BRUNSWICK — U.S. Senate candidate Angus King officially opened his campaign headquarters during a press conference on Maine Street this morning. The offices, located next to the Bank of Maine in the former Brunswick House of Pizza building, will be the nexus for King’s campaign. Crystal Canney, King’s communications director, said that the unenrolled candidate will […]

ELLSWORTH — New restrictions on Maine’s scallop fishery are expected for next winter’s fishing season, and this past week state officials took their proposal on the road to see what kind of reception it would receive. By all accounts, legal-size scallops were scarce this season, which ended a week ago, and more so than in the […]

BRUNSWICK — A deal that would have transferred ownership of the historic Captain Daniel Stone Inn to two seasoned hoteliers fell through late last week. Town councilors were scheduled to consider a liquor license application from a Belfast couple who had hopes to begin operating the 24-room hotel and restaurant, which fell into foreclosure at the […]

LISBON — With a little help from a neighboring law enforcement agency, Lisbon police nabbed two people related to a burglary that happened Thursday afternoon on Lisbon Street. Lisbon Police Detective Bernie McAllister said officers received a call at 2 p.m. Thursday for a burglary in progress at a multi-family unit at 338 Lisbon St. […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California corrections officials have released a new photograph of convicted cult killer Charles Manson that shows the 77-year-old with long hair, a shaggy beard and a swastika scar on his forehead. The photo was taken last June and released Wednesday. The buzz cut he had in his last picture is gone, […]

LOS ANGELES ( AP) — Patrick Dempsey, a Maine native, is bringing his passion for auto racing to television with a new documentary series. The “Grey’s Anatomy” star will produce “ Road to Le Mans,” a four- part series about his competition in the venerable French race, the Velocity channel said Thursday. Dempsey, who has […]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. ( AP) — An autopsy report confirms Monkees star Davy Jones died of a heart attack. The report obtained Thursday by The Associated Press shows the 66-year-old Jones had severe build- up in his arteries. Toxicology reports came back negative for any sign of drugs in his system other than cannabinoids, […]

LONDON (AP) — As the Titanic was sinking in the North Atlantic, its more than 2,000 passengers and crew scrambling in the dark for lifeboats, a young man far away in Wales heard the ship’s distress calls on his homemade radio. Arthur “Artie” Moore, one of the few people on Earth following the developing disaster, […]

WASHINGTON — The federal student loan program seemed like a great idea back in 1965: Borrow to go to college now, pay it back later when you have a job. But many borrowers these days are close to flunking out, tripped up by painful real-life lessons in math and economics. Surging above $1 trillion, U.S. student […]