BRUNSWICK Chef Cara Stadler, owner of Tao Yuan restaurant on Pleasant Street and Bao Bao in Portland, has made the semifinal round of nominations for a James Beard Rising Star Award. This will be Stadler’s third nomination for the prestigious award. In 2014, Stadler was named Food and Wine’s Best New Chef and recently was […]

FREEPORT A 5-year-old Maine girl’s friendship with a duck has garnered national attention. WGME-TV reports that a story about Morse Street Elementary School student Kylie Brown and her pet duck, Snowflake, has been viewed about 10 million times. Snowflake grew fond of Brown after her parents brought the duck home last summer. The Pet Education […]

Bates College The following students have been named to the dean’s list at Bates College for the fall semester ending in December 2015: Allison Hill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo M. Hill of Brunswick, environmental studies Alexis Dickinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thorn C. Dickinson of Brunswick, psychology Cecelia Carey-Snow, daughter of Mr. […]

KENNEBUNK Rest sites along Route 1, once a Maine staple on a par with maple tree tapping in the early spring and black flies in the summer, are fast becoming extinct. One of the few remaining sites, a former rest area in Kennebunk, is on course to become a site where yachts are prepared for […]

FREEPORT The driver of a fuel truck that crashed into trees on Hunter Road in Freeport Monday morning escaped injury. While it took crews a couple hours to remove the truck, none of the 800 gallons of fuel aboard leaked. According to Freeport Police Department, Richard Coffin, 63, of Brunswick was driving the truck when […]

PORTLAND Maine is set to become the third state where women can utilize telemedicine to access abortion pills to end early pregnancies without the need for an in-office consultation with a doctor. The operator of one of Maine’s three clinics, Augusta-based Maine Family Planning, announced Monday that it intends to allow patients to visit one […]

PORTLAND Some of New England’s embattled cod fishermen say they might go out of business because of a new cost the federal government is about to impose on them on Tuesday. Fishermen of important commercial species such as New England cod and haddock must pay the cost of fishing monitors under new rules scheduled to […]

BOWDOIN Two young children are safe who were secured in their car seats in the back seat of a car when it drove off a road and ended up on its side in Bowdoin Monday afternoon. The crash was reported at about 1:30 p.m. on Blanchard Cross Road near Augusta Road. According to Sagadahoc County […]

BALDWIN (AP) — Maine state police are investigating the discovery of a woman’s body found buried on her son’s property. Police identified the woman as 72-year-old Carolyn Farnell, who had been living with 43-year-old son Shawn Farnell in Baldwin. Police say they don’t suspect foul play and no one has been charged with a crime, […]

WESTBROOK (AP) — Authorities say the body of a missing man has been found in the Presumpscot River. Richard Goff ’s family had reported him missing after he failed to arrive for a meeting on Thursday. Authorities say the 44- year-old Westbrook man was found in the river near the Sappi mill. Police say the […]