WISCASSET A 35-year-old man faces charges of driving to endanger and operating after license suspension after allegedly hitting a 10- year-old boy on a bike with his Hyundai, knocking the boy to the ground. David L. Stinson Jr. of Wiscasset was arrested the evening of June 15 after leaving the scene of the alleged incident, […]

HARPSWELL No one was seriously injured after a pickup truck rolled over on Cundy’s Harbor Road in Harpswell Saturday night and hit a parked pickup truck. The crash was reported at 9:47 p.m. in the area of 897 Cundy’s Harbor Road. Capt. Don Goulet with the Cumberland County Sheriff ’s Office said Nathan Harley, 18, […]

WOOLWICH The Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Office has charged a Woolwich man with operating under the influence after the man allegedly hit and knocked a bicyclist off his bicycle Saturday afternoon and drove away. The incident was reported at 4:43 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Mountain Road and Old State Road. Chief Deputy Brett […]

PORTLAND The Rev. Kenneth Lewis’ sister congregation in South Carolina was struck by a racist killing of nine people last week. On Sunday, his Portland church kept its doors open. And on Monday he called on an audience of hundreds at Merrill Auditorium not to be distracted by other social issues in addressing the root […]

AUGUSTA Maine’s Democratic-controlled House of Representatives on Monday approved a bill fiercely opposed by Republican Gov. Paul LePage that would allow the roughly 1,000 people seeking asylum in the state to continue receiving municipal welfare benefits. But the measure doesn’t appear to have enough support in the chamber to overturn an all-but-certain veto from LePage. […]

MEDWAY (AP) — A Maine town is holding a nonbinding referendum about a much-debated proposal to create a national park east of Baxter State Park. Medway residents are scheduled to vote today. The park would be made up of 75,000 acres owned by Roxanne Quimby, founder of Burt’s Bees. Another 75,000 acres would be a […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine lawmakers have overturned Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of a bill that seeks to expand access to medicine that counteracts allergic reactions. The House and Senate overrode LePage’s veto of Democratic Rep. Matt Peterson’s bill on Monday. It will now become law. It will allow places like summer camps and day […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Two Portland credit unions have combined to offer a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the man suspected of robbing several area banks. The Portland Press Herald reports TruChoice Federal Credit Union and cPort Credit Union are offering the reward. University Credit Union was robbed on May 14, and […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A former office manager and treasurer at a Winthrop church has been indicted on charges she embezzled about $30,000 in church funds. Tricia Day, of Winthrop, was indicted by a Kennebec County grand jury on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking that carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. […]