TOPSHAM The Board of Selectmen will start its meeting tonight with an update on ambulance fees. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. at the municipal building. Fire Chief Brian Stockdale and EMS Director Mike Labbe are scheduled to give the update on ambulance fees. A public hearing is scheduled on the final drawdown […]

WISCASSET The Lincoln County Sheriff ’s Office says two inmates at Two Bridges Regional Jail have been charged with filing a false sexual assault complaint against a female corrections officer. On Saturday, March 21, Lincoln County Sheriff ’s Detective Terry Michaud received a complaint from the jail staff that an inmate had reported being sexually […]

AUGUSTA Gov. Paul LePage’s administration and the top Republican in the Maine House unveiled a bill Wednesday to fix an error that caused regulators to slash funding for energy efficiency programs while bringing significant changes to state government, including the creation of an energy commissioner. House GOP Leader Ken Fredette’s proposal ties a fix to […]

APPLETON A homeowner who built a house despite a legal challenge over local zoning law will launch a petition drive to have residents decide whether he has to move the building. Jacob Boyington attempted Tuesday night to get Appleton selectmen to call a special town meeting to consider a consent agreement that would allow him […]

PORTLAND Former independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler will lead a new center designed to boost enrollment and strengthen graduate and professional programs in the University of Maine System. Cutler has been named CEO of the seven-school system’s Professional and Graduate Center Initiative, Chancellor James Page said Wednesday. The goal of the new center, which is […]

TROY (AP) — Maine state police say they’ve charged a 16-year-old boy with murder in the death of a Troy man last month. Detectives have been investigating the death of 49-yearold Steven Hodgdon since he was found unresponsive in his home early on March 8. The state medical examiner’s office said he died from a […]

SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) — Faculty members at a Maine high school say they agree with a student proposal that makes clear participation in the Pledge of Allegiance is optional under the law. South Portland High School officials say on Wednesday that faculty overwhelmingly approved a formal procedure for saying the pledge. The Portland Press Herald […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed a handful of bills that deal with taxes in Maine. One bill the governor vetoed Tuesday would reduce the length of time in which someone can appeal a municipality’s decision to take property because of unpaid taxes. LePage said that time period was recently reduced and […]

LINCOLNVILLE (AP) — Authorities say a man has died after his car crossed over into oncoming traffic and collided with a car in Lincolnville, Maine. The Waldo County Sheriff ’s Office said the force of the crash on Route 52 Tuesday night caused the man’s car to break into two pieces. The driver, identified as […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Maine Natural Gas is seeking a rate increase as part of a proposed three-year plan that could drive customers’ bills up by nearly $50 per month by 2018. The company says it needs more than $10 million in additional revenue over the next three years to improve the safety and reliability of […]