ERIE, PA. Bitter cold weather has taken hold of much of the northern United States and is expected to stay put for days to come as two Minnesota cities already have set record low temperatures and a city in Pennsylvania continues to dig out from a record snowfall. Forecasters warned of hypothermia and frostbite from […]

WEST BATH The Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department is investigating a stabbing in West Bath Tuesday night that sent a Woolwich man to the hospital with a neck wound. Deputies were called to an apartment at Green Acres Estate, located at 145 New Meadows Road at 11:27 p.m. Tuesday for the reported stabbing. According to […]

BATH Mid-Coast Public Transportation has formed a transportation advisory group in Sagadahoc County that will also include Brunswick and Harpswell. The advisory work group will be involved with increasing access to public transportation in this area, according to a press release. MCPT is looking for involvement from stakeholders in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors […]

LISBON The Lisbon Planning Board will hold a workshop tonight regarding a proposed medical marijuana retail store. Codes Enforcement Officer Dennis Douglass said it’s a muddy issue, because the town has a moratorium in place regarding retail marijuana establishments. Tonight’s preliminary meeting is a chance for applicant Jason Smith to discuss his proposed application, before […]

BOOTHBAY Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens garden has filed a lawsuit against Boothbay, alleging its rights to due process were violated when the town revoked a permit over a $30 million expansion. In a complaint filed in U.S. District Court on Dec. 20, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens says the Boothbay Board of Appeals process was tainted […]

BANGOR (AP) — Maine drug enforcement officials say the state saw fewer than half as many reports of meth production this year as last year’s record high. The Bangor Daily News reports law enforcement officers and drug treatment counselors warn the drop doesn’t necessarily mean supply or demand of the addictive stimulant has dropped. Methamphetamine […]

SACO (AP) — Police in Maine are warning residents about a fundraising phone scam. The Portland Press Herald reports callers are posing as members of the Saco Police Department and the Maine Association of Police to collect donations to help with budget issues. Saco police say neither the department nor the Maine Association of Police […]

BIDDEFORD Thirty-eight letters penned by Hall of Fame baseball player Ted Williams, including one in which he described crash-landing a fighter jet with “holes all over” it, are going up for auction. The letters written to his mistress show another side to Williams, who played for the Boston Red Sox, describing his second hiatus from […]

BANGOR (AP) — One of two New York men charged in a shooting that left one person dead and another wounded in Bangor, Maine, is facing sentencing. Police say 38-year-old Robert Kennedy was killed and another man wounded on Nov. 27, 2015. Law enforcement officials say the shots were fired to settle a drug debt. […]

LEWISTON (AP) — A Maine hospital is being penalized for the second year in a row for high rates of infection and patient injuries. The Sun Journal reports the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services again named Central Maine Medical Center among 751 hospitals being fined this year. Medicare started fining hospitals in 2013 for […]