TOPSHAM — I am pleased and proud to be able to share the history of one of my family bloodlines that has not only played a significant role in my life but also that of an entire region of Maine. This story is about a family named Giveen and their impact along the Mid-coast region. The […]

AUGUSTA — Maine’s secretary of state has recommended doubling the number of supervised hours a driver with a permit must log before obtaining a driver’s license, and more than tripling the minimum fine for texting while driving. In a report to the Legislature’s Transportation Committee, Secretary of State Charlie Summers also suggested that anyone younger than […]

BATH — Reducing the scope of the district’s pre-kindergarten program and eliminating foreign language instruction at Bath Middle School and Woolwich Central School are among $468,000 in cuts proposed by Regional School Unit 1 Superintendent Patrick Manuel as part of a 2012-13 budget that would trigger an average property tax rate increase of 2.51 percent for […]

Grateful mom brews support for Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital BRUNSWICK — Five years ago, Cook’s Corner Cumberland Farms manager Jen Anderson had no explanation for her daughter’s intense stomach pain. Late one night, the worried mother drove her 15- year- old daughter from their Richmond home for a local checkup, but still there were no answers. […]

WOODLAND ( AP) — Reward money has been increased to $60,000 for information leading to the killer of a northern Maine sawmill owner who was shot to death during an apparent robbery four years ago. Fifty- six- year- old Darrel Smith was killed Feb. 4, 2008, inside his sawmill adjacent to his home in Woodland, […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — The bad news is that gas prices in Maine are on the rise again, but the good news is that they are not rising as fast as they are nationally. Price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com reports today that the average retail price of gasoline Maine jumped nearly three cents to $3.86 per gallon. That […]

WATERVILLE ( AP) — Police are on the hunt for a man who threatened violence during a robbery at a Waterville pharmacy. Police say the man used a note and said he would shoot anyone who followed him during the robbery Sunday afternoon at a CVS on Kennedy Memorial Drive. Employees told police that no […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage has said repeatedly that businesses need cheaper energy in order to create jobs. But a report Sunday by Maine Today Media says that while no business wants high energy bills, a deep labor pool and skilled work force are more important than energy prices for job creation. The […]

DETROIT (AP) — The bodies of two women discovered buried in woods on the west side of Detroit are likely the remains of two housemates who witnesses claim were forced into a car trunk at gunpoint nearly a month ago, police said. Abreeya Brown, 18, and Ashley Conaway, 21, were abducted Feb. 28 by two […]