BRUNSWICK — A building at 16-18 Oak St. was demolished Wednesday almost 10 months after a fire swepth through the building on April 8, 2011. Jeffrey Matthews owns the property at 16-18 Oak St., which has been uninhabitable since the April fire. The fire displaced 19 residents of the apartment building. “I struggle with having […]

BATH — South Korean activist Youngsil Kang was arrested in her home country for a protest message similar to what she delivered outside of Bath Iron Works on Wednesday evening. Kang is part of a movement opposed to the construction of a Korean navy base in an island village off the southern coast of South […]

BRUNSWICK — With a $2.1 million renovation price tag, the Brunswick School Department decided not to pursue purchasing the town- owned former Times Record building on Industry Road for use as a bus garage and central office space. By an 8-1 vote Wednesday, the board nixed considering purchase of the building after reviewing new cost […]

DURHAM — The driver of a logging truck that rolled over Wednesday morning on Route 9 was in good condition at a Lewiston hospital that afternoon, after crews spent about five hours cleaning up the crash scene. Douglas Goucher, 48, of Wayne, lost control of the logging truck he was driving Wednesday morning, according to […]

FREEPORT — A 78-year-old Gorham man died as a result of a head-on collision with a second vehicle Wednesday night as he was driving the wrong way on Interstate 295 southbound in Freeport. The Maine State Police reported this morning that Daniel Cressey Sr., 78, of Gorham, died at the scene when the car he […]

FREEPORT — A 78-year old Gorham man died as a result of a head-on collision with a second vehicle Wednesday night as he was driving the wrong way on Interstate 295 southbound in Freeport. The Maine State Police reported this morning that Daniel Cressey Sr., 78, of Gorham, died at the scene when the car […]

CAIRO ( AP) — Tens of thousands of Egyptians rallied today to mark the first anniversary of the country’s 2011 uprising, with liberals and Islamists gathering on different sides of Cairo’s Tahrir Square in a reflection of the deep political divides that emerged in the year since the downfall of longtime leader Hosni Mubarak. Groups […]

NEW DELHI (AP) — A bus driver mowed down pedestrians and rammed cars, scooters and food stalls in a rampage through crowded Indian streets today that killed nine people and injured more than two dozen. Police chased the bus for an hour through the streets of the central city of Pune, with traffic officers firing […]

CLEAR SPRING, Md. (AP) — Emergency crews have rescued a man who spent hours trapped deep inside a cave in Maryland. Officials say the man got stuck between some rocks about 200 feet down into the cave in Clear Spring about 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Rescue crews from Washington, Frederick and Montgomery counties worked to […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama delivered an election-year broadside to Republicans: Game on. The GOP, from Congress to the campaign trail, signaled it’s ready for the fight. In his third State of the Union address, Obama issued a populist call for income equality that echoed the Occupy Wall Street movement. He challenged GOP lawmakers […]