WASHINGTON (AP) — A conservative challenge to the president’s health care law has the federal government teetering on the brink of a partial shutdown. The Senate has the next move on must-do legislation required to keep the government open past midnight today, and the Democratic-led chamber is expected to reject the latest effort from House […]

BATH Bath Iron Works will lay off 42 employees effective Oct. 11, the company confirmed Friday. The layoffs affect insulators and pipe coverers. Dan Dowling, president of Local S6 of the Machinists union, which has approximately 3,400 members, said Friday morning that he had just received official notification of the layoff — the second in […]

BRUNSWICK Calls to the town’s 911 service will be answered by Cumberland County dispatchers in Windham starting today while state technicians relocate and recertify the emergency hotline at Brunswick’s new police station. The transfer of calls to Windham took place at 8 a.m. today. County staffers will take the essential information and relay it over […]

GEORGETOWN A plan for managing two town-owned forest preserves met with loud opposition Thursday on the question of whether to remove most or all of the mature spruce at Ipcar Preserve. Forester Barrie Brusilla of Warren said that while the Round the Cove parcel, on the west side of Robinhood Cove, mostly requires removal of […]

FREEPORT How’s this for a scenario? Voters who show up at the polls in Durham, Freeport and Pownal on Nov. 5 could be voting on a $14.6 million renovation bond for Freeport High School even as Freeport residents might decide they don’t want to belong to Regional School Unit 5 anymore. Ostensibly, two towns that […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Four Maine police departments are getting $650,000 in federal grants to hire new officers. Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and U.S. Sen. Angus King, a Brunswick independent, say the grants are being awarded through the COPS Hiring Program, which helps boost staff at local police agencies. Auburn is getting $250,000 to fund […]

FALMOUTH (AP) — State police are reporting a fatal crash on the Maine Turnpike in Falmouth. The single-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 occurred at about 7:30 p.m. Sunday on the southbound side. Both sides of the highway were closed for some time but have since reopened. The victim’s name was not immediately made public, and […]

FREEPORT — Coastal Studies for Girls to will host an open house from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4. Coastal Studies for Girls at 308 Wolfe’s Neck Road is a science and leadership semester school dedicated to those with a love for learning and discovery, an adventurous spirit, and a desire for challenge. CSG’s […]

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Public Works Department announced Monday that its paving contractor is planning to do final paving on Federal Street on Thursday. Harry C. Crooker and Sons has advised the town that it plans to install the final pavement surface on Federal Street from Mason Street to Center Street on Thursday. No parking […]

YARMOUTH For 22 years, Joe Payne has patrolled the waters of Casco Bay, improving water quality, restoring clam flats, protecting young lobsters and mobilizing oil spill cleanup efforts. This month, he was honored for his work as Casco Bay baykeeper with a new 28-foot vessel christened in his name. But he says he’s equally proud […]