GEORGETOWN — The Georgetown Recreation Committee is accepting nominations for the 2012 Outstanding Citizen Award. The award will be announced and presented at the annual “ Get To Know Your Neighbor Party” on March 18 at the Georgetown Community Center. This annual event is open to all Georgetown residents, and begins at 2 p.m. Nominations for […]

BATH — Bath police on Friday summonsed a 12-year-old Bath girl for terrorizing after she allegedly wrote a threat on a bathroom wall at Bath Middle School. Bath Police Officer Andrew Booth and school staff “did a good job figuring out who was responsible,” Bath Police Lt. Stan Cielinski said. news@timesrecord.com

BRUNSWICK — A Brunswick company says it’s made a record-setting bridge beam that will go to Missouri. Harbor Technologies LLC says the 105-foot, 7-inch beam is the world’s largest vehicular composite bridge beam. It’s 6 feet wide and 5 inches deep. The so-called hybrid composite beam will be part of a Missouri Transportation Department project that […]

TOPSHAM — Robert Bunselmeyer, a Bates College professor, will give a free talk Tuesday about the Franco- American mill workers who used the Androscoggin Swinging Bridge to get to and from work during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Bunselmeyer will speak during the regular meeting of the Topsham Historical Society at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday […]

HARPSWELL — A Bath man charged with several counts of sexual abuse of a minor by the Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department in January was arrested Thursday by the Cumberland County Sheriff ’s Department and charged with four additional counts of sexual abuse of minors. The new arrests stem from an investigation launched by Sagadahoc County […]

AUGUSTA — Maine’s attorney general issued an opinion late Friday that advises State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin to “disassociate” himself from much of his business dealings while in office. The five-page opinion from Attorney General William Schneider was in response to a request sent three weeks ago by state Rep. Mark Dion, D-Portland, to determine whether Poliquin […]

BRUNSWICK — Mitt Romney emerged as the leader from the Brunswick Republican Town Committee’s biennial caucus Saturday, taking 50 percent of the vote. According to a press release from Jonathan Crimmins, chairman of the Brunswick Republican Town Committee, the caucus at Curtis Memorial Library drew more than 100 participants, including representatives from presidential campaigns. In the […]

PORTLAND — Mitt Romney narrowly won Maine’s Republican caucuses, state party officials announced Saturday, providing his campaign with a much-needed boost after three straight losses early last week. But the former Massachusetts governor won just a plurality of the Maine vote, suggesting he still has work to do to unite GOP voters behind his candidacy. At […]