BEIRUT (AP) — Government forces and rebels battled in the suburbs of Damascus and elsewhere in Syria today as the first group of Russian citizens prepared to be evacuated from the country to escape nearly two years of conflict. Russia is sending two planes to Lebanon to start evacuating its citizens from Syria, the strongest […]

President’s Message: On May 19, 1860, the New York Herald carried an editorial that stated, “The conduct of the Republican party in this nomination is a remarkable indication of small intellect, growing smaller. They pass over … statesman and able men, and they take up a fourth rate lecturer, who cannot speak good grammar.”    […]

WISCASSET Months after requesting it, the town’s RSU Withdrawal Committee considered a formal agreement Monday to withdraw from Regional School Unit 12. In it, RSU 12 suggests July 1, 2014, as a possible date for Wiscasset to leave the school unit. Among other issues, the 34-page proposal stipulates the town reimburse RSU 12 money the […]

BRUNSWICK Izzy Jorgensen is a busy young woman. When she’s not studying for calculus or advanced-placement language and literature classes, 17-year-old high school junior Isabella “Izzy” Jorgensen can be found running her lines with the school’s drama troupe, working at a local bagel shop or, on alternate Wednesday nights, sitting in on discussions as the […]

PHIPPSBURG Local clammers fared much better last year as the state eased catch restrictions based on water flow in the Kennebec River. Until last year, the state Department of Marine Resources insisted on water flow of no more than 30,000 feet per cubic second — based on readings in Sidney and along the Androscoggin River […]

BRUNSWICK New state Rep. Matthea “Mattie” Daughtry submitted three bills she hopes will overturn corporate campaign spending, increase scrutiny of would-be charter schools and make it easier for small poultry farmers to sell their products. Daughtry’s bills recently received titles and legislative resolution numbers from the Office of the Legislative Revisor. One of them, LR […]

BRUNSWICK Brunswick police arrested a Portland man early Sunday after they allegedly came upon a fight on Maine Street. Police say Christopher Cassidy, 26, of 55 Irving St., Portland, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly fighting with another man. Officers initially noticed a person on the ground between two parked vehicles and […]

BRUNSWICK Brunswick police charged an East Boothbay man with criminal mischief after an investigation into vandalism at Wal-Mart on Tibbetts Drive Dec. 20. Police said Peter Brown, 57, of 844 Ocean Point Road, East Boothbay, was issued a summons charging criminal mischief. Police said he was going to park in a space Dec. 20 at […]