PORTLAND ¦ THE PLAN increases cash tolls by $1 at the York toll plaza and by 50 cents at toll plazas in West Gardiner and New Gloucester. Also, there are 50-cent increases for northbound traffic entering in Wells and southbound traffic entering in Gray. Maine E-ZPass rates will increase 1 cent per mile. ¦ THE […]

BATH Police on Thursday arrested a husband and wife following a family fight, allegedly involving a knife. Rhonda B. Churchill, 48, faces a charge of aggravated assault for allegedly stabbing her husband, William W. Churchill, in the thigh. William Churchill, 47, was arrested later on a probation hold and summonsed on a charge of assaulting […]

TOPSHAM School Administrative District 75 Board of Directors unanimously appointed Randa Rineer to a one year contract as the principal of Williams-Cone Elementary School, effective “as soon as possible.” The school district conducted the search after the school’s former principal, Steve Ciembroniewicz, left the position at the end of June to serve as principal of […]

Logan Clifford Sewell, 27, of 86 Court St., Bath, July 12, 2:49 a.m., charged by Portland police with drinking in public and failure to pay three fines, at 200 State St. in Portland. Frederic I. Rowe, 49, of 18 Upland Lane, Harpswell, July 7, 12:33 a.m., charged by Westbrook police with operating under the influence, […]

Arrests James Harold Snow, 32, of 33 Mast Hill Road, Saco, July 25, 10:53 a.m., charged with operating while license suspended or revoked, on Main Street. Edgar G. Acchiquin, 32, of 22 Ashmont St., Portland, Aug. 7, 12:43 p.m., charged with operating with a suspended license and operating without a license, on Route 1. Myrna […]

PHIPPSBURG A Bath man is facing six charges after allegedly entering and stealing from two vehicles of fellow employees parked at his former place of employment on Route 209. John Skroski, Phippsburg’s chief of police, said the charges stem from two car burglaries — one that occurred Aug. 10 and the other on Aug. 12. […]

CASCO Ocean Waves Quilters meet weekly on Bailey Island to quilt and socialize. In 2011, they elected to make Camp Sunshine of Casco a beneficiary of their work, as the camp had expressed a need for bed-size quilts. That year the group contributed five queen-sized quilts to the camp, but having seen the need, determined […]

BATH Police suspect 9-year-olds might have set off fireworks Wednesday on Central Avenue. Lt. Cielinski said Thursday that an officer found the children near the site of the complaint, which came in at 2:23 p.m. “The officer found wrappings in the area, but the kids denied any knowledge of the fireworks, and we couldn’t prove […]