AUGUSTA — Lucie Bauer has changed quite a few minds about same-sex marriage over the more than 20 years she and her partner have lived in Midcoast Maine, the 71-year-old said Thursday at a press conference to announce that petitions to place a referendum on the ballot in November would be submitted to the secretary of […]

BRUNSWICK — Neighbors of a planned train maintenance facility between Church Road and Stanwood Street remain concerned about noise and vibration impacts on their homes after two meetings with Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA) officials. A letter from the Brunswick West Neighborhood Coalition, issued after a Jan. 12 meeting of an advisory group NNEPRA […]

TOPSHAM — Superintendent Brad Smith informed the School Administrative District 75 board of directors Thursday that the district will have to cut an estimated $600,000 from the 2012-13 budget to hold the line on local spending. Smith gave a slide presentation laying out the overall budget forecast during the meeting at Woodside School. He noted that […]

RICHMOND — The last month has been a whirlwind for Wayne and Kristy Alexander as the husband and wife worked around day jobs as local school bus drivers to ensure that their new fish and chips restaurant on Main Street will reflect that famous British precision when it opens today. After more than five years on […]

BRUNSWICK — A tractor-trailer truck temporarily blocked Pleasant Street this 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. The incident was reported at 10:03 a.m. Officer Patrick Mahar arrived on scene first, within about two minutes, according to Lt. […]

The suburban Detroit museum founded by auto pioneer Henry Ford is revamping its automotive displays, offering a fresh look at its rich collection and showcasing the enormous influence of the automobile on culture and daily life in the United States. “Driving America” opens to the public on Sunday following a year of construction at Henry […]

The U.S. Border Patrol is moving to halt a revolvingdoor policy of sending migrants back to Mexico without any punishment. The agency this month is overhauling its approach on migrants caught illegally crossing the 1,954-mile border that the United States shares with Mexico. Years of enormous growth at the federal agency in terms of staff […]

Robbery suspect used infection threat SHARON, Pa. (AP) — Police say a man tried to rob a western Pennsylvania gambling parlor by threatening to spread a staph infection. Online court records don’t list an attorney for 41-year-old Fred Parker of Coolspring Township. Police say he walked into Lucky’s Internet Cafe in Sharon last week and […]

Houdini the bulldog was abandoned by the side of a Virginia road and run over by a car, but like his namesake, he managed an unlikely escape. “No bones were broken, but he slid on top of his head,” said Kim Barnes, a volunteer with American Bulldog Rescue, the nonprofit group now trying to find […]