VASSALBORO ( AP) — Eleven state troopers are graduating after completing nine weeks of specialized training at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy. Gov. Paul LePage and Col. Robert Williams, chief of the state police, will speak at today’s graduation at the academy in Vassalboro. The latest training is on top of previous basic training that […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — A former Maine legislator will serve 45 days in jail on charges of pulling a loaded gun on a stranger in the parking lot of a Waterville doughnut shop. Former Republican state Rep. Frederick Wintle pleaded guilty on Thursday to criminal threatening. A lawyer for the 59-year-old Wintle said the incident […]

BELFAST (AP) — A judge has denied bail for Daniel Porter, a Maine man charged with murdering a Florida firefighter. The 24-year-old Porter wore a bulletproof vest at the Thursday proceeding that was attended by the widow of Jerry Perdomo of Orange City, Fla., who cried during parts of the hearing. Porter was arrested on […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — The calendar still says winter, but Maine experienced springlike weather. The National Weather Service says the temperature climbed to 60 degrees Thursday afternoon in Portland. The high for the date was 56, set two years ago. Meteorologist Tom Hawley says the forecast calls for above-normal temperatures for the next two weeks, […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — Gov. Paul LePage has named an acting commissioner for the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management when the current commissioner retires at the end of next week. Maine Emergency Management Agency Director Rob McAleer will take the department’s top job when Adjutant Gen. John “Bill” Libby leaves March 16. LePage […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — The third big-name Democrat to consider a Senate run in Maine — former Gov. John Baldacci — expects to take his time before announcing any decision because his current Pentagon job poses an obstacle to a possible candidacy for now. Baldacci, 57, is prohibited from politicking while he wraps up a […]

Arrests Chrystal Gayle Alexander, 23, of 13 Cottage St., Feb. 29, 11:42 p.m., charged with operating while license suspended or revoked and failing to produce evidence of insurance, on Mallet Drive. news@timesrecord.com

BATH — Patten Free Library’s Knitting Circle invites people who knot or crochet to take part in Project Knit-a-Square. Participants knit or crochet eight-inch squares of colorful yarn scraps, which will be made into blankets, hats and garments for AIDS orphans in South Africa. Each square should also include a tail of 1.25 yards to […]

BRUNSWICK — In addition to voting unanimously to authorize Town Manager Gary Brown to enter a contract with Ledgewood Construction to serve as the contract manager for the Brunswick police station project, the Town Council on Monday: — Heard updates on activities at People Plus, including the hiring of new program and outreach coordinator Rebecca […]

HARPSWELL — Ronald Ponziani and Paul Standridge will vie Saturday to take over as Harpswell’s road commissioner after the current road commissioner, Bob Venard, decided not to seek re-election. Ronald Ponziani Ponziani said in a candidates forum on Harpswell Community Television that he has had a lifetime of construction and road work in and around Harpswell. […]