PORTLAND ( AP) — The end of the New England shrimp fishing season is looming. Regulators are expected to set a closure date for the fishery during a conference call today to review how much shrimp has been caught since the season began Jan. 2. Fishermen this season are allowed to catch 4.9 million pounds […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — A Windham man accused of fatally shooting another hunter last year has been indicted on a manslaughter charge. Authorities allege 61-yearold William Briggs of Windham shot 46- year- old Peter Kolofsky in the Sebago woods in November. The men were in separate deer hunting parties. Briggs’ lawyer tells the Portland Press […]

VERONA ISLAND (AP) — The 86-year-old Waldo-Hancock Bridge that spans the Penobscot River in the shadow of its modern replacement is coming down. Maine transportation officials say removal of the suspension bridge linking Verona Island and Prospect is expected to begin in the late summer, more than five years after the Penobscot Narrows Bridge opened. […]

OTISFIELD (AP) — Efforts to save a historic building in Otisfield are getting a boost from an unlikely source thanks to an international friendship forged a half century ago. Otisfield Historical Society President Henry Hamilton says he has received word from London banker and lifelong friend Mian Ershad Zaheen that he will offer a $10,000 […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — The Maine House on Tuesday gave initial approval to Medicaid cuts that are intended to help close a $120 million state budget shortfall, but the governor says they don’t go far enough to cut state spending. The House vote was mainly a procedural step to get the bill in position for […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — In Maine, the old saying goes, you can’t get there from here. Almost as long as that proverb’s been around, they’ve been talking about an east-west highway to help motorists — especially truckers — get across America’s most northeastern state. The latest proposal, with a new twist, went before the Legislature’s Transportation […]

PORTLAND — The following grand jury indictments involving local individuals or incidents were reported on Friday by the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office. Jason Abbott, 44, of Sabattus, on a Class C count of criminal operating under the influence with priors and Class E counts of operating after license suspension and operating beyond license condition […]

BRUNSWICK — Police responded Tuesday afternoon to the frozen Androscoggin River off Bay Bridge Landing for reports that a number of smelt shacks had been vandalized. Approximately a dozen shacks sit on the ice off the landing, which is in the Bay Bridge Estates mobile home park off Old Bath Road. Windows and doors in some […]

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Town Council meeting scheduled for Feb. 21 has been postponed to Feb. 27. In an email, Town Manager Gary Brown said that a combination of having few items on the agenda and the coincidence with a school vacation week were reasons for pushing the meeting back. news@timesrecord.com

WEST BATH — The Maine State Fire Marshal’s office is investigating the cause of a blaze on Moose Trail Drive late Tuesday afternoon that destroyed a detached, two-car garage. When firefighters from West Bath and five neighboring communities responded to the call just before 6 p.m. Tuesday, they found the garage fully involved, Deputy Fire Chief […]