BRUNSWICK — The Resident Owned Neighborhoods Association of Maine celebrated the 2015 RONA Board Appreciation Gala at the Senator Inn in Augusta. The event was sponsored, in part, by Maine Housing, Genesis Community Loan Fund, Cooperative Development Institute, ROC USA and Lash Realty Group. Board members for five of the resident-owned manufactured housing cooperatives attended […]

BRUNSWICK — On Wednesday, Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education is hosting Dr. Jacob Aguiar for Lyme Disease Q&A at their Brunswick support meeting at Midcoast Hospital, conference rooms one and two from 6-8 p.m. Aguiar, a naturopathic doctor at North Coast Family Health in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, will address questions on diagnosing and treatment […]

DURHAM — Two young women from Maine, who were delegates to the international climate talks — COP21 — in Paris last month, will present a slideshow talk on their behind-the-scenes experiences on Sunday from 4-6 p.m. Durham Friends Meetinghouse, 534 Quaker Meeting House Rd. The presentation is part of a series of films and speakers […]

AUGUSTA — With the Legislature set to reconvene this month, State Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, D-Brunswick, would like to remind local schools and students about the Senate Honorary Page program at the State House in Augusta. The daylong program gives students a unique opportunity to not only observe the state’s legislative process, but to be a […]

CHELSEA Police say three people were seriously injured following a head-on crash between two pickup trucks along state Route 9 in Kennebec County. The Kennebec Journal reports the trucks collided in Chelsea around 6 p.m. Monday close to the Randolph town line. Sheriff Ryan Reardon says both vehicles, a 1986 Ford pickup and a 2009 […]

PORTLAND Income taxes are going down while the sales tax expands to a number of new products as a budget compromise by state lawmakers takes effect with the new year. The top income tax rate falls from 7.95 percent to 7.15 percent under a two-year, $6.7 billion budget approved by lawmakers and signed by Republican […]

BANGOR A Maine man accused of mailing cyanide to an Englishman is due in court to face new charges. Investigators say Sidney Kilmartin of Windham advertised and mailed a substance he claimed was cyanide to several suicidal people. The substance was actually Epsom salt. But they say he mailed the real thing to Andrew Denton […]

FARMINGTON (AP) — A Maine judge has set bail at $75,000 for the man accused of drunken driving in the fatal hit-and-run of a pedestrian in Farmington last week. The Sun Journal reports 25-year-old Tommy Clark made his first appearance in court Monday. He faces charges of aggravated DUI and leaving the scene of an […]