AUGUSTA — Victims of sex crimes committed by a teacher, psychologist or other person in whom victims had placed their trust often need more time to come forward with criminal charges than the law now allows, supporters of a bill to extend the statute of limitations from six to 10 years told lawmakers Monday. “To put […]

Summonses Female juvenile, 17, of Bowdoin, Feb. 24, 2:44 p.m., charged with theft, at Rite Aid on Mallett Drive. Jennie I. Cass, 30, of 212 Davis Road, Durham, Feb. 18, 5:45 p.m., charged with possession of a usable amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, on Front Street. news@timesrecord.com

Arrests James J. Hobbs, 40, of 12 Stanley Drive, Feb. 12, 4:40 p.m., charged with domestic violence assault, on Stanley Drive. Jessica E. Stedt, 33, of 363 Lisbon St., Feb. 8, 9:19 p.m., charged on a Lisbon Police Department warrant for failure to appear for a charge of operating after license suspension, on Lisbon Street. […]

BRUNSWICK — First Light Camera Club will host guest speaker Charles MacPherson at a meeting scheduled to run from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Midcoast Senior Center, 58 Baribeau Drive. MacPherson will show some of his favorite wildlife images and discuss the tools, techniques and locations of each photo. Non-members who wish to […]

BOWDOIN — A 43-year-old Bowdoin man was arrested in Topsham on Sunday morning and charged with stealing a car in Lewiston earlier that day. Joseph Pelkey, 43, of 439 Main St., Bowdoin, was arrested on Augusta Road just after 7 a. m., Chief Deputy Brett Strout of the Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Office said Monday. Pelkey […]

BATH — A 31-year-old Woolwich woman was arrested early Saturday morning after police say she assaulted a man at his home on Andrews Road. Linzi J. Fitzgerald, 31, of Miller Road in Woolwich was charged with domestic violence assault as a result of the incident, Lt. Stan Cielinski of the Bath Police Dept. said Monday. Police […]

BRUNSWICK — Brunswick Publishing LLC, which owns The Times Record, is expected to pay more than $260,000 in unpaid property taxes to the town by June of this year, according to Town Manager Gary Brown. During Monday night’s Town Council meeting, Brown gave the council an update on the status of the company’s unpaid taxes, which […]

BATH — Dennis Unger, director of University College at Bath/Brunswick, and Charlotte Price, scholarship selection committee chairwoman of the Bath- Brunswick branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), announce the third year of an AAUW Scholarship Program for the region. The scholarship will be given to a qualified student for the fall 2012 […]

FREEPORT — Kim John Payne will give a public talk titled “Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier and More Secure Kids” at 7 p.m. today at Merriconeag Waldorf School on Desert Road. The talk will be based on Payne’s book by the same title. In his book, Payne asserts […]