FREEPORT The Town Council postponed a public hearing and vote Tuesday on proposed changes to village parking requirements that continue to divide business owners. After a glitch in notifying the public, the hearing and Town Council vote will take place during the next meeting, Sept. 17. The town is considering a cut in the fees […]

BRUNSWICK Saying “this is not a BDC meeting,” Town Council Chairwoman Suzan Wilson Tuesday refused to let a resident ask questions about the the Brunswick Development Corporation. The questions came during the Town Council meeting’s public comment session. Tarratine Drive resident Scott Wiley, who had not attended a council meeting before, tried to ask for […]

Here’s the typical image of drug thieves: armed robbers with masks holding up pharmacies for pills to feed their habit. But stealing happens on the other side of the counter, as well. An investigation by the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting revealed that, from 2003 to 2013, 16 pharmacists and 41 pharmacy technicians lost […]

BRUNSWICK Brunswick’s two hospitals are among those poised to collect nearly $490 million in Medicaid debt accrued by the state over decades. Parkview Adventist Medical Center will get $3.6 million and Mid Coast Hospital will receive $16.3 million from combined state and federal sources, according to the state, after the successful sale Tuesday of a […]

AUGUSTA The University of Maine has submitted a proposal for a long-term contract for an offshore wind energy project, the state Public Utilities Commission said on Tuesday. The university’s bid comes after lawmakers approved legislation in July to reopen the bidding process for an offshore wind project to let the university compete for a contract. […]

BIDDEFORD (AP) — A Maine man charged with manslaughter for allegedly driving drunk into a family of bicyclists in Biddeford has been sent back to jail after a judge revoked his bail. Fifty-six-year-old David Labonte has been free on $100,000 bail after being charged in the death of 52- year-old Jamerico Elliott of Biddeford. Elliott […]

STARKS (AP) — A 53-yearold Maine woman has been charged with spitting in the face of a town selectman to express her displeasure over a proposed telecommunications tower. The Somerset County Sheriff ’s Department says Cindy Brown of Starks was issued a summons for assault Saturday for allegedly spitting at Selectman Paul Frederic after a […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine prosecutor says members of Westbrook High School’s baseball team have paid restitution for vandalizing athletic fields after they won the state championship. Cumberland County District Attorney Stephanie Anderson said Tuesday that after their June 15 championship victory, some players celebrated at a South Portland home near the cityowned Wainwright fields […]

WATERVILLE (AP) — The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered a Massachusettsbased rail company to pay $50,000 in damages to a worker in a rail yard who said he was subject to disciplinary action for reporting an injury and unsafe conditions. The employee in Waterville filed an OSHA complaint in 2011 against Pan Am Railways […]