PROVIDENCE, R.I. New England mobster Anthony “The Saint” St. Laurent, who was convicted of trying to hire someone to kill a rival mafia member, died Monday, two weeks after being released from federal prison. He was 75. St. Laurent died at a hospital in Providence of what appears to be natural causes, said Richard Tamburini, […]

TOPSHAM Topsham voters approved a bag fee ordinance and Styrofoam ban ordinance that appeared on their local ballot as a result of a petition drive by Bring Your Own Bag Midcoast. Voters also reelected two incumbents back to Tophsman’s board of selectmen. Question 1 — the bag fee ordinance — garnered a vote of 3,063 […]

BRUNSWICK Brunswick School Board challenger Ben Tucker defeated incumbent Brenda Clough Tuesday, 1,189- 456, easily winning the District 2 seat. In the open District 1 school board race, Mandy L. Merrill captured the win over opponent Byron Watson, a former board chairman, in a closer race. On his campaign’s Facebook page, Tucker wrote: “Thank you […]

BATH The city of Bath has voted to fund upgrades to the city’s landfill via a $3.8 million bond.Bath voters approved the measure by 3,447 to 1,758 votes, or 66 percent. In its current state, the landfill is reaching capacity, and is expected to be full in late 2017 according to city officials. The requested […]

WOOLWICH — Incumbent Dale Chadbourne returned to the Woolwich selectboard along with newcomer Allen Greene. Chadbourne and Greene won 1,238 and 703 votes, respectively. Chadbourne has served on the selectboard since 1992, back when selectmen served for only one year at a time. He runs a towing company in Woolwich. Greene, who works as a […]

BOWDOINHAM — Bowdoinham voters elected two new people to the board of selectmen in a three-way race. Jeremy Cluchey won 1,063 votes and David Engler won 860 votes, making them the two newest selectmen. Diana Mosher was also running for one of the two seats available but garnered only 803 votes. Bowdoinham had an 80 […]

CONCORD, N.H. Several of New Hampshire’s top races remained too close to call Wednesday morning, including a U.S. Senate race that was still suspenseful but less significant to the national political scene. The tight race between Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan took top billing as one of half a dozen […]

DAMARISCOTTA — Police in Maine have identified a man who was killed when his pickup truck collided with a tractor-trailer in the town of Damariscotta. The Portland Press Herald reports that town police Chief Ronald Young says 76- year-old Shannon Gilbert, of Boothbay, died Monday morning in the crash near the intersection of U.S. Route […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who did not support Donald Trump for president, has congratulated him on his victory and says it’s her hope that he will focus on issues that unite people. Collins said in a statement Wednesday that she pledges to work with Trump in that effort. Collins had […]

OLD TOWN (AP) — The Maine fire marshal’s office says no working smoke detectors were found in a home where a woman and two children died in a fire. Authorities identified the victims Tuesday as 34-yearold Maiysha Somers-Jones, 10-year-old Isis Doe and her 8-year-old brother Zebulon Doe. The woman was the girlfriend of the children’s […]