BRUNSWICK — The public will have an opportunity to view Joshua Chamberlain’s original Medal of Honor in October and November. The U.S. Army Medal of Honor was awarded to the Civil War hero — who would become president of Bowdoin College and Maine governor — in 1893 for “distinguished gallantry” in the Battle of Gettysburg […]

FREEPORT — Police arrested two men Sunday near the Hunter Road athletic field after allegedly finding them with marijuana plants. Charles Leonard, 27, of Brunswick, and Michael Gammon, 48, of Richmond, were charged with cultivating marijuana, Police Chief Gerald Schofield said. At 8:37 p.m. Sunday, police allegedly found a car with its lights out at […]

Bath Arrests Nathan A. Willey, 23, of Bath, Sept. 18 at 2:52 a.m., charged with violation of conditions of release on South Street. Jared Baker, 26, of Bath, Sept. 22, 12:50 a.m., charged with domestic assault and domestic violence criminal mischief on Wesley Street. Brunswick Summonses Tracy Clark, 29, of 86 North End Road, Westport […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Independent Eliot Cutler is officially launching his campaign to be Maine’s next governor. Cutler is holding events today in Bangor and Portland to kick off his campaign in the 2014 election against Republican Gov. Paul LePage and U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-2nd District. Cutler also is holding a statewide telephone town hall […]

AUGUSTA New revelations about how Gov. Paul LePage’s administration worked behind the scenes to stymie Statoil’s offshore energy project are renewing worries about the state’s image in the eyes of the international business community. Prior to pushing legislation in June that essentially put the Norwegian company’s project on hold while the University of Maine could […]

WATERVILLE (AP) — Waterville Housing Authority officials say they’re taking proper measures to control a bedbug infestation at an authority apartment complex, but residents say not enough is being done. Authority executive director Diane Townsend says the parasites have been found in two apartments in the 27-unit complex on Louise Avenue. Marieda Call is one […]

NAPLES (AP) — A man facing a vehicular manslaughter charge in connection with a fatal all-terrain vehicle accident has been located in Nantucket, Mass. Authorities say 28-year-old Jonathan Caswell was arrested Sept. 18 on Nantucket and charged with resisting arrest, driving with a suspended license, and being a fugitive from justice. Those charges were dismissed […]

BANGOR (AP) — A man police describe as a transient has been acquitted of manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of another man. A judge on Monday cleared Jason Trickett, 42,of the May 2102 stabbing death of Andy Smith during an altercation. The judge said the unreliability of witnesses and inconsistencies in some of their testimony […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A group that wants to ban bear hunting using bait, dogs and traps is launching a campaign today to put its proposed referendum on ballot. The group plans to gather 80,000 signatures to put the referendum on the November 2014 ballot. It says bear baiting is cruel and unnecessary. A coalition opposed […]

AUBURN (AP) — The trial of a Lewiston man charged with stabbing another man during a fight at a party has ended with a deadlocked jury. Raikuez Melchoirre, 35, was charged with elevated aggravated assault in a June 2011 stabbing. Androscoggin County Superior Court jurors could not reach a verdict.