PORTLAND ( AP) — The CEO of L.L. Bean has lost his court appeal claiming the deed to his waterfront property in Cumberland inaccurately specified the location of an easement across his land. In a unanimous ruling Tuesday, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld a lower court decision dismissing Christopher McCormick’s lawsuit against the property’s […]

TOWNSHIP 11, RANGE 10 ( AP) — Officials say four snowmobilers are safe and sound after getting stranded in remote areas of northern Maine. Wardens rescued three men Monday night after one of their machines had mechanical troubles and two others got stuck in four feet of snow while riding on unplowed logging roads in […]

BANGOR (AP) — The Maine supreme court has rejected health insurer Anthem’s claim thatithasarighttoa3percent profit and risk margin when setting individual health insurance premiums. Maine’s insurance superintendent reduced the margin to 1 percent, and the state contended the superintendent acted within its discretion to keep insurance premiums affordable. In its ruling, the Supreme Judicial Court […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH (AP) — The Maine fire marshal’s office is investigating a string of small fires reported in Old Orchard Beach. Firefighters say the first fire was reported near some railroad tracks shortly before 4 a.m. Tuesday. A short time later, crews were called to a local cafe that was damaged by fire. Other […]

NEWRY (AP) — In celebration of today’s leap day, Maine’s Sunday River ski resort is selling lift tickets for $29. Sunday River says the $29 lift tickets can be bought today at any lift ticket window. Maine ski resorts are reporting good ski conditions following recent snowstorms.

BAR HARROR ( AP) — A new study from the National Park Service shows visitors to eastern Maine’s Acadia National Park spent more than $186 million in the park and surrounding towns in 2010. The new report examined the economic benefits that the nation’s 395 national parks brought to their communities during the year. Of […]

SURRY (AP) — State police say a Deer Isle teenager has died in a dirt bike accident. Authorities say 19-year-old Derrick Robbins was operating the dirt bike without lights at about 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday when he swerved and collided with a car in Surry. Troopers say Robbins was killed instantly. The driver of the […]

Summons Female juvenile, 16, of Bath, Feb. 16, 12:44 p.m., charged with assault, at Morse High School.

TOPSHAM The School Administrative District 75 Curriculum Committee is scheduled is scheduled to meet today at 5:30 p.m. to discuss three issues. The first concerns world languages. The board will talk about what SAD 75 offers now and how a decreasing budget would and should affect world language programs next school year and in future […]

FREEPORT (AP) — A veteran Freeport Middle School teacher is facing a misdemeanor charge of terrorizing for allegedly making a threatening remark in class. Police say 58-year-old David Mason, of Yarmouth, was issued a summons on Feb. 14 in connection with the incident earlier in the month. The seventh-grade teacher was suspended after school officials […]