BRUNSWICK Independence Association, which supports adults and children with intellectual disabilities, is looking to increase its focus on health and wellness as it prepares for a 2019 relocation to a larger, 21,000-square-foot hub at 3 Industrial Parkway in Brunswick. “Health and fitness is a new focus for the agency,” said Carlene Hill Byron, manager of […]

BATH With no new challengers vying for the three council seats up for re-election this November, the Bath City Council likely will look the same come December. There are three seats on the nine-person council up for election this year: Wards 2, 3 and 4, represented by Councilors Sean Paulhus, Terry Nordmann and Bernard Wyman, […]

BATH The Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office says a fire at Seacliff Apartments was caused by either smoking or overloaded electrical circuits, but investigators can’t be sure which. The office listed the cause of the fire as undetermined. While no one was injured in the Sept. 2 fire, it caused significant damage and left 10 […]

Railroad construction in southern Maine and New Hampshire will disrupt Amtrak Downeaster passenger service starting this weekend through early October. Weekday service between Brunswick and Dover, New Hampshire, will be limited and passengers destined for stops in Maine should expect to take part of their trip by bus, said Patricia Quinn, executive director of the […]

AUGUSTA A man accused of attempting to murder a sheriff ’s deputy in Belgrade last year in a shoot-out that left a homeowner dead goes to trial today. Scott A. Bubar, 41, of Brunswick, was indicted on charges of aggravated attempted murder of Sgt. Jacob Pierce and reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, both of […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Police in Maine are searching for a man who they say stole medication from a drugstore. Augusta Police Sgt. Eric Lloyd says the robbery happened at a Walgreens Pharmacy in Augusta Sunday morning. Lloyd says the suspect gave a pharmacist a threatening note before he stole a narcotic medication. The suspect fled […]

ROCKPORT (AP) — The public can attend a form on the challenges of funding broadband in rural Maine. The Maine State Chamber of Commerce and the Telecommunications Association of Maine is hosting the Wednesday, Sept. 12, event in Rockport. The Maine State Chamber of Commerce will discuss a recent report it helped issue that calls […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s bear hunt has reached the point of the year in which it expands to allow hunting with the use of dogs. Most of the state’s bear hunt takes place over bait, and that season started Aug. 27 and runs until Sept. 22. But pursuing bears with hunting dogs is also a […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine educational foundation says it has surpassed $500,000 in awards to students in the state over the past two years. The MES Foundation says it has awarded $550,000 to 25 winners of the Richard H. Pierce Memorial Scholarship and the MES Foundation Scholarship. The Pierce scholarship provided 10 Maine high school […]