BATH The U.S. Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works a $13 million contract modification to fund the first year of design work for a new radar system for the DDG 51-class of destroyers. Known as “Flight III,” the new system and related infrastructure will replace the existing radar with air and missile defense radar on […]

LISBON A newly formed student group focused on international educational experiences will hold a benefit spaghetti dinner and silent auction Friday, Feb. 27, and Saturday, Feb. 28, from 5- 6: 30 p. m. at Lisbon High School. Students, parents and teachers at Lisbon High School have aspirations for an international educational experience to study the […]

TOPSHAM A pickup truck that lost control on snow-covered roads Monday morning crossed the centerline and was struck by a garbage truck. Doors had to be cut off the pickup truck so driver and passenger could be extricated from the pickup truck. They were transported to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. The crash was […]

WEST BATH The Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department responded to two vehicle crashes on Route 1 northbound in West Bath Monday. The first was reported at 9:17 a.m. Chief Deputy Brett Strout said Karen Cummings, 42, of Phippsburg was driving a 1994 Jeep north on Route 1 when the jeep skidded out of control and […]

BATH A Bath man was arrested for domestic-violence related charges Monday night after police responded to a reported family fight on Russell Street. Bath Police Lt. Robert Savary said Ernest Pinkham, 63, was arrested for the Class D crimes of domestic violence assault and obstructing the report of a crime. Savary said it appears Pinkham […]

Arrests Lee E. Ruona, 54, of Topsham, was charged with violating conditions of his release after police responded to a disturbance at Baribeau Drive at 2:46 a.m. Feb. 5. Police said they responded to a report of two men fighting, and it was discovered Ruona had allegedly been drinking, which was a violation of his […]

AUGUSTA After successfully widening access to the drug overdose antidote naloxone in Maine last year, lawmakers are making another push to put it in the hands of more people close to drug users. But the effort faces continued opposition from Republican Gov. Paul LePage, who argues that making the antioverdose antidote too readily available could […]

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Operators of some Maine summer camps say a proposal by Gov. Paul LePage to tax nonprofits could cause some to close. The Republican governor’s two-year budget proposal includes a recommendation that the state change a law to allow cities and towns to charge a 50 percent property tax on some nonprofit […]