BRUNSWICK — Two Topsham men were issued summonses for criminal mischief early Monday morning after allegedly spray painting the downtown area of Brunswick. Summonsed was 23-year-old James Williams and 20-year-old Brenden Jasper. Both were charged shortly after 4 a.m. with the Class D misdemeanor crime of criminal mischief. Brunswick Police Lt. Tom Garrepy said it […]

BATH — The Bath High School Alumni Association meeting will take place Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Alumni Room at Morse High School. Members of graduating classes ending in ones and sixes are strongly encouraged to attend. This year marks the 125th anniversary of the association and all reunion and non-reunion classes are invited […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A man cleared of a drunken driving charge at his trial on Thursday was arrested Saturday morning on a new charge of operating under the influence. Authorities say 21-year-old Jose Jesus Tapia-Smith, of Augusta, is charged with operating under the influence, eluding police, driving to endanger and operating a vehicle while his […]

FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — Police say a man accused of abusing two children at a traveling petting zoo has been arrested in northwest Alabama. Local news media report that Florence Police Department detectives on Saturday arrested 48-year-old Daryl V. Raymond Jr. of Stockholm, Maine. He worked with the Jungle Safari Petting Zoo and charged with […]

HARTS LOCATION, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Fish and Game officials say a hiker from Maine was rescued after experiencing breathing problems Saturday on a trail in Harts Location. Authorities say 23-year-old Kristina Reams of Bridgton, Maine, was about 1.5 miles from the trailhead to Dry River Trail when she started having trouble breathing late […]

PORTLAND A novelist who was twice rescued from storm-battered sailboats hopes his next adventure lacks in such drama. South Carolina author Michael Hurley plans to sail around the world after using the experience of scuttling his sailboat on a failed trans- Atlantic crossing for his new book, “The Passage.” “I love the freedom of sailing […]

PORTLAND The amount of at- sea monitoring that New England’s cod fishermen will be required to submit to will be reduced in the coming fishing year, federal regulators have decided. At- sea monitors are workers who collect data on fishing trips that helps inform fishing regulations. The government shifted the cost of paying for the […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Maine Democrats are divided over the best candidate for president — Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders — but the theme will be unity as they gather for the state convention. About 3,500 Democrats from all corners of the state will descend on Portland for the convention on Thursday and Friday at the […]

BRIDGTON (AP) — Fire officials are praising a pet dog for his heroics in alerting a sleeping family to a large scale fire that had broken out at their southern Maine home. WCSH-TV reports the dog’s barking woke up residents of a home on Kansas Shores Road in Bridgton as flames ripped through the structure. […]