BATH Bath residents are invited to attend an open house to review design improvements on the South End Waterfront Park this Thursday in the Basement Conference Room at City Hall. The Bath Planning Board and the Parks and Recreation Department will present conceptual improvements of the park to the community, based on ideas that were […]

DAMARISCOTTA Times Record: What is the mission of the ElderCare Network? ElderCare Network: Our mission is to improve the way in which services are provided to Lincoln County elders, whatever their income, by creating homes that function like a regular household. TR: How do you fulfill that mission? ECN: ElderCare Network of Lincoln County developed […]

BOWDOINHAM School Administrative District 75 officials fielded some tough questions at the Finance Committee’s final budget forum Tuesday night. With a proposed $38.5 million budget that calls for a 10 percent hike in the local share for education costs paid by the taxpayers, officials in Bowdoinham have expressed their frustration with the school district. The […]

TOPSHAM No one was hurt after a fire was reported in an underground tunnel at the Harry C. Crooker and Sons Inc. facility at 103 Lewiston Road Tuesday afternoon. The fire was reported shortly after 3 p.m. Topsham Fire Chief Brian Stockdale said firefighters arrived and were told by the company’s head of safety that […]

Arrests Jeremy Proffitt, 30, of Portland, was charged with operating under the influence, leaving the scene of an accident and unlawful possession of a Scheduled W drug, heroin, after police responded to a motor vehicle crash on Main Street at 8:34 p.m. March 27. Patrick K. Raftery, 51, of Kennebunkport, was charged with operating under […]

AUGUSTA Republican Gov. Paul LePage said Tuesday that the “gloves are off” as he digs in for another fight with Democrats this year over his plan to increase the number of drug enforcement officials in Maine. LePage is imploring the Legislature to back his latest $4 million budget initiative that would create seven new drug […]

ORONO U.S. Sen. Susan Collins went to the University of Maine Tuesday to talk about civility in politics and society, but last week’s headlines dominated her pre-speech press conference with local reporters. The Republican senator weighed in on the dispute over whether the Maine Army National Guard 133rd Engineer Battalion should transition to the infantry, […]

AUGUSTA Maine lawmakers on Tuesday sent a $28 million budget bill to Gov. Paul LePage that addresses a funding shortfall for county jails and supports new positions at a state-run psychiatric hospital. The Democratic-controlled House backed the supplemental budget bill with a 146-1 vote and the Republican-led Senate followed with unanimous approval. The bill adjusts […]

WALES (AP) — A Litchfield woman is facing charges for allegedly crashing her van while under the influence of alcohol and drugs with her 4- year-old son inside. State police announced Monday that 33-year-old Kristy Cookson veered off the road and crashed into trees on Route 132 in Wales last week. Rescue personnel had to […]