BRUNSWICK Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s sixth presentation of its 19th annual Winter Speaker Series, “Maine’s Rare & Endangered Invertebrates: Conserving the Little Things that Matter,” features Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife biologist Dr. Phillip deMaynadier. The event, taking place Wednesday, 7 p.m. at Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick, is free and open […]

CLARK UNIVERSITY The following local residents were recognized for academic achievement at Clark University: Cyrus G. Fenderson, of Freeport: Dean’s List, second honors Emily A. Monahan- Morang, of Freeport: Dean’s List, second honors Baxter W. Worthing, of Brunswick: second honors Aleena R. Blankenship, of Brunswick: first honors Ariana M. Franklin, of Brunswick: first honors Lia […]

LISBON (AP) — Police say two people were seriously injured after their motorcycle went off the road and struck a tree over the weekend in Maine. It happened just after 8 p.m. Saturday in Lisbon. Police say a 43-year-old man was driving toward Route 196 when he lost control near the intersection and hit a […]

FREEPORT — In preparation for its annual book sale beginning April 2, the Freeport Community Library will gratefully accept any clean, gently used books you’d like to donate to this major library fundraiser. Lack of storage space means the library is only able to accept book donations from March 21 through April 1 during normal […]

HARPSWELL — On March 17 at 6 p.m. at the Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, 153 Harpswell Neck Road, Harpswell, Kelpful, LLC and the Department of Marine Resources will hold a public scoping session on a proposed aquaculture lease application to raise sugar kelp, winged kelp, and horsetail kelp on a site located on the northeast […]

PORTLAND Maine’s lifeblood commercial fishing industry once again broke records for the value of marine species at the dock in 2015, state officials said. Fishermen in the state topped $631 million at the dock with their catch last year, surpassing the previous year’s total by more than $33 million. Last year’s total catch also broke […]

BANGOR A Maine man charged with killing a teenager nearly 36 years ago changed his story so many times over the years that it complicated the investigation and made it difficult to finally bring charges, state police said Friday. State police arrested Philip Scott Fournier, 55, of East Millinocket, and charged him with murder in […]

BATH Maine’s Bath Iron Works is preparing to submit its bid for a contract to build Coast Guard cutters. The deadline is Tuesday for bids from the Maine shipyard and two competitors— Bollinger Shipyards in Louisiana and Eastern Shipbuilding in Florida —for a contract that could be worth up to $10 billion. Bath Iron Works […]

BRUNSWICK The executive director of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority says a Wayfair operation is going to provide a big boost in employment at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. Steve Levesque says the Boston-based e-commerce company specializing in home and office furniture plans to create up to 500 jobs after it opens in June […]