BATH During its meeting tonight, the city council is expected to discuss a letter of intent received from a developer looking to purchase the Huse School for $150,000. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in City Council Chambers at Bath City Hall. The Szanton Company, a Portland developer, will give an overview of its […]

BRUNSWICK A Brunswick man was arrested for trafficking heroin Monday afternoon, following a month-long investigation by agents for the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency Mid-Coast District Task Force and Sagadahoc Sheriff ’s Department investigators. Justin Ryan, 42, has been charged with aggravated trafficking in Schedule W drugs (Heroin), a class A felony. The task force investigation […]

BOWDOINHAM A mobile home was destroyed by an early morning fire today, but all of the tenants and their pets got out safely. The fire was reported just before 1 a.m. and involved a single wide trailer at 637 Post Road. Firefighters from Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Topsham and Richmond responded. Bowdoinham Fire Chief Arthur Frizzle said […]

BRUNSWICK — Open enrollment and reenrollment on the Health Insurance Marketplace ends on Saturday, Feb. 15 — for coverage in 2015. Curtis Memorial Library is offering a program, titled “Exploring New Health Insurance Options,” from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, to help educate people about their options. The free informational session, which will take place […]

ELLSWORTH As Maine’s 2015 elver season draws near, state officials are looking to adopt a rule that would reduce catch allocations for the state’s four federally recognized Indian tribes. Last fall, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission reduced the statewide limit for harvesting elvers in Maine from 11,749 pounds to 9,688 pounds. Maine Department of […]

PORTLAND A national organization that tracks human trafficking activity in part through a telephone hotline says 2014 marked a high point in Maine cases since it started keeping data. The nonprofit Polaris Project and its National Human Trafficking Resource Center has been compiling and reporting information gathered through its telephone hotline since late 2007. While […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine Senate has given approval to Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s nominee for finance chief. The Republican-led Senate voted unanimously in favor of Richard Rosen becoming the commissioner of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services. Rosen has been the acting commissioner of the department since former department head Sawin Millett stepped […]

DEXTER (AP) — Twentytwo cows died in a barn fire in Dexter that firefighters battled during a bitterly cold and snowy morning. The Portland Press Herald reports 17 of the cows were calves and five were adult cows. The fire happened Monday morning at a farm on Ripley Road. Crews remained at the scene until […]

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Connecticut man involved in major drug distribution rings in Vermont and Maine is going to prison for more than 17 years. Prosecutors say that 34- year-old James Nastri of Deep River, Connecticut, was sentenced last week to 210 months in prison following his conviction on a federal drug conspiracy charge. […]

LIVERMORE FALLS (AP) — The Judson Record House/Maine Paper & Heritage Museum in Livermore Falls is one step closer to national recognition. The Maine Historic Preservation Commission has approved the nomination of the museum, which along with supporting materials was sent last week to the Keeper of the Register of the National Register of Historic […]