LISBON Lisbon wants help — specifically, $300,000 — to make its downtown a better place. The town council on Tuesday voted to apply for a Community Development Block Grant for improvements in the village area along Route 196. The effort is another step in the town’s work to implement the vision of its 2014 downtown […]

TOPSHAM Three people were taken to the hospital following a two-vehicle collision on the Route 196 Coastal Connector Monday morning. The crash was reported at 9:44 a.m. Topsham Police Lt. Fred Dunn said the crash occurred when the driver of a utility truck ran a red light and turned left from Community Way onto the […]

BRUNSWICK Sam is a lovable 7 month old kitty who is new to Maine. He came from Indiana via a transport partner in Columbus. He made the trip over with 19 other cats. He is all playfulness, affection, and delightful kitten mischief ! Like all of our dogs and cats, he is neutered and up […]

BRUNSWICK It isn’t easy being green in Maine, making the switch to solar energy difficult. Friends of Merrymeeting Bay is hosting an event Friday that will highlight “trials and tribulations of making clean energy policy in a hostile political environment and their hopes for the future,” according to a press release. Giving the presentation will […]

FREEPORT Freeport ambulance personnel arrived a Maine Medical Center with one more passenger than they started with Monday morning. Baby boy Weston William Weiss was born in the ambulance — at the intersection of Routes 125 and 136 — en route to the hospital. Chris Weiss said his fiancé, Traci Turner, had called for an […]

The Times Record State Police, working with the four sheriff ’s offices in the Midcoast, want owners and renters of storage units to check them following the arrest of a Thomaston man Monday. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said Troopers arrested Joshua Vandine, 37, in Rockland and charged him with burglary and […]

WISCASSET — Got a call from Colby & Gale? The Lincoln County Sheriff ’s Office says to beware. The sheriff ’s office is warning of a possible scam attempt that occurred March 18, at about 10:15am, when a Bristol resident received a call from a number with the Caller ID showing “Colby & Gale.” The […]

AUGUSTA An angry Maine Gov. Paul LePage on Tuesday ripped into a legislative committee over its inquiry into whether politics played a role in the transfer of logs from state-owned land. The Republican governor chastised the Legislature’s Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry committee for the tone of a letter posing questions, including whether he was behind […]

OAKLAND (AP) — Maine’s 2nd District Republican congressman has sold his house in the district, but is continuing to live on the property through a rental agreement. Rep. Bruce Poliquin moved into the home before running for his first term in the U.S. House in 2014. The town assessor says his Oakland home sold for […]