PHIPPSBURG In advance of Phippsburg’s 200th birthday party celebration this Thursday, banners were hung to commemorate the bicentennial in true Phippsburg fashion — through the help of a volunteer force. Jarrod Hawkes, owner of Hawkes Tree Service, volunteered the use of his basket crane and employees Ben Freeman and Mike Giroux hung the town’s eight […]

BRUNSWICK A routine liquor enforcement check at Aki Sushi and Hibachi yielded two arrests, including one for fighting. According to Brunswick Deputy Police Chief Marc Hagan, police were performing the check at the Japanese restaurant on 94 Maine St. shortly after midnight May 3, and found that Jarod Joseph Donathan, 31, of Brunswick, had a […]

BRUNSWICK — A Brunswick man was arrested after allegedly pulling a knife on a victim Sunday night, May 4. Shawn Pullen, 35, of Brunswick is being charged with domestic violence assault and criminal threatening. According to Brunswick Deputy Police Chief Marc Hagan, police responded to a domestic disturbance at 10:07 p.m. on Davis Street. During […]

Richmond police Arrest Will Teel, 34, of Brunswick, April 23, 5:38 p.m., charged with West Bath District Court warrant for failure to pay fine, in Dunkin’ Donuts parking lot off Route 197.

PORTLAND Trailing in fundraising, Gov. Paul LePage hopes a visit by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie this week will raise campaign cash — and rally his conservative base. LePage’s campaign says fundraising has been hampered by rules preventing contributions from lobbyists or business or individuals that employ lobbyists. But those restrictions are no longer in […]

PORTLAND The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it will focus conservation efforts on the Penobscot River watershed area in Maine and the Choptank River complex in Maryland and Delaware. The agency announced Monday that the two waterways have been designated “Habitat Focus Areas.” The Penobscot is New England’s second largest river and serves as […]

FRYEBURG Police in Fryeburg, Maine, say a man has been rescued from the Saco River and treated for hypothermia after he fell in the water. Acting Police Chief Sgt. Josh Potvin tells WMWVFM the man had been paddling with others when the group ran into a sudden hailstorm on the river that flipped their boat […]

BIDDEFORD A plot of land in Biddeford where a convicted murderer’s house once stood may soon be a park. The City Council is scheduled vote today on design plans for Williams Court Park’s expansion into the land where Rory Holland’s house once stood. Holland was convicted of two counts of murder in 2010 and sentenced […]

HALLOWELL (AP) — The Maine Department of Marine Resources is taking emergency action to ensure fishermen do not exceed their catch of elvers. The department announced Monday an emergency rulemaking that requires buyers of elvers, or baby eels, to update their computers daily to reflect when fishermen reach their catch limits. The state uses electronic […]