The Board of Selectmen will consider on Sept. 4 a request from the Wiscasset Withdrawal Committee, which is charged with negotiating a withdrawal from Regional School Unit 12, to form another committee to identify the economic impact of such a move. Committee member Jeff Slack, also a member of the Board of Selectmen, made the […]

Rep. Todd Akin defied the nation’s top Republicans and refused to abandon a Senate bid that has been hobbled by fallout over his comments that women’s bodies can prevent pregnancies in cases of “legitimate rape.” Akin took his message to network TV morning shows and conservative talk radio shows, declaring GOP leaders were overreacting by […]

Topsham police arrested a 19-year-old Minot man for operating under the influence and eluding an officer after he lead a police sergeant and state trooper on a more than 6-mile-long pursuit down Route 196 early Saturday morning. Topsham Police Chief Christopher Lewis said Conrad Labbe, 19, of 38 Jackson Hill Road in Minot, was apprehended, […]

A 13-year-old boy escaped serious injury Monday when he rode his all-terrain vehicle into a car on Wallace Shore Road. The boy, whose name was not released due to his age, lost control of his ATV shortly after 5:30 p.m. when he crashed into a 2004 Chevrolet driven by Earnest Pinkham, 61, of Brunswick. “The […]

Freeport Summonses Maurice Moody, 56, of Harpswell, Aug. 12, charged with sale and use of drug paraphernalia and failing to produce evidence of vehicle insurance on Interstate 295. Missi L. Estes, 41, of 10 Durham Road, Aug. 15, charged with operating while license suspended or revoked on Mallet Drive. Bath Arrests Lauren L. Kendall, 38, […]

A Westbrook man was flown by helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston on Tuesday where he was listed this morning in serious condition after the van he was driving south on Interstate 295 spun out of control, launching him from the passenger-side after the door was ripped open. Suffering multiple injuries in the […]

Police on Monday arrested a Bath man who allegedly possessed a knife after he allegedly attacked a woman on Beacon Street and demanded money. Scott J. Ryan, 23, is charged with robbery. Ryan allegedly attacked a 30-year-old woman and demanded she pay him $20. At 6:43 p.m. on Monday, Officer Ted Raedel responded to the […]

The Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce will hold the grand opening for its new Welcome Center on Aug. 30 at 5:30 p.m. The Welcome Center is located at 524 Bath Road. Strategically situated on bustling U.S. Route 1, the Welcome Center will provide an opportunity for visitors and passing motorists to learn more about what […]