TOPSHAM — Ben Freeman had 14 points to carry the Mt. Ararat High School freshman boys basketball team to a 52-37 win over Medomak Valley in recent action. Jared Balser added 11 as the Eagles claimed quarter leads of 8-5, 22-6 and 32-19. At the free-throw line, the Eagles were 6-of-10. Ryan Kramer led Medomak […]
2016
Posted inTimes Record
Freeport Flag Ladies denied temporary protection order in court
WEST BATH The Freeport Flag Ladies were denied a request for a protection from harassment order in West Bath District Court Monday against the man who interrupted a 9/11 ceremony at the public safety building last year and who they allege has harassed and intimidated them in other instances The testimony of the three Freeport […]
advertisement
Posted inJournal Tribune
Lobster Dippers raise $115K for Special Olympics
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — It was a sunny day at the beach on New Year’s Day, with air temperatures of 37 degrees and water temperatures of 36 degrees. Not a day for most to take a dip in the water. But for Lobster Dip veterans, it was considerably balmy. At noon Friday, 335 participants lined […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Saco police join search for missing man
SACO — Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 23-year-old James “Jim” Dyer of Saco, who has been missing since he was last seen leaving the Pearl Night Club in Portland’s Old Port at 3 a.m. New Year’s Day. Saco Police Chief Bradley Paul said in a written statement Sunday that the department […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Sheriff: Heightened violence in domestic disputes
YORK COUNTY — Two men are in jail on domestic violence charges following separate incidents occurring over the weekend. Authorities say Santiago Apodaca of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, throttled his former girlfriend in Newfield on New Year’s Eve and threatened to burn the house down with her and their 10-month-old baby inside. In a separate […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
NTSB releases photos showing El Faro in final resting place
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Federal accident investigators are considering launching another search of the wreckage of a freighter that sank in October in an attempt to locate the ship’s “black box.” Tom Roth-Roffy, the lead investigator for National Transportation Safety Board, told The Associated Press that a weeks-long search found one of the El Faro’s missing […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Democrats still want to punish LePage, but other issues loom
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers returning to work this week will soon face the question of whether Gov. Paul LePage should be punished for pressuring a charter school operator to rescind a job offer for a political adversary, House Speaker Mark Eves. Eves, D-Berwick, said many lawmakers want to hold the Republican governor accountable for his alleged […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Wells unveils proposed $18 million town budget
WELLS — Town Manager Jon Carter presented selectmen with an $18.28 million proposed town budget for fiscal year 2017, which starts on July 1, at the board’s Dec. 15 meeting. Although Carter said many capital improvement projects are “trimmed” under the proposed budget, the amount dedicated to capital improvements is more than $1 million, or […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Income tax down, sales tax raised in new year
PORTLAND(AP) — Income taxes are going down but sales taxes are expanding in the new year in Maine. The top income tax rate has fallen from 7.95 percent to 7.15 percent under a two-year, $6.7 billion budget approved by lawmakers and signed by Gov. Paul LePage last year. But most of the tax relief would […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Man accused of cyanide mailing back in court
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A man accused of mailing cyanide to a British resident will soon be arraigned on charges stemming from a new indictment. Sidney Kilmartin of Windham is due in U.S. District Court in Bangor on Tuesday. He previously pleaded not guilty to mailing injurious articles to Andrew Denton of Hull, England. Kilmartin […]