BRUNSWICK The Knights of Columbus Council #1947 in Brunswick will donate $100,000 to furnish the new kitchen at the St. John the Baptist Multipurpose Facility being constructed adjacent to St. John’s Catholic School, according to a press release from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland. The new facility will feature a fully-equipped kitchen, and will […]

LITCHFIELD The Litchfield Farmers’ Club says it is broke, and it’s accusing its former treasurer of draining $80,000 from the organization’s bank account just weeks before the group is scheduled to hold the Litchfield Fair. “As many of you have heard, the Litchfield Farmers’ Club bank accounts have been drained by our treasurer,” the group […]

PORTLAND Herring harvests are being cut by millions of pounds because of concerns about the important little fish’s population, the federal government announced on Wednesday. Herring fishing is a major industry in New England and the mid-Atlantic states, where the schooling fish are harvested for use as bait, food, fish oil and other products. But […]

BANGOR Maine families who want to send their children to religious schools at taxpayers’ expense have filed suit in federal court. Two national conservative groups that have brought forward religious freedom cases in other states are representing three families that filed a federal lawsuit in Bangor on Tuesday. The families ask the courts to require […]