BRA approves 2 projects for colleges, 1 for business (Boston Globe)
Harvard University got the go-ahead for a $1 billion, 589,000-square-foot, four-building science complex in Allston. The complex, to be built starting this year with a package of neighborhood improvements, will house Harvard's Stem Cell Institute and is intended to keep Harvard and Boston in the forefront of research in how to treat and cure diseases. Harvard said it intends for ...

Portsmouth area community calendar (Portsmouth Herald)
Portsmouth"n "FAHRENHEIT 451" (1966), the film, will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4 in the Levenson Community Room at Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Ave., Portsmouth. 427-1540.

World's Greatest Lover, Ray Bradbury, All For More Love (Blogcritics.org)
He managed to share his hunk of burnin' love with over 700 people in just one night. An unusual event, a love-in, occurred October 2, 2007, in a town not currently known as a very friendly environment. The center of attention at the love-in, held at the Sturges Center for Fine Arts in San Bernardino, California, was the World's Greatest Lover.He wasn't Don Juan, Lothario, or Romeo. He wasn't ...

Home sales rise in August in Maine, prices flat (Boston Globe)
Home sales in Maine rose in August for the second month in a row, the Maine Realtors Association said Wednesday.

Business/Professional Briefs (The Ellsworth American)
In an effort to meet the increased demand for wireless technology products and services, Wireless Zone, the largest independent Verizon Wireless premium retailer, in the country is open for business in Ellsworth.