O no -- Maine Democrats are accusing a potential Republican state legislative candidate of ripping off President Barack Obama's Web site. State Republicans say it's a case of pettiness, the Bangor Daily News reported Thursday. The Maine Democratic Party said Wednesday presumptive Republican candidate Les Otten's Web site was awfully similar to Obama's, with graphics built around the letter O.

Mall Networks, the leading provider of merchant-funded loyalty shopping solutions, today announced that it has secured $7 million in Series B venture capital financing.

BETHEL - In 12 minutes on Thursday night, about 20 voters attending a special town meeting unanimously approved four changes to town ordinances. With one dissenter, they also authorized selectmen to lease a town-owned building to a local energy start- up.

By Anonymous Mainers like to think of themselves as self-reliant, but the prevalent use of oil furnaces for home heating makes us among the most dependent Americans when it comes to foreign oil.

By Carol Coultas Ian Burnes, Office of Energy Independence and Security Pellets fuel Otten biz New company targets beleaguered oil consumers BETHEL - Les Otten isn't the type to take a 20-minute shower.But the entrepreneur wanted to test drive a new eco-friendly heating system he'd just installed in his home, a unit that his company, Maine Energy Systems, is introducing to Maine this spring.