JOHANNESBURG A rat pauses on the puddled floor before disappearing under a bed. Somewhere in the large and crowded tent a baby, born three days ago, cries. Outside, women gather around a fire that serves as their stove and, as shadows lengthen, their warmth for the night. “This is my home,” 37-year-old Alisa Jozana says, […]

PHIPPSBURG Road maintenance is driving spending increases in Phippsburg’s proposed 2019 budget. The biggest increase in the spending plan will be in the winter road maintenance account, with $350,000 proposed, an increase of $38,630.39 — or 12.4 percent — over what was approved for last year. Selectmen also proposed $400,000 for the road capital reserve […]

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Thousands of Palestinian protesters converged along the border with Israel today, drawing Israeli fire that killed at least 16 people in the bloodiest day of weeks of demonstrations and casting a cloud over Israel’s festive inauguration of the new U.S. Embassy in contested Jerusalem. With their anger fueled by the embassy […]

WASHINGTON In a surprising overture to China, President Donald Trump says he would help a Chinese telecommunications company get “back into business,” saying too many jobs in China are at stake after the U.S. government cut off access to its American suppliers. At issue is the Commerce Department’s move last month to block the ZTE […]

WALES (AP) — Maine State Police say a trooper shot and killed a man in an armed confrontation. State Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland said police negotiators and tactical team member responded to a home in the town of Wales Sunday night. Police were called to the home on Route 132 regarding a […]

PORTLAND More people outside the U.S. are enjoying the New England tradition of cracking open a freshly cooked American lobster, and that experience hinges on one thing — the lobster getting there alive. That’s a looming problem, according to some members of the American lobster industry, who are concerned that lobsters’ shells are getting weaker. […]

PHIPPSBURG An emergency landing for a plane on a Phippsburg beach Friday night went awry when it flipped over — but there were no injuries in the incident. According to Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Deputy Steve Thibeault, at about 7:16 p.m. Friday the department responded to the report that a small, single-engine plane had crash landed […]

LISBON Lisbon residents are being asked to speak up if they know anything about a spate of vandalism in the village during the last two weeks. “We’ve asked the public to come forward,” said Police Chief Marc Hagan. “Sometimes people don’t call us with stuff like that.” Police have received 11 reports of vandalism — […]