BRUNSWICK — Brunswick police seized 76 marijuana plants, nearly 100 illegal prescription pills, cash and a number of semiautomatic weapons from the Cumberland Street apartment of a man they arrested March 12 on an outstanding warrant. Aaron Fickett, 27, of 71 Cumberland St., Apt. 2, faces charges including cultivation of marijuana, trafficking in scheduled drugs and […]

BRUNSWICK — Brunswick police on Friday arrested a 42-year-old Woodland Road man for allegedly assaulting his daughter. Police then seized 26 guns from his home. Robert A. Smith, 42, of Woodland Road, was arrested during a felony traffic stop on River Road at approximately 6:30 p.m. Friday, Brunswick Police Capt. Mark Waltz said in a press […]

AUGUSTA — Maine has earned an “F” grade from a national organization’s first-in-the nation assessment of accountability and transparency across the 50 states. Maine ranked 46th in the “State Integrity Investigation” by three nonpartisan, national and international journalism and good government groups. The score was based on research into 330 indicators on both the laws and […]

TOPSHAM — The Friends of Midcoast Maine, in partnership with the Orton Family Foundation, will sponsor a community building workshop at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Topsham municipal building, 100 Main St. The workshop will provide “practical ideas to enhance public engagement, public process and democracy,” an announcement about the event states. “Attendees can learn new […]

BRUNSWICK — After receiving results from a statewide standardized test, Brunswick school officials say expectations for the district’s youngest students need to be higher. At a School Board meeting Wednesday, administrators presented results from the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP), which is Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island’s accountability test under the federal No […]

Arrests Mary-Ellen Mederios, 48, of 68 Union St., March 11, 12:29 a.m., charged with violation of conditions of release, on Union Street. Brendan Keating, 21, of 80 Raymond Road, March 10, 9:43 p.m., charged with unlawful furnishing of Schedule Z drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia, on Bath Road. Bryan Wilson, 20, of 41 River […]

DURHAM — A Larrabee Lane home was badly damaged and three pets died in a fire that started in the kitchen just after 1 p.m. Friday. According to Michael Brillant, public information officer for Durham Fire and Rescue, the home belongs to Connie and Martin Jacques. Neither was home at the time the blaze ignited. Martin […]

WEST BATH — Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department deputies busted up an underage drinking party Saturday night on New Meadows Road. Deputies arrested the man who lives at the apartment where the party allegedly occurred and issued 16 summonses for underage drinking. Neighbors complained at 10:54 p.m. Saturday about a rowdy gathering at 145 New Meadows […]