WISCASSET Voters have said no to these budget items before. On Tuesday, both the town and Regional School Unit 12 will try again, as they go to the polls at the Wiscasset Community Center. Residents will decide on four municipal budget lines that failed at the June 11 annual town meeting, in addition to an […]

BRUNSWICK A local man was taken to Mid Coast Hospital Tuesday evening, after calling police to tell them he was “thinking of jumping” from the Frank J. Wood Bridge. Police received the call shortly after 6 p.m., according to Deputy Chief Marc Hagan. But when officers arrived at the bridge spanning the Androscoggin River between […]

President Barack Obama will appoint Michael R. Petit, to the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities. The commission, which was established by the “Protect Our Kids Act” (H.R. 6655), is charged with developing a national strategy and recommendations for reducing fatalities resulting from child abuse and neglect. Obama selected Petit to be one of the six commissioners he has […]

BRUNSWICK On the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Gov. Paul LePage marked the day with “prayers” that America would be able to avoid becoming embroiled in “a third war” in addition to Afghanistan and Iraq. A gallery of about 100 people attended the noontime remembrance, organized by George T. Files American […]