Arrests Jade M. Monahan, 29, of Harpswell, was charged on a Bath Police Department warrant for unpaid fines at the Salvation Army on Pleasant Street at 2:16 p.m. Feb. 19. Joseph E. Fortin, 28, of Largo, Fla., was charged on a warrant from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency for unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs at […]

Arrests Ryan W. Camp, 19, of Pownal, was charged with disorderly conduct — offensive words, gestures in addition to be charged with refusing to sign a criminal summons and being a minor consuming alcohol, after police responded to a disturbance on Mallett Drive at 2:41 a.m. Feb. 22. Summonses Stephen Joesph Deschaine II, 25, of […]

RICHMOND An Dresden elderberry manufacturing company will take its plan for a processing plant in the Ames Mill on Front Street before the public during a public hearing at the Planning Board meeting at 6 p.m. tonight as part of a development review. Richmond Code Enforcement Officer James Valley said that applicant Geo Johnston is […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine schools won’t be getting A-F grades this year. The Department of Education said Monday that the school grading system will be put on hold because state is using a new online assessment system this spring that will make it impossible to compare this year’s results to last. The department says it […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — It’s unlikely that the Labrador retriever will be named the official Maine state dog. The State and Local Government Committee voted 9- 2 on Monday in favor of rejecting the bill sponsored by Democratic Sen. David Dutremble of Biddeford. Supporters argued that the Labrador retriever is the perfect symbol for Maine because […]

WISCASSET A woman was charged Saturday morning after running a stop sign and crashing into a snowbank on Bath Road. Mackenzie Riley, 27, of Wiscasset, was not injured in the accident, according to Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline. The crash occurred shortly before 8 a.m. Riley’s Ford was traveling east on Bradford Road and as […]

LISBON Lisbon property owners can attend a Town Council workshop tonight at 7 p.m. at the town office to learn about the town’s concluding revaluation process. In August, tax bills will go out to residents reflecting the new valuations. The town last had a revaluation done in 1990 said assessor Kathy Malloy, and another four-year […]