Citing frustration with “a marriage that isn’t working,” residents asked councilors Tuesday to explore removing the town from Regional School Unit 5. Residents were reacting to a $27 million school budget validation and $17 million expansion and renovation of Freeport High School both opposed June 11 by voters in Durham and Pownal. Voters in the […]

Monday’s extrication training started with a review of the tools, laid out on a tarp as they would at a crash scene. Several Richmond and Bowdoinham firefighters attended the training session held at the Richmond Fire Station, allowing them to use one another’s tools since the two departments often respond to crashes together. Richmond Fire […]

A Cumberland County grand jury this month handed up an indictment against a Bath man arrested in April for alleged sex crimes against two female juveniles. Chad Logan, 29, of Bath, was indicted for unlawful sexual contact, unlawful sexual touching and two counts of assault. He was arrested by Brunswick police April 2. Police say […]

Police say the driver of a car that struck a Mason Street office building Monday accidentally stepped on the gas instead of the brake pedal while attempting to park. Brunswick police Sgt. Russ Wrede said Carol Frucht, 85, of Topsham, was pulling a 2005 Subaru station wagon into a parking space at Midcoast Eye Associates, […]

WISCASSET — The town has been selected to receive $1.2 million — a loan of $974,000 and a grant of $226,000 — to replace and reline 6,500 feet of sewer mains and to upgrade three pump stations to improve flow rates and efficiency. USDA Rural Development announced the award this week, part of nearly $3 […]

BRUNSWICK — With the closure of schools at hand, two local youth centers have begun summer hours. The Teen Center, in the People Plus building on Union Street, will be open Tuesday through Thursday, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., until school resumes. Elsewhere, hungry kids can get a free lunch Monday through Friday at Mid Coast […]

Do you know anyone who served aboard the USS Intrepid? As part of the 70th anniversary of the commissioning of the World War II-era Essexclass aircraft carrier that is now home to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City — Intrepid is putting out a coast-to-coast “all call” for former crew […]

BANGOR (AP) — The Maine Sports Hall of Fame has revoked the induction of a former college basketball star following his conviction on a child pornography charge. Dana Wilson, 62, of Brewer was inducted into the hall in May 2012 for his basketball accomplishments at Bangor’s Husson College, where he graduated in 1974. Wilson averaged […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — The state has released some information about a proposed health insurance plan being put together by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and MaineHealth after a hospital group sued to make it public. The state Tuesday made public the list of doctors and hospitals that Anthem will allow patients to use in […]