RICHMOND A Bowdoinham man was charged with operating under the influence after crashing his boat near Swan Island early Sunday morning. The incident was reported just after midnight, according to Jeff Nichols, spokesman for the Maine Department of Marine Resources. Douglas Stevenson, 44, of Bowdoinham was operating his 2003, 29-foot, 600 horsepower Four Winns power […]

BRUNSWICK Kelly Wentworth has been named as the Brunswick School Department’s new business manager. Superintendent Paul Perznoski announced Wentworth’s hiring in a letter Wednesday. Wentworth was most recently the director of finance and human resources for Regional School Unit 5 in Freeport. Previously, she was employed by the town of Pownal for 11 years. Wentworth […]

TOPSHAM — The new season of the Midcoast Winter Farmers’ Market begins Friday,in the Exhibition Hall at the Topsham Fairgrounds. Customers can enjoy the farmers’ market, live music, and lunch at the Midcoast Market Café from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Midcoast Winter Farmers’ Market is Fridays from November through April. The market is […]

HARTFORD New England Christmas tree growers say the region’s drought is having only minor effects on their crop. The losses were confined mostly to seedlings planted in the spring, said Jim Horst, executive director of the New Hampshire-Vermont Christmas Tree Association. Unlike mature trees, those planted this year do not have established root systems, experts […]

BIDDEFORD Talk about a blast from the past: a pay phone was installed in downtown Biddeford last week. But the device, located at the corner of Jefferson and Center Streets, is no ordinary pay phone. It’s a public interest pay phone, or PIP, designed to provide phone access to those who otherwise don’t have it. […]

VASSALBORO (AP) — A national window manufacturer has purchased a nearly 50-year-old window company based in a Maine town. The Portland Press Herald reports Iowa-based Pella Corp. announced Wednesday it has acquired Duratherm Windows Corp. in Vassalboro. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Duratherm has made custom hardwood windows, stairways and doors since 1967. […]

WESTBROOK (AP) — Police say a 52-year-old Gorham man was killed when his motorcycle crashed in Westbrook. Police Chief Janine Roberts says officers and firefighters arrived at the scene around 7:20 p.m. Wednesday. Police say George Goriss was pronounced dead. Roberts says some evidence indicates the accident may be health-related. Police don’t believe any other […]

LEWISTON (AP) — Mainers seeking to vote early are running out of time. Thursday is the deadline for residents to request an absentee ballot and to cast that ballot in person. The Nov. 3 deadline is aimed at allowing clerks across the state to avoid a last-minute flood of ballots. As of Monday, nearly 208,600 […]

LEBANON (AP) — Maine State Police say a pickup truck driver was seriously injured when he collided with a tractor trailer on Route 202 in Lebanon. Luke Fleurant was taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland. Troopers say the 33-yearold Fleurant pulled out of a side street and into the path of the tractor trailer […]

(AP) — More than 290,000 acres of working forest in Aroostook, Piscataquis and Penobscot counties has changed hands, and will remain working forest. Forestry consultant Gary Bahlkow says the land was sold by Canopy Timberlands LLC to Tall Timbers Trust. The deal closed on Sept. 30. The sale price was not disclosed. Such land transfers […]