TOPSHAM — The sketch site plan for a proposed neighborhood grocery store at the site of a longtime market on Middlesex Road will go to the Planning Board for review tonight. Jim Howard, president and chief executive officer of Priority Group, LLC, which submitted the plan, said the proposed 3,200-square-foot store would be located at 38 […]

BATH — Bath Iron Works faces a proposed fine of more than $171,000 from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for alleged violations of workplace safety standards at the Bath shipyard. The charges include not providing safe working conditions for repairing pneumatic tires, with the report specifying an Oct. 10, 2011, incident in which […]

PORTLAND — Tiny translucent elvers — alien-looking baby eels the size of toothpicks, with big black eyes and spines — are mysterious creatures, floating thousands of miles from their birthplace in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean before ending up each spring in Maine’s rivers and streams. But there’s no mystery about what’s drawing hundreds of fishermen […]

POWNAL — Firefighters extinguished a brush fire that damaged two old camper-trailers Sunday afternoon on Randall Lane. The fire was reported at 3:34 p.m. Sunday at 408 Randall Lane, according to the Freeport dispatch log. Pownal Fire Chief Jesse Peters said firefighters found a brush fire that burned out of control and extended to two old […]

Summonses Barry L. Cain, 60, of 481 Elmwood Road, Pownal, March 24, 8:39 a.m., charged with theft by unauthorized taking or transfer and failing to notify of vehicle accident, on School Street. Cameron Blake, 22, of 152 Pleasant St., Bowdoinham, March 23, 10:35 a.m., charged with operating while license suspended or revoked, on Route 1 […]

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Rotary Club’s “Hometown Idol” contest kicks off at 7 p.m. Saturday in Crooker Theater at Brunswick High School on Maquoit Road. Twenty-one contestants of all ages will vie for trophies, a cash prize and the honor of being named Brunswick’s “ Hometown Idol.” Performance categories include instrumentalists, vocalists and dancers in either […]

WOOLWICH — The Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department is investigating the theft of a pallet of shingles from a construction site along Route 1. Investigators believe the heist occurred Thursday night or Friday morning. Chief Deputy Brett Strout said the shingles were taken from the site of what is to be a new Georgetown Pottery store, […]

Summons Michael Eaton, 23, of 610 Richmond Road, Litchfield, March 23, 9:11 p.m., charged with operating after suspension and failure to provide evidence of insurance, on Lewiston Road in Topsham. [email protected]

RICHMOND — Among the 39 articles Richmond voters will take up at the annual town meeting tonight are requests to authorize a $300,000 bond to build a new library and to enact an ordinance regulating the use of consumer fireworks. The meeting will start at 6 p.m. in the Richmond High School gymnasium. The selectmen propose […]