PORTLAND ( AP) — The Coast Guard is warning boaters that while it’s getting warmer outside, the ocean remains deadly cold. The warm weather will tempt boaters this week, and the Coast Guard says boaters need to be aware of the dangers associated with springlike weather and winter-like water temperatures. Lt. Garrett Meyer of the […]

FREEPORT ( AP) — L. L. Bean is teaming up with Gifford’s Ice Cream to create a new flavor: “ Muddy Bean Boots.” The mid-week launch coincides with Maine’s “mud season,” the time of the year when melting snow yields a muddy mess in L.L. Bean’s home state. For its 100th anniversary, Bean is partnering […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — Authorities are reporting a security breach in the maximum security section of Maine’s Cumberland County Jail, where a male inmate managed to sneak into another wing for sex with a female inmate. The sheriff ’s office says 23- year- old Arien L’Italien of Biddeford was caught crawling between cell blocks on […]

LEWISTON ( AP) — An Army soldier found stabbed to death in his Washington apartment last week was a native of Maine who survived an attack in Afghanistan three years ago that took the lives of three comrades. Authorities in Olympia, Wash., say 29- year- old U. S. Army Pvt. Nathaniel Ollis was found dead […]

LAMOINE ( AP) — State police said Monday it’s going to take additional time for detectives to figure out who pulled the trigger during a weekend confrontation outside a house that left a man shot dead and three others injured. Detectives recovered a gun and identified all of the participants but were unsure of what […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage will lead a trade mission to Hong Kong and China this fall, marking his first overseas mission as governor as well as the first time a sitting Maine governor has visited China, officials said Monday. The delegation is going to a region where there are growth opportunities for […]

BRUNSWICK — The following grand jury indictments involving local individuals or incidents were reported Thursday by the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office. Roy Jackson, 23, of Brunswick, on two Class B counts of trafficking in scheduled drugs, for a December 2011 incident investigated by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency. Thomas Larose, 32, of Woolwich, on […]

BRUNSWICK — Volunteers will begin collecting book donations Saturday at the former Bookland in Cook’s Corner for Mid Coast Hospital’s annual spring Used Book Sale. Volunteers will be available to accept book donations from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays — March 23, 31, April 7 — through April 7 and on Wednesday, April 4, also from […]

TOPSHAM — The Topsham Housing Authority will meet at 5 p.m. today at the municipal building. During the meeting, an update on authority acquisition of two multi-family properties is scheduled. In August 2011, John Hodge, executive director for the housing authorities in Topsham and Brunswick, was authorized by a unanimous Topsham Housing Authority board vote to […]

FREEPORT — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled in favor of the town of Freeport after an appeal that challenged the town’s ability to enter a contract with Brunswick for police dispatch services. The court issued its ruling Thursday, finding that town officials did not violate Freeport’s charter by entering that six-year contract ending in 2016. […]