business," said Mike Nickley of Rockland-based lender Rockland Trust Co.

Revenue-desperate lawmakers planned for the tax bump to go into effect at midnight Monday, but Gov.

When 9-year-old Evan Whitemyer climbs Mt. Moosilauke in the White Mountains this weekend, it won't just be for fun.

The Rockland Courier Gazette identifies the victim as 73 year old Janet Strong of Topsfield, Massachusetts.

Fearful of losing unused state grant money, the Town Council last week agreed to allocate $100,000 -- originally earmarked for rehabilitation projects for low- to moderate-income residents -- to repair exterior ...

A recently renovated Sheraton here is among two Massachusetts inns being acquired by Linchris Hotel Corp.

Politics - Student Video Red Sox High School - Baseball High School - Softball ALDS 2007 Rockland girl spots fire, mom calls 911 [ description ] With help from an 8-year-old, Rockland firefighters were able to ...

Commuters continued flocking to the MBTA at a record-setting pace in April, confirming the move from cars to public transportation as average gasoline prices jump to near $4 per gallon in Boston.

By Sarah Boehle When Michael Laffin and Christina Bertsch joined the learning and organizational development team at EMD Serono in 2005, one of the first moves they made was to take a hard look at the company's ...

ABINGTON Funding finally in place, the Abington and Rockland water departments could soon be sharing a new home on Center Avenue in Rockland.