BATH Regional School Unit 1 directors signed and approved warrants Monday for the district’s new costsharing formula, which it approved last month. Three public meetings on the new formula, based on cost per pupil, have been scheduled. The first, a workshop, is 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27 at Woolwich Central School. The second, […]

AUGUSTA While Gov. Paul LePage joined business leaders Monday to launch a campaign to interest more Maine students in manufacturing jobs going begging in the state, a newly formed legislative committee was getting the rest of the story: More than 400,000 Mainers will reach retirement age during the next two decades, creating a demand for […]

WESTBROOK (AP) — A teacher at the Westbrook Regional Vocational Center has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a juvenile. Police say 32-year-old Derek Hanscom of Gorham was arrested on Monday. Authorities say the incidents happened in the past two weeks. Westbrook Police Capt. Tom Roth would not say whether the victim was a […]

ALFRED (AP) — A judge is holding a hearing to determine whether to move forward with the remaining 13 counts in the trial of a key figure in a prostitution scandal centered at a Zumba dance studio in Maine. The defense has asked the judge to divide the case into two pieces and continue with […]

DOVER-FOXCROFT (AP) — A Greenville man is headed to court to face charges that he sexually abused two children over a period of years. Shawn Worster is scheduled to appear in Piscataquis County Superior Court today. The 49-year-old Worster is charged with 10 counts of gross sexual assault and 21 counts of unlawful sexual contact. […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — An Augusta man has been arrested after police say they found more than 100 marijuana plants and other drugs with an estimated street value of more than $10,000 in his apartment. Police charged 50-year-old Donald Reid with aggravated marijuana cultivation, unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs and two counts of unlawful possession of […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The Maine Turnpike Authority says the toll road’s bond rating reflects confidence in the turnpike’s oversight and management of costs. Fitch Ratings affirmed the AA- rating with a stable outlook. Turnpike Executive Director Peter Mills said Monday that the operating budget for 2013 was cut by 11 percent and will be reduced […]

BRUNSWICK Brunswick police arrested a Topsham woman Monday for allegedly operating under the influence after a minor crash in the Wal-Mart parking lot. Jean Wolkens — who lost a bid for the Topsham Board of Selectmen on Jan. 15 and for a House District 60 seat in November 2012 — was arrested and charged with […]