BATH A Bath man who allegedly assaulted a woman Sunday night was stopped by police near her home and charged with operating under the influence. Bath police were called to 68 Richardson Street at 11:30 p.m. Sunday for an ongoing domestic assault. Bath Police Lt. Robert Savery said officers were advised that one of the […]
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STUDENT NOTES
LASELL COLLEGE Cassandra Dickinson of Brunswick has been named to Lasell College Dean’s List for fall 2016 . CENTRAL MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Students from the following local communities were named to the Central Maine Community College Fall 2016 Dean’s List. President’s Honors Bowdoin: Tammy L. Dasch, Bowdoinham: James A. Miller, Topsham: Emily V. Porr, Wiscasset: […]
Man hurt in head-on collision with truck
BRUNSWICK Police say a car and a dump truck collided head-on Thursday afternoon on Old Portland Road in Brunswick. The crash was reported just before 4 p.m. near the Fairfield Inn. The section of Old Portland Road was closed between Pleasant Street and Greenwood Road while police investigated. According to Brunswick Police Cmdr. Tom Garrepy, […]
Navy gives King its highest civilian honor
BATH The U.S. Navy says it has presented U.S. Sen. Angus King of Maine with its highest civilian honor. The Navy presented King with the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award on Thursday in Washington, D.C. The award was established in 1951 and is the highest honor the Navy can bestow on civilians who don’t work […]
Legislators again consider mining in Maine
AUGUSTA Maine legislators this session will decide once again whether to approve rules to jumpstart mining of Maine’s deposits of copper, zinc, gold and silver. Officials passed a law in 2012 calling for an overhaul of mining rules. But mining companies say they can’t mine in the state because lawmakers have twice not approved rules […]
Man loses bid for new trial in informant’s slaying
FARMINGTON (AP) — A Maine man convicted of murdering a Lewiston resident who told police about his role in a burglary several years ago has lost his bid for a new trial. The Sun Journal reports the Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld the conviction of William True in the April 2013 slaying of 21-year-old Romeo […]
Fire at abandoned school in Portland under investigation
PORTLAND (AP) — Fire crew extinguished a small blaze at an abandoned elementary school in Portland that is now under investigation. The Portland Press Herald reports most of the damage from Thursday afternoon’s fire was limited to one room at the city-owned structure that was once Thomas B. Reed Elementary School. Chief Robert Thompson says […]
QUOTE OF THE DAY
What this generation was bred to at television’s knees was not wisdom, but cynicism. — Pauline Kael, American movie critic (1919-2001)