Arrest Lee A. Patterson, 19, of 932 High St., March 21, 1:16 p.m., charged on a warrant for tampering with a witness, tampering with a victim and violation of bail conditions, on Water Street. [email protected]
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Topsham Police
Summons Joshua A. Singletary, 20, of 504 Columbia Ave., Hillside, N.J., March 16, 5:04 p.m., charged with operating without a license, on Main Street. [email protected]
The water of madness (a Sufi tale)
Once upon a time there lived a mysterious prophet and saint called Khidr. He rescued many from danger. He performed many miracles. They say the sea and sky obeyed his will and that he could appear anywhere and everywhere at the same time. His immortality came from the Water of Life. He used the shining […]
Scheduled Public Meetings
Bowdoin PLANNING BOARD, Tuesday, 7 p.m., town office. Bowdoinham PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING ON RECYCLING BARN AND PUBLIC WORKS GARAGE, Thursday, 6 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. Brunswick PLANNING BOARD, Tuesday, 7 p.m., Brunswick Station, 16 Station Ave. SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET WORKSHOP, Wednesday, 6 p.m., Brunswick Station, 16 Station Ave. Dresden FIRE DEPARTMENT, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Pownalborough […]
BHS class of ’14 collects used phones
BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick High School class of 2014 is collecting used cellphones through March 31. The class invites the public to donate unwanted cellphones in bags placed at various locations around town, including Maine Running Shoe, Curtis Memorial Library and Big Top Deli. The sophomores will collect used cellphones, which will be recycled. The […]
Maine AG in D.C. over health care law
AUGUSTA — Public opinion on the national health care law played no role in the decision to have Maine join the 25 other states challenging the national health care law that’s before the U.S. Supreme Court this week, state Attorney General William Schneider said Monday. “Honestly, for me, it’s a matter of principle. It’s a matter […]
Maine lawmaker to speak in support of ‘Obamacare’
AUGUSTA (AP) — Several Mainers are going to be in Washington when lawyers argue for and against the federal Affordable Care Act championed by President Barack Obama. One of them, state Sen. Margaret Craven of Lewiston, will be participating in a news conference on the steps of the Supreme Court to discuss the the law’s […]
Mainer pleads guilty in Mass. highway death
WOBURN, Mass. (AP) — A Maine man has pleaded guilty to being drunk when he struck and killed a Massachusetts state highway engineer in 2010. Jeremy Gardner of Bridgton, Maine, is scheduled to be sentenced today after pleading guilty Monday in Middlesex Superior Court to charges including vehicular homicide, driving under the influence of liquor […]
Man pleads guilty after shootout with marshals
PORTLAND ( AP) — A Maine man who was wounded in a shootout with U. S. marshals and made the news again by circumventing jail security to have a tryst with a female inmate has pleaded guilty. Arien L’Italien of Biddeford pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting a federal officer, being a felon in possession of […]
Allagash headwater lakes see ice melting
AUGUSTA (AP) — Mainers have watched as the early blast of summer weather last week hastened ice- out on lakes. Now, park rangers on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway are reporting deteriorating ice and snow conditions on the headwater lakes of the northern Maine river and nearby trails. Rangers have stopped traveling on the ice in […]