BATH The Morse High School faculty and staff join Principal John Pinkerton in recognizing the academic achievement of members of the Class of 2015. Graduation ceremonies for Morse will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 14. The following students are being recognized for their achievements: Valedictorian Balthasar Von Huene resides in Arrowsic with his parents […]

TOPSHAM The Top Ten students of the Mt. Ararat High School Class of 2015 have been announced. Graduation ceremonies for Mt. Ararat will take place at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 14. The following students are being recognized for their achievements: Jonathan Roux is the son of Michael Roux and Lisa Roux; he lives in Bowdoinham […]

FREEPORT Maine Beer Co. plans to get about half its power from the sun this year from an installation on the leading edge of Freeport’s plan to encourage more solar power. Outside the craft brewery, two large mounted panels track the sun throughout the day. Last week, installers put on the final panel on the […]

AUGUSTA With a budget deal as elusive as ever, references to a potential government shutdown are increasingly heard in conversations around the State House. Senate Democratic Leader Justin Alfond on Wednesday said that a shutdown was a real possibility after budget negotiations faltered, although talks between he and the three other caucus leaders have reportedly […]

DANNEMORA, N.Y. The law will come down hard on any prison system employee who crosses the line, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said as suspicions swirled around a female prison employee believed to have had a role in the escape last weekend of two killers from a maximum-security facility. “If you do it, you will […]

NEW YORK A licensed engineer who has done work at the Clinton Correctional facility in Dannemora where two killers escaped last weekend said the work of cutting through a cell wall and a steam pipe was done with a high degree of professionalism. Larry Jeffords, owner of Jeffords Steel and Engineering in upstate New York, […]

NEW ORLEANS The last of the Angola Three prisoners is still waiting to hear whether he will walk free after more than four decades in solitary confinement at a Louisiana prison farm. A federal judge ruled earlier this week that Albert Woodfox must be released immediately, saying the state has never proved — and never […]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A Coast Guard helicopter team rescued four men from their sinking fishing boat off Alaska in dramatic fashion, after they plunged into the choppy ocean waters. Officials say the crew aboard the 73-foot Kupreanof is safe following the operation Wednesday morning in Cross Sound, about 60 miles west of Juneau. Coast […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Water the field less frequently. Let seats get a little sticky. Monitor the moisture in the grass. California’s ballparks are experimenting with all sorts of different ways to cut back on water use amid the state’s historic drought. At AT&T Park, the grass is a constant project for head groundskeeper Greg […]