Bath Arrests Ian M. Weymouth, 42, of Bath, Feb. 2, 1:15 a.m., charged with aggravated assault on West Street. William C. Vaughan, 55, of Massachusetts, Feb. 3, 11:08 p.m., charged with OUI on School Street. Alex J. Hewes, 43, of Bath, Feb. 6, 2:01 a.m., charged with OUI on Heath Lane. Summonses Kelsey Hawkes, 20, […]

CUMBERLAND (AP) — Members of a Maine high school girls’ basketball team have been disciplined after a picture surfaced online of team members giving a Nazi salute. The principal and athletic director at Greely High School in Cumberland said in a letter to parents that two girls appear to be giving the Heil Hitler salute […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The Portland Police Department is warning the public about a bicycle-riding purse snatcher. Police say at least five times in the past month a bicyclist who appears to be out of control comes into contact with the victim, grabs her purse, and then pedals away. The two latest thefts occurred Monday night. […]

BELFAST (AP) — A Maine woman authorities say was passed out drunk when the family dog mauled her infant daughter to death has been sentenced to three months in jail. Katrina Mitchell of Frankfort was sentenced Wednesday in Waldo Country Superior Court after pleading no contest in December to a charge of endangering the welfare […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A school in Portland has formed a relationship with a school in China. Baxter Academy for Technology and Science, Maine’s third public charter school, has established ties and will begin a long-term cooperative learning agreement with Lanxi No.1 High School in the Province of Zhejiang, China. The relationship aims to promote program […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Central Maine Power Co. began work this week on a new electric transmission line between Portland and Westbrook. The $3 million project will replace an existing 3 1/2-mile line between substations near Morrill’s Corner in Portland and near Prides Corner in Westbrook. The work is part of CMP’s plan to spend nearly […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Members of Maine’s congressional delegation are unhappy with a U.S. Postal Service plan to eliminate regular Saturday mail delivery beginning in August. Democratic Reps. Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree sent a letter to congressional leaders urging them to pass a law to reform the Postal Service. Their letter says the move by […]

BANGOR (AP) — Bangor police are looking for a woman they say committed a robbery on foot at the drivethru window of a Dunkin’ Donuts shop. Police say a woman walked up to the drive-thru window on Broadway at about 7:10 p.m. Friday and made a comment that prompted an employee to give her an […]

VIENNA (AP) — Maine State Police say speed is a likely factor in a one-car crash in Vienna that caused the death of the driver. Thirty-six-year-old Hilda Howe of Farmington Falls died in the crash early Wednesday morning. Police say Howe lost control of her 2003 Mercury Mountaineer on the Tower Road just after midnight. […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage says U.S. census data backs up his assertion that Maine spends too much of its education budget on administration costs. In Tuesday night’s State of the State address, LePage said Maine has the nation’s highest school administrative costs, more than twice the national average. LePage spokeswoman Adrienne Bennett says […]