ELLSWORTH American officials voiced concerns to their Canadian counterparts Wednesday as fishermen in New Brunswick continued to protest about the availability of low-cost lobster from Maine. On Wednesday, Canadian fishermen dumped traps in a federal fisheries minister’s office in Fredericton to show their displeasure with the importation of Maine lobster for processing by Canadian firms, […]

CHEYENNE SLIVINSKI: I’m 16 and I’m a junior at Medomak Valley High School. I’m originally from Skowhegan, but I live in Warren now. My boss is sort of releated to my stepmother. I asked her if she needed assistance this summer and she said, “OK.” I only have to do a couple of things so […]

BANGOR A Bowdoin man was sentenced to nearly four years in prison after pleading guilty to soliciting and taking kickbacks from drug companies while he served as the head of a now-defunct mail-order pharmacy operated by the Penobscot Indian Nation. Reginald S. Gracie Jr., 41, was also ordered to repay federal taxes in the amount […]

BRUNSWICK Surplus Navy equipment left behind when the Department of Defense closed Brunswick Naval Air Station is being auctioned off, with the proceeds to benefit the civilian redevelopment effort of the base. The first phase of the online auction features fire trucks and heavy-duty equipment such as generators and power converters. Steve Levesque, executive director […]

PORTLAND The state is committed to a plan that would allow alewives to return to the St. Croix River above a dam that blocks their passage, but only in a gradual manner and not in an unrestricted fashion that environmental groups and Maine Indian tribes are calling for, Maine’s attorney general said Wednesday in a […]

BOWDOIN Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department is investigating a burglary of tools from a trailer at a construction site reported Tuesday morning. Lt. Calvin Temple said someone broke into a trailer at a construction site on Erica Lane and stole tools worth around $9,000 sometime between 7:30 p.m. Monday and 9:39 a.m. Tuesday when the […]

BOWDOINHAM The Friends of Merrymeeting Bay has collaborated with the Merrymeeting Arts Center to host a talk by accomplished photographer Heather Perry on Saturday at 11 a.m. According to an announcement about the lecture, Perry is “happiest in, on and under water” which is reflected in her photographs, many of which are well-known. “After all, […]