FREEPORT In a town where shopping is king, being able to find a parking space is like holding the keys to the kingdom. But the current retail environment here isn’t as robust as it was more than 20 years ago, when Freeport’s parking ordinance last was overhauled. As a result, municipal planning officials say small […]

Supervalu Inc. is selling off five of its grocery chains — including Shaw’s, with 22 stores in Maine — after years of being squeezed by intensifying competition. The No. 3 U.S. grocery store operator struck a deal to sell five of its retail grocery chains to an investor group led by Cerberus Capital Management LP, […]

RICHMOND Police are investigating a burglary at Pat’s Store early Thursday that was reported by an employee arriving to work. Police received a call at 5:41 a.m. that the store at 160 Brunswick Road had been broken into. According to Police Chief Scott MacMaster, several packs and cartons of cigarettes were reported stolen, along with […]

Brunswick lawyer Carolyn M. Asquith has been suspended from practicing law for four years, the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar said Thursday. The suspension was imposed after seven unrelated complaints by former clients, a fellow attorney and a District Court judge, the board said. Asquith, 36, was found to have violated seven rules […]

FREEPORT — If your car is towed in Freeport, getting it released may cost a bit more than it used to. Town officials approved a change to Freeport’s ordinance Tuesday allowing flexibility to pass on fee increases to towing victims when necessary. Both of the Freeport’s fulltime wrecker businesses have gone out of business, leaving […]

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WARREN The warden of the Maine State Prison was fired Thursday, according to multiple sources. But the reason behind her dismissal is not being released and top administrators with the Maine Department of Corrections declined comment Thursday. Patricia Barnhart has been warden at the prison since the end of 2009. “I’m not at liberty to […]

RANGELEY (AP) — A nearly quarter-century old snowmobile festival will go on as planned in Rangeley despite the presumed deaths of three sledders who apparently rode into open water on Rangeley Lake last month. The Rangeley Lakes Snowmobile Club, organizer of the annual Snodeo, decided to carry on with the festival scheduled for Jan. 24 […]

POLAND (AP) — An unfinished, 8,000-square-foot addition to the Poland Fire and Rescue building has been knocked down by high winds. Fire Chief Mark Bosse says the structure fell at about 4 a.m. Thursday. No one was hurt. He tells the Sun Journal the collapse caused thousands of dollars in damage and likely will delay […]

KITTERY (AP) — Two women from Maine and one from New Hampshire have been arrested in an undercover prostitution sting in Kittery. Police say officers working undercover contacted the women online and arranged meetings at a Kittery hotel. The three agreed to meet with an undercover police officer and allegedly solicited sex. All three were […]