BATH — Police say a bicyclist traveling down Centre Street hill at a high rate of speed struck a car traveling on Middle Street late Sunday. The accident occurred just after the end of the Bath Heritage Days fireworks display. The cyclist, Bath resident Anthony Newall, 23, was transported to Mid Coast Hospital with minor […]

BATH — A convicted sex offender was jailed at the request of an officer who feared he would be around children. Joseph Plummer, 21, of Bath, was arrested on a parole violation requested by his parole officer on July 7. Plummer is a convicted sex offender, and his conditions of probation do not allow him […]

College leaders gathered at Southern Maine Community College recently for the presentation of a $10,000 grant from The Grainger Foundation aimed at supporting the growth in the college’s trade and technical programs. Since 2009, The Grainger Foundation has donated a total of $48,000 to the SMCC Foundation to support these programs. The grant will provide […]

AUGUSTA A Monday morning rally in the State House to show support for a bill that would require more stringent labeling of potentially harmful chemicals in food packaging failed to convince Gov. Paul LePage, who vetoed the bill later in the day. On Monday afternoon, LePage vetoed LD 1181, which passed unanimously through the House […]

AUGUSTA Maine’s “F” grade in government integrity issued last year by a national group has led to a number of reforms in the state’s ethics rules this year, including a bipartisan transparency bill proposed by Gov. Paul LePage that he signed into law last week. The reforms also include two bills signed by the governor […]

AUGUSTA Among the business facing the Legislature today will be 21 new vetoes Gov. Paul Le- Page issued Monday — including one of a bill that aimed to increase the state’s minimum wage. LD 611 would incrementally increase the minimum wage from the current $7.50 per hour to $9 an hour by 2015, followed by […]

AUGUSTA All Maine firefighters have returned from Quebec after battling a blaze sparked by a runaway train derailment 10 miles north of the border that killed at least 13 people and left dozens more people missing, state officials said Monday. Maine environmental officials continued to monitor the derailment, and repeated Monday that the oil spill […]