CHINA (AP) — Authorities in Maine are investigating whether reports of cows being released at farms in China are related to a similar incident that occurred in Clinton. Kennebec County Sheriff ’s Deputy Aaron Moody tells The Kennebec Journal a farmer reported Tuesday he discovered that some of his cows had been released from a […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The Portland Water District plans to discuss a bid to ban graffiti on a so-called graffiti wall at the East End Wastewater Treatment Facility. The Portland Press Herald reports the district’s Board of Trustees is scheduled to discuss the issue at a workshop on Monday night. Bayside resident Jay York had asked […]

BANGOR (AP) — Community water supplies around the state are vying for the title of Maine’s best tasting water. The competition takes place Thursday in Bangor. Two categories of water will be judged: water with a disinfectant such as chlorine and water without a disinfectant. The winners in each category will then go head-to-head in […]

MACHIAS (AP) — Robert Coles was 17 years old when the Japanese bombs and torpedoes rained down on Navy ships on a peaceful Sunday morning at Pearl Harbor. Coles, now 92, was among the youngest of the survivors of the attack. The radioman was the first to reach his destroyer’s 50-caliber machine guns. He broke […]

WATERVILLE (AP) — Three former Colby College students have pleaded guilty to criminal mischief in connection with a dumpster fire that occurred just hours before a commencement exercise. The Morning Sentinel reports the graduates accepted an agreement Tuesday with the Kennebec County District Attorney’s Office that will defer the charges for a year and dismiss […]

WISCASSET — On Saturday, Dec. 10, from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. plan to purchase sweets at Ames’ Supply in Wiscasset. Feed Our Scholars will be holding a bake sale to help bolster its effort to support hungry kids attending Wiscasset Elementary School who receive weekend bags of food, as well as to provide the […]