WEST BATH — Harpswell man suffers minor injuries in accident A Harpswell man was taken to a Brunswick hospital with minor injuries after his vehicle hydroplaned on Route 1 in West Bath and rolled over Tuesday morning. The crash was reported at 10:51 a.m. Chief Deputy Brett Strout with the Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Office […]

WOOLWICH A new Thomaston police officer has been placed on administrative leave with pay as the Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Office investigates whether she was under the influence of alcohol when her car collided with another vehicle on June 17. Kristal Clark, 23, of Woolwich was hired as a full-time officer for the Thomaston Police […]

FAIRFIELD The Good Will-Hinckley board of directors has rescinded its offer to House Speaker Mark Eves to be the next president of the organization, which includes the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences charter school in Fairfield. “The Board of Directors of Good Will-Hinckley, after a great deal of consideration, has voted to seek a new […]

ARUNDEL (AP) — The owners of Kate’s Homemade Butter have been awarded $1 million in a lawsuit they filed against a company they accused of installing faulty roof panels at the butter maker’s new manufacturing facility. Dan and Karen Patry, Kate’s owners, say the panels installed by Branch River Plastics at the Arundel plant weren’t […]

BANGOR (AP) — An Orono man who pleaded no contest to stabbing and blinding his mother’s boyfriend has apologized in court and asked a judge for leniency. Twenty-two-year-old Dorian Guerin pleaded no contest earlier this month to a charge of elevated aggravated assault in the December 2013 stabbing of 50-year-old Mike Dow. Prosecutors say Guerin […]

MEDWAY (AP) — Medway, Maine, residents are saying no to a proposed national park in northern Maine. The majority of residents voted against the project in the non-binding Tuesday vote. East Millinocket residents are slated to vote in a similar non-binding referendum on Monday. The proposed 75,000-acre national park project would also include a recreation […]

BANGOR (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Hampden, Maine, man will spend 2 1/2 years in prison for conspiring to make false statements to a federal firearms dealer. Judge John A. Woodcock sentenced 31-year-old Michael Campbell on Wednesday. Woodcock also order Campbell to spend three years on supervised release. Court records say Campbell went to […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Leaders of Maine’s American Indian tribes say the failure of a bill to create a tribal casino in northern Maine widens the rift between the tribes and state leaders. The bill died after the Republican-controlled Senate rejected it on Monday. The House had approved the bill last week. The proposal would’ve allowed […]

HINCKLEY (AP) — The Maine operator of a woodcutting business is accused of overcharging customers by more than $13,000. Officials say 57-year-old Jay McLaughlin of Medway overcharged by $7 per ton more than he should have for wood hauled to Sappi Paper’s Somerset Mill. He’s charged with theft by deception. Messages left at McLaughlin’s home […]

PORTLAND (AP) — University of New England officials say they intend to keep a Portland armory building the school is acquiring from the Maine Army National Guard in a land swap. The guard is granting the university ownership of the 65,000-square-foot armory building on Stevens Avenue. The building is adjacent to the school’s Portland campus. […]