NEW GLOUCESTER (AP) — The Maine Turnpike is opening its first high-speed toll plaza. Beginning today, drivers who use E-ZPass can pay their tolls electronically while driving at highway speeds at the plaza in New Gloucester. The Maine Turnpike Authority says there’s one high-speed lane in each direction and three other lanes that can be […]

AUBURN (AP) — Police say a 22-year-old Auburn man accidentally shot himself in the hand while cleaning his handgun. Sgt. Laurie Woodhead says the man was in his Newbury Street apartment at about 7:20 p.m. Sunday attempting to remove a bullet from the chamber of his .40 Glock. Woodhead tells the Sun Journal the man […]

POLAND (AP) — A man fishing on a Poland lake had to be rescued after falling through the ice. Fire Chief Mark Bosse says the man walked about 1,500 feet out onto the ice of Thompson Lake on Sunday night to go ice fishing. While he was walking back to shore in the dark he […]

PITTSTON (AP) — Authorities a 22-year-old man has suffered serious injuries in a dirt bike accident in Pittston. The Kennebec County Sheriff ’s Office says the accident occurred at about 6:45 p.m. Sunday. The victim was flown to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston with unspecified injuries. The man’s name was not made public. Police […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A lobbyist for a medical marijuana trade group will be breaking bread with Maine Gov. Paul LePage after making the high bid at a benefit auction for a dinner for four with the governor. Medical Marijuana Caregivers of Maine lobbyist Paul McCarrier bid $1,000 at Thursday’s auction to benefit the Legislative Memorial […]

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. A Page A1 story in the March 28 edition incorrectly reported the year of the canceled Great State of Maine Air Show. The 2013 […]