It’s not often that you get to see a real Google big wig in the flesh – much less, here in Portland, Maine. Earlier this month we had the pleasure of meeting and gaining a few pearls of wisdom (and hints of what’s to come) from Steve Arthur, Google’s Head of Industry: Retail at the Ad Club of Maine’s Google This! event.

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After ten years of trying, Anne Belden finally gave birth to a son in the early 1990s. Six years later, she and her husband John adopted a daughter.

Today, there are a lot more treatment options for infertility than Anne had 30 years ago, and success rates for conceiving are much higher. Thanks to the Internet, there is also a wider support network and better opportunities to access the latest information. Something else that is different is more women are waiting longer to start their families, which increases their risk of infertility problems. Read more.

RAYMOND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- North Carolina based company SFX has announced it's closing its Dielectric Communications business unit in Raymond later this year.

Dielectric manufactures atennae and signal transmission equipment for radio and television broadcasters.  Company officials said the decision was made to shut down broadcast and wireless antenna operations worldwide, and all 57 Raymond-based employees who are impacted have been notified.

"After careful consideration, SPX has decided to discontinue the broadcast television and radio and wireless antenna operations of its Dielectric Communications business unit worldwide, due to extremely difficult global economic conditions in the broadcast marketplace, and SPX's ongoing efforts to further focus its future growth strategy on its Flow Technology business," company officials said in a statement issued to the media.