BRUNSWICK A Brunswick High School graduate with an interest in films has turned the camera on the state’s restive lobster industry. “A Piece of the Bottom” is a film about two rival lobster crews’ “final clash” in the backwaters of coastal Maine “as they fight for their piece of the bottom,” according to a news […]

TOPSHAM The rush to represent Senate District 19 continues. The Maine Green Independent Party is poised to nominate a candidate for the seat, which was formally vacated Tuesday when Senate Majority Leader Seth Goodall, DRichmond, resigned to become regional administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration. A date for the special election has not yet […]

FREEPORT Orvis, the international fly fishing equipment giant, will open an outlet just a few hundred feet from another outdoor retail giant at the end of July. Don Benasich, senior manager of Orvis’ outlet division, confirmed Thursday the company will open its 11th outlet store, in a building formerly occupied by a Brooks Brothers outlet […]

LISBON Love or hate the bitter soft drink that is the namesake of the annual festival filling Lisbon with thousands of people this weekend, Moxie has a special place in the hearts of those who call Lisbon — and Maine — home. “What it means for us,” said Deb Wagner, chairwoman of the 2013 Moxie […]

FREEPORT A field epidemiologist will discuss the increasing incidence of tick- and mosquitoborne infections during an meeting set for Wednesday. Kate Colby, field epidemiologist from Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention, will speak from 5 to 6 p.m. at Town Hall. Colby will present general information focused on the prevention of tick-borne infections such […]

BATH — Bath police reported vehicles used during Heritage Days celebrations were damaged overnight July 7 at Library Park. The damaged was discovered by police at 5 a.m. The cars, on loan from Heritage Days supporter Bodwell Motors of Brunswick, were struck by a folding chair in the parking lot of the Patten Free Library. […]

WISCASSET — A 63-yearold Bristol man faces a felony charge of reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon after a fight left a Damariscotta man seriously injured in the Town Hall parking lot Wednesday. James “B.J.” Fitzpatrick also was charged with aggravated leaving the scene of an accident, according to a news release from Wiscasset Police […]

BATH — It’s said to be the longest-running “cash mob” in the state. July 18 will mark 12 months of “cash mobs” in Bath, and organizers say people will meet at 5:30 p.m. under the clock at Front and Center streets to spend a minimum of $20 at a local store.

BOWDOIN A Turner man escaped serious injury after crashing his pickup truck into a utility pole in Bowdoin and rolling over late Wednesday. The crash was reported in the area of 878 Augusta Road at 10:58 p.m. Chief Deputy Brett Strout from the Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department said Cory Letoile, 43, of Turner was […]