John Robbins: I live on Bailey Island. You can’t get much more local than that. I was a mechanical engineer with Seaward Construction when they installed all the power lines for the nuclear power plant in Wiscasset. Like I say, I’ve always been into equipment of some sort. I had a marine engine when I […]

U.S. Senate candidate Angus King on Tuesday lambasted the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s $400,000 television campaign labeling him “king of spending,” saying he cut taxes, made prudent investments and eliminated budgetary “gimmicks” during his two terms as governor. The political independent is irked over the ad’s claim that he was a free-spending chief executive who […]

Dax Catalano is ready to talk. Over a year ago, the then 16-year-old was brutally beaten, left unconscious with a fractured skull, on a sidewalk outside of the Lewiston Mall. His assailant was sentenced last April to three years in jail, but his parents insist that justice should have been served sooner, starting with a […]

A Brunswick man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Tuesday to federal mail fraud and tax evasion charges. Matthew LaForge, 38, faces up to 20 years in prison on the two counts of mail fraud and five years on the tax evasion charge, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Thomas Delahanty II. […]

All the kids who signed up for the first ever “Mutton Bustin’” contest at the Topsham Fair got a chance Tuesday night to see how far they could ride a sheep without falling off. With family members and other curious fairgoers lined around the pulling ring, one-by-one a contestant, all 8-year-olds, would approach announcer Hope Ricker […]

The Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department is investigating a head-on collision on Old Brunswick Road that sent both drivers involved to the hospital — one with serious injury. The sheriff ’s department was called to the area of 248 Old Brunswick Road at 9:37 a.m., for the two-vehicle collision that left both vehicles resting just […]

AUGUSTA — The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission has voted unanimously to appoint Nicholas D. Livesay of Brunswick as its director. The seven-member board, which handles planning and zoning for Maine’s unorganized areas, voted in favor of the appointment during its monthly meeting in Greenville. Livesay was nominated by Conservation Commissioner Bill Beardsley. Livesay will […]

WISCASSET — Tour de Farms XIV, the annual bike ride and local foods barbecue, will be held rain or shine on Sunday, Aug. 19, beginning and ending at Morris Farm Trust, 156 Gardiner Road (Route 27N). Riders from near and far will come together to support local agriculture and enjoy what an organizer boasts in […]