Arrest Jonathan Brennan, 21, of 7 Bing Moore Road, Bowdoin, Nov. 23, 5:36 a.m., charged on a West Bath District Court warrant for theft and operating under the influence; also summonsed for operating after suspension, on Meadow Cross Road. Summons Anna L. Baxter-Selser, 43, of 90 Middlesex Road, Nov. 22, 1:52 p.m., charged with failing […]
2011
SUPPORT GROUPS
This listing appears the last Friday of each month. Area support groups that would like to be included or need to make changes should contact the community editor at 504-8247 or [email protected]. GENERAL 2-1-1 MAINE; dial 211 to be connected to a complete list of support groups in Maine, 24 hours a day, seven days […]
SCHEDULED PUBLIC MEETINGS
Alna BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6:30 p.m., town hall. Arrowsic PLANNING BOARD, Monday, 7 p.m. town hall. ROAD COMMISSION, Tuesday, 7 p.m., town hall. Bath PLANNING BOARD, Tuesday, 6 p.m., City Hall. CITY COUNCIL, Wednesday, 6 p.m., City Hall. FORESTRY COMMITTEE, Wednesday, 7 p.m., City Hall. Bowdoin BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6:30 p.m., town office. […]
Military Update
The end of the Iraq war also appears to end a golden age of growth in military pay and benefits, which lasted at least a decade and corrected many perceived or long-standing faults in military compensation. Disabled retirees, reserve component members, surviving spouses and active forces all benefited from flush wartime budgets and a Congress […]
Floor gives way under contractor
SANFORD (AP) — Officials say a contractor escaped serious injury when the floor gave way while he was operating a small loader in a former mill building in Sanford. Assistant Fire Chief Steve Benotti says the man and the machine fell 18 feet into the basement. Co- workers tell the Portland Press Herald that the […]
Suspected meth lab eyed in Presque Isle
PRESQUE ISLE ( AP) — The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency is investigating a suspected methamphetamine lab in Presque Isle. Officials searched the Main Street apartment on Thursday. The occupants of the apartment were not home but have been interviewed by drug enforcement agents. Authorities say significant evidence of methamphetamine manufacturing has been found at the […]
State set to promote young driver safety
AUGUSTA (AP) — During the past year, Maine had about 50 fatal crashes involving young drivers. Secretary of State Charlie Summers says that’s almost one crash involving someone between the ages of 16 and 24 per week, and it’s too many. Summers, the state’s chief motor vehicle official, announced on Thursday an effort to address […]
Boothbay Harbor lab to get $603K grant
BOOTHBAY HARBOR (AP) — A coastal Maine ocean research laboratory is to receive a federal grant of more than $600,000. Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins say the National Science Foundation has awarded the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Boothbay Harbor a $603,631 grant to conduct biological oceanography research. The study will be in […]
Closing arguments slated in arson trial
AUGUSTA (AP) — Closing arguments are scheduled in the arson trial of a 50-year-old man charged with burning down a topless coffee shop where his ex-girlfriend worked. Raymond Bellavance Jr.’s trial is entering its 10th day in Kennebec County Superior Court, where Justice Michaela Murphy will hear closing arguments today. Bellavance testified on his own […]