TOPSHAM Topsham Selectmen said last week that they are open to accepting 26 acres of land from a developer who has bee stymied by the market and road construction costs. but wanted to hear from their attorney before making a decision on the offer. The Roberts Hill subdivision, located off Route 196, was approved in […]

BATH The Sagadahoc History and Genealogy Room will host its twelfth annual Town History Series, jointly sponsored by the Patten Free Library and the Bath Historical Society. On five Saturday mornings in January and February, from 10:30-11:30 a.m., people from the five towns that support the library will present aspects of their towns’ histories in […]

BRUNSWICK The Oasis Free Clinics, which provides free medical, mental health and dental care, as well as prescription assistance for uninsured, low-income residents of southern Midcoast Maine, has announced the selection of Anita Ruff as its new executive director. Ruff will replace interim executive director, Andree Appel, who will continue as Oasis’ Clinical Director. “We […]

AUGUSTA A proposed casino in York County is facing scrutiny by a state senator who worries it will be run by people who are promoting only their own interests and not that of Maine residents. “We need some kind of reform (before allowing another casino),” said Sen. Linda Valentino, D-Saco, whose district includes Saco, Hollis, […]

CARIBOU (AP) — Biologists say they have captured and radio-collared 70 moose in a new study area in the far northern part of the state. Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says the work is part of the state’s five-year moose study that will gather data about survival and birth rates and the impact […]

BRIDGEWATER (AP) — Multiple injuries were reported after black ice caused a crash between a car and a pickup truck hauling a snowmobile trailer along U.S. Route 1 in northeastern Maine. State police say the accident occurred Sunday morning when 55-year-old Dorothy Holyoke-Cosme lost control of her car while traveling northbound on Route 1 in […]

BIDDEFORD Police seized two pounds of crack cocaine, a “substantial” amount of heroin, six handguns, $27,000 in cash and arrested three men following a year-long investigation into what authorities are calling a large scale drug network operating in Biddeford and Saco. Taken into custody was Eric Adams, 38, of Waterbury, Connecticut, and Obrian Barrett, 29, […]