WEST BATH The founder of a youth theater group in Maine has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing eight children. Henry Eichman, 57, of Topsham, pleaded guilty Wednesday under the Alford doctrine, meaning he did not admit guilt but acknowledged prosecutors had enough evidence to win a conviction. Eichman’s attorney says […]

BATH The Bath City Council decided on Wednesday to make Interim City Manager Peter Owen’s position permanent. Owen was appointed as the interim manager when former manager Bill Giroux resigned last summer after 11 years in the post. Owen served as the public works director for the city prior to accepting the interim position. Owen, […]

BRUNSWICK A federal judge has sided against Republican Gov. Paul LePage in a suit brought by a Brunswick nonprofit seeking the release of job training and workforce development funds. On Wednesday, United States District Court Judge John Woodcock granted Brunswick-based Coastal Counties Workforce, Inc.’s motion for preliminary injunction, ordering LePage and Maine Department of Labor […]

BRUNSWICK Rob Montana, who was instrumental in refocusing The Times Record as a community oriented publication during his tenure as the publication’s editor from 2014- 2015, is back at Midcoast Maine’s only daily newspaper. Montana — who had been telecommuting from New York state for the last two months, assisting with copy editing — returned […]

BRUNSWICK Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority and Diversified Communications will host a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday, Jan. 9 at 9 a.m. at 15 Terminal Road, 2nd floor, in Brunswick to celebrate the commissioning of 1.5 Megawatts of solar energy. The system is designed to provide 13.3 percent of Brunswick Landing’s annual electric load from on-site renewable […]

AUGUSTA Rep. Seth Berry, D-Bowdoinham, has introduced an emergency measure he says will make sure ratepayers are not asked to pay for expenses no longer incurred by for-profit utilities. Berry’s legislation would direct the Maine Public Utilities Commission to lower electric rates in proportion to the cut in federal corporate income taxes, which Congress reduced […]

LISBON The town of Lisbon took another step forward toward revitalizing the Lisbon Village area. The town council adopted a slum and blight designation for the area, allowing the town to submit an application for a Community Development Block Grant. The designation was first discussed by the council on Dec. 19, 2017. The designation is […]

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is disbanding his controversial voter fraud commission amid infighting, lawsuits and state officials’ refusal to cooperate. Trump convened the commission to investigate the 2016 presidential election, after alleging repeatedly and without evidence that voting fraud cost him the popular vote. Trump won the Electoral College. The White House blamed the decision […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine lawmakers are postponing hearings due to forecasts of snowy, blustery conditions. The Maine Legislature delayed Thursday hearings and work sessions and will reschedule them later. Lawmakers have hundreds of bills to sort through this year, on top of the need to figure out the future of voter-approved Medicaid expansion and recreational […]