WISCASSET — Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education will host Becky DeKeuster at their meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 30 from 6-8 p.m. at the Wiscasset Community Center at 242 Gardiner Road. DeKeuster is a co-founder and director of community and education of the Wellness Connection of Maine, which operates four of Maine’s eight state-licensed medical […]

TOPSHAM — Merrymeeting Adult Education is offering an evening Personal Support Specialist course for those who wish to be direct care workers seeking employment in assisted living programs, residential care facilities, adult day service programs and home care settings. Students will learn the skills, knowledge and values that are needed by staff in the health […]

BANGOR The closing of one of the last two Howard Johnson restaurants in a couple of weeks will mark the end of its fried clam strips, ice cream and other menu staples that nourished baby boomers and leave the once-proud restaurant chain teetering on the brink of extinction. The slice of roadside Americana will no […]

BRUNSWICK Bowdoin College and the Brunswick community are mourning the loss of Harry Warren, director of Moulton Union, career counseling and placement, career services and secretary of the college emeritus. Bowdoin President Clayton Rose released a statement Monday, regarding the loss of Warren. “I am sorry to inform you that Harry Warren, 85, died Saturday […]

FREEPORT Freeport’s ordinance committee and its shellfish commission on Thursday will discuss whether to proceed with a proposed shellfish aquaculture ordinance; or to work instead within the state’s existing intertidal aquaculture leasing structure instead. The ordinance was put forth by the commission in light of environmental changes and the need for identifying ways of enhancing […]

LINCOLN (AP) — A Maine sheriff ’s deputy has denied charges that he sexually abused three girls and supplied one with marijuana in exchange for sex on numerous occasions. Kenneth Hatch III pleaded not guilty to 22 counts in connection with the alleged abuse on Tuesday in Rockland Superior Court. Prosecutors say Hatch carried on […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The lobster industry’s difficulty getting enough bait could be about to get worse because of upcoming closures in the herring fishery. Herring is the preferred bait for lobster fishermen, who use the fish to lure the valuable crustaceans into traps. But herring have been in short supply this year because fishermen aren’t […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Advocates for LGBT rights say a federal ruling in Texas that blocks a directive aimed at expanding bathroom access for transgender students in public schools probably won’t affect Maine. The federal judge over the weekend granted a preliminary injunction against the White House’s guidance pending the outcome of lawsuits filed by a […]

BATCHELDER’S GRANT (AP) — Authorities say a well-known triathlete from New Hampshire was bicycling with a friend inside a national forest in Maine when he went off a steep mountain road and died. The Oxford County sheriff ’s office says Jim Soroka was traveling at about 45 mph Saturday in the White Mountains National Forest […]

CHELSEA (AP) — The remains of a Civil War soldier from Maine are back in the state after a long journey across the country. The Patriot Guard Riders motorcycle group has been escorting the remains of Hodgdon native Pvt. Jewett Williams to Maine for the past three weeks. He died in Oregon in 1922 and […]