Many of the fans surrounding the Bowdoinham Athletic Complex chanted “Ararat Nation” in the final inning on Tuesday in the State Cal Ripken U12 baseball championship game. Ararat, a team that had lost to Lisbon, twice, in the District 4 U12 tournament just two weeks prior at Bath, but qualified for the state tournament as […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas House began debating a bill on Tuesday that would impose tough new restrictions on abortions, as national activists on both sides of the issue descended on the Capitol building. Republican Rep. Jody Laubenberg, of Parker, outlined the bill that would require doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Framing a new argument against President Barack Obama’s health care law, congressional GOP leaders called Tuesday for a delay in the law’s requirement that individual Americans carry health insurance. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and other senior Republicans told Obama in a letter that his decision last week to grant a one-year […]

GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) — It’s not the kind of sign you usually see at a park: “Our deer don’t smoke in your backyard. Please don’t smoke in theirs.” But the Los Angeles foothill suburb of Glendale hopes such jokes will do a serious job and keep smokers from trashing local parks and trails. The Los […]

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — The contractor working on the new Memorial Bridge connecting New Hampshire and Maine says it hopes to have more information next week on a timetable for opening it. Archer Western Contractors is making adjustments to the balancing of the span and counterweights. Work on paving the bridge decks and approaches is […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A bill to fix a $6 million hole in Maine’s two-year $6.3 billion state budget has passed the Maine Legislature. The Democratic-led House and Senate gave final approval to a bill to raise the service provider tax Tuesday night. Its fate was uncertain after it failed in the House earlier Tuesday. But […]

EASTBROOK (AP) — Law enforcement officials are treating the death of a Maine man whose body was found in a small pond as a suspected drowning. Police say an autopsy was conducted Tuesday on the body of George Francis, 24, of Eastbrook. Francis was last seen Friday night and his family reported him missing on […]

LIVERMORE (AP) — Authorities say a body found by tree workers in Livermore was that of a man who’d been missing since June 12. Androscoggin County Sheriff ’s Lt. Glenn Holt said Tuesday that Nathaniel Paradis, 29, of Livermore Falls had suffered from depression and that foul play was not suspected in his death. Workers […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine law enforcement officials say a man wanted in connection with the shooting that injured nine people in New York City will be extradited to face charges. Officials said Parris Peterson Lloyd, 25, was arrested early Sunday on the Maine Turnpike in Litchfield. He waived extradition on Tuesday. Police say Peterson-Lloyd and […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Maine man has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Daniel Fowler, 35, of Lewiston had pleaded guilty to the charges in March.