BRUNSWICK The Brunswick Town Council is looking to cast a wide net in its search for its next town manager. The council on Monday held a workshop with David Barrett of the Maine Municipal Association, with which the council is partnering to aid in the search for a town manager. In order to find the […]

BRUNSWICK What has been an open process to decide what Central Maine Power customers will be paying over the next five years will soon be going behind closed doors. On Friday, representatives of CMP, the Maine Public Advocate Office, and other official parties will hold private discussions on settling the latest five-year rate case that […]

AUGUSTA The state public advocate’s office, which represents the interests of utility customers in Maine, has withdrawn its opposition to a multimillion-dollar transaction to build wind turbines across Maine and the Northeast. The move was made, said Public Advocate Timothy Schneider, after his office reviewed its previous position and decided that the deal would neither […]

Tuesday action includes votes on town seal, salary increases, shoreland zoning PHIPPSBURG Most warrant articles passed with no debate at Phippsburg’s annual Town Meeting on Tuesday night as 120 voters gathered at the elementary school to make key decisions on the town’s budget and operations. There was moderate discussion on some articles, including changing the […]

LISBON The Lisbon Town Council approved a warrant Tuesday for the school budget referendum on June 10 as well as a fivequestion warrant asking voters to authorize town officials to issue $7.5 million in bonds for a new high school gym, track, and purchase or construction of a new public works building. The bonds would […]

A Lisbon man, deemed by the sentencing judge to be a danger to others, is facing 10 years in state prison on a firearms charge. Robert Kelly Carter, 50, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Torreson to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm […]

ELLSWORTH (AP) — A former teacher and coach at a Maine school has pleaded not guilty to having a sexual relationship with a 13-yearold student 15 years ago. WABI-TV reports that Ben Hodgdon, a former teacher at Tremont Consolidated School, remains free on $5,000 bail after his arraignment Tuesday in Hancock District Court in Ellsworth. […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Amtrak Downeaster passenger rail service between Boston and Maine has been delayed or canceled this week so damaged tracks can be repaired. The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, which manages Downeaster service, says inspectors determined that harsh winter weather and heavy snow melt had destabilized the ground under about 27 noncontiguous […]

FAIRFIELD (AP) — Family members of a Maine firstgrader who died of the flu in 2012 say they are shocked that vandals appear to be targeting the little girl’s grave site. Tabitha Souzer, the mother of 6-year-old Avery Lane, says when she arrived at the Fairfield grave on Sunday, a shepherd’s hook that held wind […]