Arrests A 15-year-old juvenile was charged at 9:36 a.m. Oct. 3 on a probation hold at the Spurwink School. Erin M. Jackson, 34, of Brunswick, was charged at 11:55 p.m. Oct. 3 on a warrant from Brunswick Police for unpaid fines and for possession of heroin at Swett Street, according to police, who had arrived […]

WEST BATH — Gospel Light Fellowship is hosting its annual Women’s Retreat on Oct. 10 and 11. The theme, “Reflecting the Beauty of the Lord,” will be underscored with skits, music and life application teaching that remind women how beautiful they are as individuals. The kickoff will be Friday with registration at 6:30 p.m., followed […]

PORTLAND Federal regulators will soon approve rules for next year’s Maine baby eel fishing season, which could include changes to the lucrative fishery’s quota system. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s American Eel Management Board is considering a host of options for elver fishermen, ranging from closing the fishery to maintaining this year’s quota of […]

WASHINGTON Gabby Giffords is running a new television advertising campaign to benefit U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine in her Republican campaign for re-election. Collins is one of just two Republicans nationwide to get the backing of the former Democratic Arizona congresswoman’s political action committee. The group, Americans for Responsible Solutions, is promoting what it […]

CHICAGO The serious-faced physicians practice pulling on bulky white suits and helmets that make them look more like astronauts than doctors preparing to fight a deadly enemy. These training sessions at U.S. hospitals on Ebola alert and for health workers heading to Africa can make the reality sink in: Learning how to safely put on […]

LEWISTON (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is headlining a fundraiser in Maine for Republican Gov. Paul LePage next week. LePage Political Adviser Brent Littlefield said Tuesday that Christie will attend a lunchtime fundraiser for the governor in Lewiston on Oct. 14. Christie, the chairman of the Republican Governors Association, has already made two […]

WINDHAM (AP) — The widow of a man who was shot and killed by a sheriff ’s deputy in Maine is planning to sue for $2 million. The Portland Press Herald reports that Vicki McKenney filed a notice of claim against the Cumberland County Sheriff ’s Department, Deputy Nicholas Mangino and the Windham Police Department. […]

AUBURN (AP) — Police say a Maine man led state troopers on a chase in which he or a passenger in his vehicle threw bath salts out of his car before he fled into the woods. Troopers pulled over Don Hanson of Aroostook County in the vicinity of Gray after a short chase on the […]

BAR HARBOR (AP) — Officials say the lone occupant escaped injury when a 50-foot charter fishing boat sank off Acadia National Park. Bar Harbor Harbormaster Charlie Phippen tells WNSXFM that the Tiger Shark began taking on water late Tuesday morning after a plank in the hull let go. He says the only occupant escaped to […]