BRUNSWICK — Hoping to defuse encounters with people in crisis, the Brunswick Police Department has acquired a Taser shotgun, thanks to an anonymous donor. After reading reports that the Sanford Police Department had acquired the weapons, a Brunswick man who asked to remain anonymous approached Brunswick Police Chief Richard Rizzo in January and offered to buy […]

FREEPORT — Nearly three years after the formation of Regional School Unit 5 — serving Freeport, Durham and Pownal — officials are still trying to iron out a unified teacher contract. Hank Ogilby, a Freeport High School social studies teacher and chief negotiator for the teachers’ union, said not having a unified contract for teachers throughout […]

BRUNSWICK — For four decades, English teacher John Brassil has brought the adventure of literature to his classrooms, a venture that through his work with the College Board’s Advanced Placement program has sent him on literal adventures across oceans — and all the way to Shanghai, China, last December. Brassil taught English at Mt. Ararat High […]

The Times Record reserves this space to correct errors appearing in our news columns. We ask readers who are aware of factual errors to telephone Managing Editor Robert Long at 729-3311. A report on page A1 of Friday’s edition incorrectly stated that Terry and Jean Wyman own the Ocean View Park Campground in Phippsburg. The […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — John Glenn plans to mark the 50th anniversary of his historic spaceflight with a series of events today at Ohio State University, including a celebratory dinner and a chat with the International Space Station. The astronaut and senator from Ohio became the first American to orbit the Earth on Feb. 20, […]

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Big chunks of melting ice moving on the Danube River have damaged hundreds of small boats and several restaurants located on rafts, officials said today. The thick ice, which had closed hundreds of miles of Europe’s busy waterway during the region’s recent cold snap, started moving Sunday afternoon because of rising […]

PERRIS, Calif. ( AP) — A San Diego skydiver who died during a contest was an instructor with more than 8,000 jumps and an expert in “ swooping,” a dangerous ground- and water-skimming maneuver that he was doing when he was killed, authorities and skydiving experts said Sunday. Sean Carey, 35, was declared dead at […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A winter storm that dumped several inches of snow across parts of the South, causing power outages, slippery roads and numerous accidents during the Presidents Day holiday weekend, moved out to sea today. Crews were working to restore power to tens of thousands of households that lost electricity as a result […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea conducted livefire military drills near its disputed sea boundary with North Korea today despite Pyongyang’s threat to respond with a “merciless” attack. North Korea did not carry out the threat as it focuses on internal stability two months after the death of longtime leader Kim Jong Il and […]