MANCHESTER, N.H. Embracing the tough penalties favored by global strongmen, President Donald Trump on Monday brandished the death penalty as a fitting punishment for drug traffickers fueling the opioid epidemic. The scourge has torn through the rural and working-class communities that in large numbers voted for Trump. And the president, though he has come under […]

BRUNSWICK This weekend, Brunswick audiences will be transported back to 1912 and come aboard the “unsinkable” RMS Titanic for its ill-fated maiden voyage. The cross-Atlantic journey, of course, will be cut short when the luxury steamship sideswipes an iceberg and sinks, resulting in the deaths of 1,500 passengers and crew. The Brunswick High School Players […]

BATH After a nearly 20-year absence, a Bath restaurateur is reviving a U.S. professional ski tour. JR Maxwell’s owner Ed Rogers launched the World Pro Ski Tour last year, and has his sites set on expanding the tour into a full-fledged operation that competes with established European tours. This isn’t his first time running a […]

BOWDOIN Veronica Dumais simply wanted to thank the Good Samaritans who came to her rescue, but whom she had never met. A little more than a year ago, Dumais was trapped inside her SUV after striking a tree and could see flames rising from underneath the vehicle’s hood. Stacey and Lincoln Wheeler where on their […]

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER Ellison Etnier of Harpswell has been named to the Dean’s List for academic achievement for the fall 2017 semester at the University of Rochester