BOSTON Survivors of the Boston Marathon bombings got little satisfaction from surviving suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s first public appearance since the deadly attacks. “Not guilty,” was all he said, over and over. The blase-looking 19-year-old, his arm in a cast and his face swollen, entered his pleas Wednesday during a seven-minute arraignment in federal court. Bombing […]

GEORGETOWN Bruce Poliquin said Wednesday that he is not interested in becoming chairman of the Maine Republican Party despite a statewide effort to recruit him. “I’m just not going to pursue it any further,” Poliquin said Wednesday. “I’m flattered with the outpouring of people who want me to pursue it, but it’s not something that […]

WISCASSET A Damariscotta man is in serious condition with possible brain injuries after reportedly getting into a fight with another man and getting dragged by the latter’s vehicle. Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline said Michael Hanna, 38, is in serious condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland with a possible brain injury and broken bones. […]

BRUNSWICK A Southport man with a history of theft and drug convictions is in custody, and another remains at large, after they allegedly tried to rob the Five County Credit Union ATM on Bath Road early this morning. Joshua A. McCarthy, 27, was arrested after a foot chase and charged with burglary, criminal mischief, refusing […]

BRUNSWICK Because parts of the town’s zoning ordinance are outdated, poorly defined or ambiguously worded, the town is girding for a comprehensive rewrite. Planning Board members discussed the start of the process — which involves hiring a planning consultant, deciding how large the rewrite committee should be and who will comprise it — Tuesday. A […]

BOWDOINHAM A Topsham man was charged with drunken driving after flipping his car Tuesday night on Post Road. Sagadahoc County sheriff ’s deputies charged Gregory Thibeault, 24, of 27 Loon Drive, with operating while intoxicated in the 7:30 p.m. crash. Neither Thibeault nor his passenger, 20-year-old Nicholas Votta of Brunswick, was injured. According to Chief […]

FREEPORT Three osprey chicks knocked out of their nest at a Freeport park during a severe thunderstorm last week are being cared for by their parents and appear to be doing well. Wolfe’s Neck State Park Manager Andrew Hutchinson said Wednesday the 5-weekold chicks were knocked 50 feet to the ground by the July 5 […]

BRUNSWICK — Police subdued an 18-year-old student at the Spurwink School after she allegedly assaulted a staff member Tuesday morning. Brunswick police Officers Russell Wrede and Patrick Mahar answered the call shortly before 10 a.m. When they arrived, they had to physically restrain the student until she could be taken by ambulance to Mid Coast […]

BRUNSWICK — Kara Aleixo Johnson has been appointed as the new director of development for Mid Coast Health Services. Johnson will lead the planning, implementation, and administration of fundraising appeals, endowment campaigns, gift planning, grateful-patient giving and donor appreciation events. Johnson is a lawyer and business owner, a Mid Coast Hospital board member, and committee […]