Central Maine Power Co. will perform tree trimming work in more than 40 communities in Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox, and Waldo Counties over the coming weeks, part of a $25 million annual vegetation management program to improve the reliability of its transmission and distribution lines. “We maintain nearly 24,000 miles of roadside distribution lines on a […]

BRUNSWICK — Cows blocked traffic briefly last week on Bunganuc Road. A herd of Belted Galloways escaped from a fenced-in pasture and blocked traffic for about 15 minutes Thursday, police said. About a dozen cattle crossed through a broken electric wire fence, stayed in a group and wandered across the road until Animal Control Officer […]

BRUNSWICK — A man was summonsed after allegedly exposing himself outside Curtis Memorial Library. Police went to Pleasant Street around 1 p.m. after a woman reported that a man was standing on the sidewalk with his pants undone and his genitals visible, Brunswick Police Officer John Roma said Friday. The woman saw the man walk […]

ELLSWORTH Similar to 2012, prices Maine lobster fishermen are getting for their catch are low for this time of year, when a low supply usually results in higher prices. But this spring it’s not high landings of soft-shell lobster in Maine that are to blame, according to lobster industry officials, it’s high landings of hard-shell […]