BATH — A proposal by Kevin Bachman to build a 16,000-square-foot indoor sports arena at Wing Farm Parkway is among items the Economic Development Committee will address at a meeting scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Thursday at City Hall. The $1 million Bath Football Center would “provide a place where individuals of all ages can participate in […]

BOWDOINHAM  — Traffic on Interstate 295 near Bowdoinham is backed up considerably this morning following a rollover of a tractor trailer truck carrying diesel fuel, according to Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Brett Strout. The accident was reported at 8:18 a.m. Wednesday near I-295’s Mile 40 marker in the northbound lane. Strout said his […]

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick High School jazz program brought home state honors after a weekend at the Maine State Jazz Festival in Bar Harbor. Music director Mike Scarpone said Monday that the school’s jazz ensemble made BHS history, placing second in its division. “We’ve never had a jazz ensemble place in state competition before,” Scarpone said. […]

Robin Blair does what she can to help her plants thrive. She plants them in good soil and keeps the weeds away. She also waters them regularly with rainwater captured in barrels in the yard of her Shrewsbury, N.J., home. Collecting the water is easy, she says, and good for her plants and the environment. […]

Spring is here, spring is finally here! The robins and red-winged blackbirds are back. Cardinals are singing their mating songs. It’s too early to do anything outside in the garden — or even for starting most things by seed indoors. But this is the time to make decisions, buy seeds if you haven’t, and plan. […]

Our last two dinners had strong potential to be disasters. One involved a major Mom Fail, a blender, and a mango. The other involved putting Lindell, 5, on live radio … without a delay. Thankfully, both events ended peacefully and have been added to our special memories of Dinner with the Smileys. Breakfast with the […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 101-year-old Utah woman who ushered in her birthday with a tandem paraglide ride last year will soar into the record books today. Great-great grandmother Mary Hardison of Ogden has been officially recognized as the “ Oldest Female to Paraglide Tandem” by Guinness World Records. She has supplanted a 100- […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — The state commission that provides legal services to the poor may run out of money for court-appointed lawyers six weeks before the fiscal year closes at the end of June. The latest projected budget shortfall for the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services may delay payments to the lawyers who represent […]

SKOWHEGAN ( AP) — Authorities say a short circuit in the wiring of a fire suppression system at a Skowhegan gas station is to blame for coating vehicles and customers with a white powder that sent at least three people to the hospital with breathing problems. Fire Chief Tom Keene tells the Morning Sentinel there […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH (AP) — Two men have been arrested in connection with a string of arson fires in Old Orchard Beach. The fires were reported in the early morning hours of Feb. 28. The first was reported near some railroad tracks shortly before 4 a.m. Crews were later called to a local café that […]