DURHAM Nomination papers become available today for an unfinished term on the Board of Selectmen left vacant following the immediate resignation last month of Philip Gilikson. Gilikson was elected in 2011 to a three-year term on the Board of Selectmen after serving an unfinished term of two years on the board. His immediate resignation, stemming […]

SEBASCO ESTATES — Joe Payne will be the speaker at the Phippsburg Land Trust’s annual meeting on Thursday. The annual meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the Main Deck meeting room at Sebasco Harbor Resort. A brief business meeting will be followed by the speaker’s presentation. According to a news release, Payne will […]

GRAY — “The Final Charge,” a massive display showing two bull moose with locked antlers, will be on display daily through Aug. 26 at the Maine Wildlife Park, 56 Game Farm Road. A news release describes the display as follows: Created by local taxidermist Mark Dufresne of Nature’s Reflections Taxidermy in Gray, these moose are […]

BRUNSWICK A Massachusetts man was charged with operating under the influence early Saturday morning after driving off Route 1. Deputy Chief Marc Hagan of the Brunswick Police Department said Saturday at 5:56 a.m., police responded to a property damage accident on Route 1 northbound just past Cook’s Corner. They found a red Toyota Corolla sedan […]

BANGOR (AP) — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which launched attack ads against independent Angus King, is hosting several events in Maine in support of King’s GOP opponent, Charlie Summers. The chamber’s national political director, Rob Engstrom, is appearing at events today on Summers’ behalf in Bangor, Lewiston and Biddeford. The chamber spent more than […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins say federal grants totaling more than $1 million are being awarded to the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. They say a grant of nearly $1 million will go toward construction of a new facility focusing on ocean acidification. A second grant of about $150,000 will help […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Proposed rule changes to Maine’s medical marijuana program drew a crowd to a public hearing, where many said the changes were too restrictive. Maine Public Broadcasting Network reports that about 100 people filled the room for the legislative hearing, with dozens in two overflow rooms. Corey Belcher of Bristol, who uses marijuana […]