BATH — Bath police used a license plate found at the scene of a minor car crash to identify and then charge the operator with failing to report the accident. Andrew L. Jones, 40, of 238 Adams Road, Brunswick, was summonsed on Monday and charged with failure to notify police of an accident by quickest means. […]

Maine’s State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin was not present Thursday evening when the Phippsburg Board of Appeals upheld a December decision by two town boards that allows him to expand his private beach club. The meeting took place less than a week after Maine’s attorney general advised Poliquin, the sole owner of the private Popham Beach […]

FREEPORT — A Freeport man suspected of stealing more than $3,000 in copper fittings and piping from a home construction site in December was arrested last week after failing to appear in a Cumberland County court.  Linwood Maynard Grover III, 31, of 57 Litchfield Road, was arrested Feb. 10, according to Freeport Police Lt. Susan […]

The Battle of Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River near Dover, Tenn., marks the first major Union battlefield victory of the Civil War, 150 years ago this week in 1862. Federal gunboats on Feb. 14, 1862, began exchanging heavy fire with big Confederate artillery guns set high up on the river bluff. But the gunboats […]

NEW YORK On a chilly winter afternoon, Andrej Pejic settles into a Manhattan cafe with a cup of Earl Grey tea, sitting gracefully, long legs crossed. The blue-eyed fashion model gazes out a window, unaware that almost every man sitting at surrounding tables is transfixed. A man in a black leather jacket walks up to […]

HOUGHTON, Mich. Y ou’re not much of a skier, and jouncing through the woods on a roaring snowmobile isn’t your idea of fun either. Is there any other reason to take a winter trip to Michigan’s cold, snowy Upper Peninsula? Actually, there are many. The lightly populated U.P. is dotted with villages that cater to […]

BERLIN (AP) — Forget the three little pigs hiding from the big bad wolf. These six little pigs have found a new friend in a maternal French bulldog named Baby. The Lehnitz animal sanctuary outside Berlin said Baby took straight to the wild boar piglets when they were brought in Saturday, three days old and […]

NEWTON, Mass. ( AP) — Joseph Kennedy III has launched his campaign for the Massachusetts congressional seat now held by retiring U.S. Rep. Barney Frank. Kennedy released a video announcement on his website today before heading out on a campaign swing through the 4th Congressional District. Kennedy started by greeting commuters at the Newton Center […]

WASHINGTON ( AP) — Construction of single-family homes cooled off slightly in January after surging in the final month last year. But a rebound in volatile apartment construction kept builders busy and pushed housing starts to their highest level in more than three years. The Commerce Department said today that builders broke ground on a […]