BATH Bath Animal Hospital, working with the Sagadahoc County Board of Health, will provide low-cost fecal tests for pets during the month of February. The clinic is designed to make community members more aware of the health threats posed to their pets by intestinal parasites, according to a release. To participate, take a fresh stool […]

BRUNSWICK A tractor-trailer truck temporarily blocked Pleasant Street on Friday morning after running over a fire hydrant while maneuvering to reverse directions, Brunswick police said. No one was injured as a result of the incident, which was reported at 10: 03 a. m. Officer Patrick Mahar arrived on scene first, within about two minutes, according […]

Arrest Colby Carr, 22, of Middle Road, Woolwich, Jan. 20, 5:07 p.m., charged with domestic violence assault, obstructing report of a crime and violation of conditions of release, on Middle Road. Summonses Christopher Kelly, 31, of 541 Marsh Road, Sabattus, Jan. 26, 8 a.m., charged with possession of a usable amount of marijuana and possession […]

BOWDOINHAM A Bowdoinham man faces a charge of felony aggravated reckless conduct after he allegedly loaded a shotgun late Thursday during a squabble with family members over a set of truck tires. Stephen Messer, 21, of 780 Ridge Road, never pointed the loaded gun at his family members but made verbal threats, including that he […]

BRUNSWICK Author Barbara Ehrenreich has a theory. “(Poverty) is not a character failing or a wrong-headed lifestyle,” Ehrenreich said to a full house at Bowdoin College’s Pickard Theater on Friday. “My theory: Poverty is a shortage of money. And that shortage of money is caused by a lack of adequate pay or, of course, a […]

LONDON British and French foreign ministers are heading to New York today to bolster Arab League efforts to press for a United Nations resolution aimed at halting Syria’s violent crackdown on antiregime protests. Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague and French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe both confirmed they would attend U.N. talks scheduled for Tuesday. Officials […]

FREEPORT On Saturday afternoon, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul spoke to hundreds of supporters crowded in front of Linda Bean’s Maine Kitchen & Topside Tavern, after gaining a formal endorsement from the L.L. Bean heiress. Bean, who has made two bids as a Republican for Maine’s 1st U.S. Congressional District, said she has been a […]

BATH — Bath police today asked for help in identifying a man who stole a cash register Saturday night from the Clipper Mart on Leeman Highway. In video released today, the suspect, who is described as a white man, approximately five feet, 10 inches tall, was caught on the store’s security camera entering the store between […]