BRUNSWICK With some help from the office of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, the George T. Files American Legion Post 20 was able to present medals to former servicemen last week, and one received his Navy retirement flag. In a ceremony at the Brunswick post on Friday, 94-year-old Dante DiEdwardo was presented with several long-lost military […]

HARPSWELL Harpswell voters will be presented with two options for the Mitchell Field water tower — keep it or remove it — at the annual town meeting. That was the recommendation of the Water Tower Task Force in its presentation at Thursday’s selectmen meeting. The five-person task force, of which two are selectmen, supported the […]

HARPSWELL Harpswell is adopting a multi-year solid waste contract with Pine Tree Waste. Selectmen on Thursday unanimously made the choice to lock in the company, also known as Casella Waste Services. “It’s a new multi-year contract for the recommended company of Casella Waste Services,” said Recycling Center/Transfer Station Manager Charles Perow. “At (the March) town […]

As we approach the big day, we have snow on the ground and a chill in the air. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, isn’t it? All the packages have been distributed and we know that there will be many smiles this year on Christmas morning. Many people worked together to make this […]

AUGUSTA Maine lawmakers are preparing for a 2018 session where Medicaid expansion and marijuana legalization are expected to take center stage. The Legislature must figure out how to pay for Medicaid’s eventual $54 million expansion. The sale of recreational marijuana is also set to become legal Feb. 1, even though lawmakers failed this year to […]

FREEPORT A former Jesuit priest charged with child sexual assault dating to 1998 has posted bail and returned to a Catholic Church-run residential facility in Missouri. The Portland Press Herald reports an attorney for 80-year-old James Francis Talbot said his client posted $50,000 cash bail and was sent back to Vianney Renewal Center for troubled […]

WISCASSET Court records indicate police found blood stains at several locations inside the Wiscasset home where a 4- year-old girl was killed. The affidavits became public Friday when 43-yearold Shawna Gatto made her first court appearance in the death of her fiance’s granddaughter. She didn’t enter a plea. Gatto is charged with murder in the […]

AUGUSTA Maine’s Republican governor is still pressing for his proposal to prevent the use of food stamps for junk food and planned to bring it up this week in Washington. Gov. Paul LePage, who was attending a holiday party this week in Washington, D.C., blames powerful opposition from the food and beverage industries for resistance […]

(AP) Republican Sen. Susan Collins says the tax reform overhaul now contains proposals she backed concerning state and local taxes, retirement savings and medical expenses. The legislation would slash tax rates for big business and lower levies on the richest Americans. The GOP plans to muscle the $1.5 trillion bill through Congress this week before […]