BRUNSWICK — Mid Coast Hospital’s Diabetes Education Program will offer a four- week series of classes called “Living With Diabetes” on Mondays beginning Feb. 27. Sessions will meet from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Mid Coast Hospital. “The program is designed to help individuals with diabetes learn skills to successfully manage their health,” a release […]

WASHINGTON — Navy SEALs never expected the film “Act of Valor,” starring real, active-duty Navy SEALs, to be this big. Five years ago, commanders allowed a small, independent film company into their elite ranks to turn real-life training exercises into a feature length movie in hopes of drumming up recruits fast. SEAL officers thought the film […]

AUGUSTA — A week after a budget-balancing bill fell short of passage, the Maine Senate moved quickly Thursday to pass a measure that would close a $120 million revenue gap while cutting Medicaid coverage for thousands of Mainers. The Senate’s 27-8 vote sent the measure to Gov. Paul LePage. The House last week gave the budget […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — After taking a break last year from endorsing state borrowing for public projects, Maine lawmakers on Thursday began considering a list of more than two dozen bond issue proposals totaling nearly $600 million. The Appropriations Committee began two days of public hearings on the borrowing proposals, which call for projects ranging […]

BANGOR (AP) — Police are calling the death of a man found inside a Bangor apartment this week suspicious. Police were called to a Court Street address for a report of a disorderly person about 9: 35 p. m. Wednesday and found a man in his mid- 40s dead on the floor of an upstairs […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — A Windham man accused of fatally shooting another hunter has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter. William Briggs was released on personal recognizance and barred from hunting at his brief arraignment on Thursday. Authorities say the 61-yearold Briggs shot 46- year- old Peter Kolofsky in the Sebago woods on Nov. 5. Briggs […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine first lady Ann LePage has hosted Col. David Sutherland, special assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the Blaine House. While visiting this week, Sutherland addressed both the Bangor region and Portland region chamber of commerce members. LePage has dedicated her time as first lady to bring […]

BANGOR ( AP) — Maine police on Thursday were looking for a couple in connection with the disappearance of a Florida firefighter who had traveled to the state to see a friend. Jerry Perdomo, 31, of Orange City, Fla., had driven from Florida to Bangor where his rental car was found abandoned on Feb. 17 […]