WOOLWICH Facing a downturn in recycling, a Woolwich committee is seeking input from residents on pay-as-youthrow and other options for solid waste mitigation to offset rising tipping fees. At Woolwich’s May Town Meeting, residents voted in favor of authorizing the Woolwich Solid Waste and Recycling Committee to conduct an informal investigation into PAYT, said Fred […]

PORTLAND A Brunswick woman has been sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for federal program and tax fraud ordered to pay a little more than $365,000 in restitution after embezzling from a Wiscasset based non-profit corporation, the United States Attorney’s office announced Tuesday. Stacey A. Backman, 41, pled guilty in U.S. District Court in […]

BANGOR New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called on supporters of Maine Gov. Paul LePage on Tuesday to get their friends and family to the polls next week to re-elect the Republican governor, who is locked in a tight three-way race. On his fourth trip to Maine during the race, the chairman of the Republican Governors […]

BANGOR (AP) — A Maine man has pleaded guilty to robbing a bank, in which he handed an employee a note saying he had a hand grenade and a gun, and would return and “kill all of you” if he received marked bills. John Slater of Gardiner pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Bangor. […]

GORHAM (AP) — Police say a Maine woman who was pulled over while wearing a Hello Kitty costume was arrested on a drunken driving charge. Gorham police say officers stopped 37-year-old Carrie Gipson, of Westbrook, at about 2 a.m. Sunday because she was driving in the wrong lane. They say she refused to take a […]

LUBEC (AP) — Maine Marine Patrol members pulled an urchin dragger from Lubec Narrows shortly after his boat turned over. The Maine Department of Marine Resources says Marine Patrol Specialist Russell Wright and Officer Brian Brodie heard someone yell that a person was in the water around 1 p.m. on Oct. 23. Wright says he […]

AUBURN (AP) — Police in Auburn are looking for an armed man they say wore a Spider-Man mask while robbing a city convenience store. Deputy Chief Jason Moen says the man showed a knife to a clerk in a Big Apple store at about 2 a.m. Monday and demanded money. The Sun Journal reports that […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A former Maine prison guard from Vassalboro is on trial for allegedly sexually touching a young girl starting when she was 11 years old. Travis Lyon, who worked at the Maine State Prison in Warren when he was indicted in February, pleaded not guilty to unlawful sexual contact and has been free […]