AUGUSTA (AP) — Mainers have watched as the early blast of summer weather last week hastened ice- out on lakes. Now, park rangers on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway are reporting deteriorating ice and snow conditions on the headwater lakes of the northern Maine river and nearby trails. Rangers have stopped traveling on the ice in […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — A Maine man who was wounded in a shootout with U. S. marshals and made the news again by circumventing jail security to have a tryst with a female inmate has pleaded guilty. Arien L’Italien of Biddeford pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting a federal officer, being a felon in possession of […]

WOBURN, Mass. (AP) — A Maine man has pleaded guilty to being drunk when he struck and killed a Massachusetts state highway engineer in 2010. Jeremy Gardner of Bridgton, Maine, is scheduled to be sentenced today after pleading guilty Monday in Middlesex Superior Court to charges including vehicular homicide, driving under the influence of liquor […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Several Mainers are going to be in Washington when lawyers argue for and against the federal Affordable Care Act championed by President Barack Obama. One of them, state Sen. Margaret Craven of Lewiston, will be participating in a news conference on the steps of the Supreme Court to discuss the the law’s […]

Summons Joshua A. Singletary, 20, of 504 Columbia Ave., Hillside, N.J., March 16, 5:04 p.m., charged with operating without a license, on Main Street. news@timesrecord.com

Arrest Lee A. Patterson, 19, of 932 High St., March 21, 1:16 p.m., charged on a warrant for tampering with a witness, tampering with a victim and violation of bail conditions, on Water Street. news@timesrecord.com

BOWDOINHAM — The Board of Selectmen will meet today at 5:30 p. m. at the Coombs Municipal Building. Selectmen are slated to meet with Jason Douglas to discuss retail sales of fireworks. The Board will also meet with Cindy Lamoreau to talk about the comprehensive plan, and will receive an update from Theresa Turgeon on […]

BATH — Sea Scout Ship 243 will host a fundraising chowder supper from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St. In addition to fish chowder and corn chowder, bread, salad, beverages and dessert will be served. Admission costs $8 for adults, $6 for students or $5 for children between […]

BATH — A fundraising chili cook-off and gift basket raffle will run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday in the cafeteria at Bath Middle School. Those who attend will be able to sample different chili recipes and corn muffins, then vote for their favorites. The school’s Parent Teacher Student Association assembled themed gift baskets […]