BATH — Police are investigating a burglary that included the removal of a small safe from J.R. Maxwell & Co., an eatery located 122 Front St. Lt. Stanley Cielinski said Friday the burglary occurred either late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. Police took the call at 10:01 a.m. Wednesday.

BRUNSWICK — Mölnlycke Health Care is hiring as many as a half-dozen production workers for its new $14 million, 72,000-square-foot plant at Brunswick Landing. The majority are shift production jobs. Company officials were unavailable to provide further detail on the hiring plans Thursday or Friday.

BATH — State Sen. Seth Goodall, D-Richmond, will host a community forum 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4 at City Hall, to discuss legislative priorities in the 126th Legislature. State Reps. Jennifer DeChant, D-Bath, and Peter Kent, D-Woolwich, will also be on hand to address a variety of topics and provide a brief overview […]

WOOLWICH — Dog owners in town are reminded to license their dogs by Jan. 31, to avoid a $25 late fee.

Bath Arrests Juvenile boy, 16, Jan. 24, 1:57 p.m., charged on a probation hold at Shaw’s on Chandler Drive. Summonses Juvenile boys, 16, Jan. 24, 1:57 p.m., charged with theft at Shaw’s on Chandler Drive. Autumn R. Snyder, 31, of Bath, Jan. 24, 2:37 p.m., charged with theft at Shaw’s on Chandler Drive. Danial Degrafft, […]

BOWDOIN A Maine judge is allowing further DNA testing in Dennis Dechaine’s ongoing bid for a new murder trial. Superior Court Justice Carl Bradford agreed to allow additional tests on evidence from the 1988 murder of 12- year-old Sarah Cherry in Bowdoin. Dechaine was convicted and sentenced to life for her death, but has maintained […]

AUGUSTA The explosion of social media and the shadowy specter of snoopy domestic drones have civil libertarians and some legislators worried about threats to Mainers’ privacy. So the American Civil Liberties Union is making privacy protection a priority. The group’s Maine chapter is supporting a package of bills that will go before lawmakers in the […]

ALFRED The defense and the judge aren’t happy with delays in the trial of the business partner in a prostitution scandal at a Zumba studio. Prosecutors aren’t happy, either, after the judge dismissed 46 of 59 charges. But the unhappiest group of all may the remaining members of the jury pool, hidden away in the […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — The director of the Maine Farmland Trust says the future of farming in the state looks good, with some challenges. John Piotti told the Forum on the Future event at the University of Maine at Augusta that Maine’s abundant land, growing conditions and location make the state well-positioned for growth in agriculture. […]