Kathryn “KT” Connors has been selected by the faculty of the Bath Regional Career and Technical Center as one of 27 outstanding career and technical education students in the state. She will represent the school at a statewide celebration. Connors, a Wiscasset High School senior, is a secondyear student in the culinary arts program at […]

BRUNSWICK — Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership, an Augustabased program that helps state businesses find new markets, has named Steve Levesque to its board. Levesque currently serves as executive director of Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, the publicprivate agency charged with converting the former Brunswick Naval Air Station into a center of civilian commerce. Bruce Pulkkinen, MEP’s […]

BRUNSWICK — State Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, D–Brunswick, and state Rep. Charlie Priest, D–Brunswick, will hold office hours 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, April 6, at Little Dog Café at 87 Maine St. State Rep. Matthea “Mattie” Daughtry, who represents part of Brunswick, also will be present. State Rep. Peter Kent, D–Woolwich, also has been invited, […]

WOOLWICH — Regional School Unit 1 will host a public forum regarding the 2013- 14 school budget Monday, April 8. The forum, at Woolwich Central School, will begin at 6 p.m. Adoption of the costsharing referendum votes and approval of the 2013-14 school calendar are also on the agenda. As is stands, RSU 1 is […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — She is alone in a political class facing extinction on Capitol Hill. Yet, GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine personifies the moderation that national Republicans increasingly say is necessary for the party’s survival. “Of course I would like to see more Republicans from not only New England but from the entire Northeast, […]

ELLSWORTH (AP) — Maine police have arrested two Florida residents authorities say were selling prescription painkillers in the Ellsworth area. The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency says 26-year-old John Haddad and 45-year-old Kelly Berkwitz-Guiterrez were arrested Tuesday and charged with trafficking in oxycodone following a sixmonth investigation. Police say an undercover agent bought 84 pills from […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — The Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee has delayed its decision on a review of an embattled Portland charter school until after state regulators consider the school’s license application next week. The committee on Tuesday did, however, direct its watchdog agency, the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability, to look at potential focuses […]

WATERVILLE (AP) — Police have issued warnings to about a dozen high school students from Waterville and Fairfield who were involved in a brawl at a Waterville cemetery that was recorded and posted online. Deputy Chief Charles Rumsey says the fight occurred Friday afternoon or evening at St. Francis Cemetery and involved students ages 15 […]