Cloudy with a chance of rain: The Portland Daily Sun has been around for nearly two months.

Does anybody care?

Not if you’re the sort of person who picked up the free daily expecting to find hard news. The Sun has offered its readers occasional mini-scoops, such as last weeks’ article on the new doors being installed on Portland’s historic Custom House.

Pennsylvania newspaper publisher Richard Connor may have balked at giving the state retirement system board all the financial details about his plan to buy the Blethen Maine Newspapers, but the documents he did turn over to that public body provide some insight into how the sale might work and how much it might cost.

Pension tension: Pennsylvania newspaper publisher Richard Connor, head of the group seeking to buy the Blethen Maine Newspapers, went before the Maine Public Employees Retirement System board of trustees on March 12 and asked them to help fund the deal.

Echo sounds off: In its March 11 issue, the Echo, the student newspaper at Colby College in Waterville, uncovers new information on the firing of reporter Joel Elliott by the daily Morning Sentinel in January.

Down (East) economy: Down East Enterprise Inc., owner of Down East magazine and this Web site, announced on March 5 that it is undergoing a reorganization, and several employees will lose their jobs.