BRUNSWICK Police are investigating a sudden death that was reported early Saturday morning. Brunswick Deputy Police Chief Marc Hagan said a 37-year-old woman was found dead by a family member in the home where she lived on Hacker Road. Police were called to the home at 7:13 a.m. Hagan said the state medical examiner’s office […]

WISCASSET  The Maine Department of Marine Resources has cut the allowable catch of shrimp landed from Maine waters. After reviewing early-season landings reports for the shrimp trawl fishery and gathering input from shrimp trappers, Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher announced Friday his department has established “measures to ensure that each fishery remain within […]

TOPSHAM Maine first lady Ann LePage was in her element Saturday afternoon as she helped recognize local veterans and their families. Four families were given Blue Star service banners, including Darlene Kritzman of Topsham. Her son, Frank Kritzman, a Mt. Ararat High School graduate who joined the Air Force last year, attended basic training and […]

BRUNSWICK The U.S. Navy is about to return 591 acres of land to the town for preservation and recreation, and that green space is going to need a name. A team of students in Brunswick High School’s service learning program has researched three names for the impending preserve, and now they want help from the […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s two U.S. senators are co-sponsoring a bill that’s intended to make it easier to attract businesses and create new jobs in areas around closed military bases. The bill sponsored by Republican Susan Collins and independent Angus King seeks to expand the geographic boundaries of so-called HUBzones located at former U.S. military […]

WOOLWICH The chairman of the town’s Shellfish Conservation Committee said he’s hoping for a sense of order when the committee meets Tuesday. Dan Harrington said he expects all five Selectboard members to be present for the 6 p.m. meeting at the town office. “I’m really, really hoping for this not to be a three-ring circus,” […]

A 1954 Chevrolet Corvette Roadster once entombed inside a Brunswick building can still be yours. The pristine hot rod with fewer than 2,500 miles failed to sell at auction Saturday in Florida. Richard Sampson, a businessman who built a chain of 33 grocery stores, purchased the car new in 1954 and drove it until 1959 […]

BRUNSWICK Brunswick police arrested the assistant coach of the Bowdoin College women’s ice hockey team, alleging she was drunk when she struck the side of a college building late Sunday. Brunswick police responded to report of a motor vehicle into a building Sunday at 10:41 p.m. They arrested Holly Lorms, 24, of 15 Potter St., […]

BOWDOIN A Harpswell man escaped serious injury after crashing his pickup truck along Academy Road late Friday. Bowdoin Fire Chief Tom Garrepy said rescuers were called to a reported rollover with possible ejection on Academy Road at 10:49 p.m. Chief Deputy Brett Strout of the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department said Phillip Smith, 24, of 37 […]