FREEPORT In addition to the general need to keep people informed on disease control, a field epidemiologist will discuss increasing incidents of tick- and mosquito-borne infections during a meeting set for Wednesday, July 17. Kate Colby, field epidemiologist from Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, will speak from 5 to 6 p.m. at the […]

TOPSHAM A new medical building is about to rise at The Highlands. The 11,525-square-foot facility off Governor’s Way and Community Way near the Route 196 Coastal Connector will be leased to Mid Coast Medical Group for its adult primary care practice, currently located in the Bowdoin Mill Island complex nearby. “It’s a little tight” in […]

AUGUSTA Hours after the House of Representatives overturned Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of a consumer protection bill Tuesday, the measure failed by one vote in the Senate. Sponsored by Rep. Mattie Daughtry, D-Brunswick, LD 1390, “An Act Regarding the Cancellation of Subscriptive Services,” was intended to make it easier for people who purchase online services […]

The Town Council is poised to approve funding a study to delve into the complex process of withdrawing from Regional School Unit 5. The vote will take place during next Tuesday night’s Town Council meeting. Councilors expressed general agreement Tuesday in putting the study on the July 16 agenda — and passing it. Town officials […]

A new medical building is about to rise at The Highlands. The 11,525-square-foot facility off Governor’s Way and Community Way near the Route 196 Coastal Connector will be leased to Mid Coast Medical Group for its adult primary care practice, currently located in the Bowdoin Mill Island complex nearby. “It’s a little tight” in the […]

Maine’s Democratic-led Legislature fell short Tuesday on dozens of attempts to override vetoes from Gov. Paul LePage as it completed a contentious session marked by partisan battles, a possible government shutdown and a record-number of vetoed bills. Lawmakers preserved a handful of bills on their last day of work, but failed to override the vast […]

Quebec police are pursuing a painstaking, wide-ranging criminal investigation of the inferno ignited by the derailment of a runaway oil train that killed at least 15 people and left dozens missing in the burned-out ruins of a downtown district. Quebec police inspector Michel Forget ruled out terrorism as a cause, but said Tuesday that an […]

Former Brunswick police officer Adonis Hill was arrested Monday night after police say he struck his wife several times, then took her phone so she couldn’t call for help. Hill, 66, of Durham, was charged with domestic violence assault and obstructing the report of a crime. Police went just before 10 p.m. to the intersection […]

The Times Record reserves this space to correct errors appearing in our news columns. We ask readers who are aware of factual errors to telephone Managing Editor Bob Mentzinger at 504- 8209. PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. (AP) — An Associated Press story about a bicycle race up Mt. Washington that ran on page A1 Monday incorrectly […]