BATH — Police suspect a 68-year-old woman whose body was found this morning in her apartment at 44 Court St. died of an overdose of prescription drugs. Officers responded at 8:24 a.m. to the apartment after a family member reported finding the woman deceased, Bath Police Lt. Stan Cielinski said today. “At this time we […]

My children leisurely eat popcorn while they watch Obi Wan Kenobi defeat Anakin Skywalker in the battle of Mustafar. They laugh with their dad at Saturday Night Live’s “ Massive Head Wound Harry.” They keep action figures and plastic dinosaurs that are missing various body parts. We have a life- size, talking Darth Vader in […]

I made a nice omelet for breakfast Sunday morning that had ( in addition to the regulars of eggs, cheese and onion) parsnips and kohlrabi saved from my garden. The kohlrabi gave crunch, but not much flavor. The parsnips, however, were fabulous. They added zing — real garden flavor in January. I could have used […]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. ( AP) — Martin Scorsese’s Paris adventure “Hugo” leads the Academy Awards with 11 nominations, among them best picture and the latest director slot for the Oscarwinning filmmaker. Also nominated for best picture today: the silent film “The Artist”; the family drama “The Descendants”; the Sept. 11 tale “Extremely Loud & Incredibly […]

NEW DELHI India’s Sikh community isn’t finding Jay Leno so funny. Members of the religious group said they were outraged when the “ Tonight Show” host showed a photo of a glittering gold building and claimed it was Republican Mitt Romney’s summer home. It was meant to be a joke about the Republican presidential candidate’s […]

WALDOBORO (AP) — The Maine Human Rights Commission has ruled that a real estate management company did not do enough to stop the harassment of a gay couple living in a Waldoboro apartment complex it owned. Realty Resources Management sent a short note to tenants after Joseph Bonnadio II and William Paquet complained in January […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — The average price for home heating oil in Maine remains unchanged from a week ago even after some cold temperatures across the state. A weekly survey shows an average price of $3.70 per gallon. Ken Fletcher, director of the Governor’s Office of Energy Independence and Security, said it appears that foreign […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A state panel has cleared the Christian Civic League of Maine and the Christian Education League of claims that they illegally fired a former administrative staffer and tried to intimidate him for filing a complaint. Michael Hein had worked for the Christian Civic League of Maine since June 2006 and was fired […]

BOSTON (AP) — President John F. Kennedy’s library is releasing 45 hours of privately recorded meetings and phone calls, providing a window into the final months of his life. The tapes include discussions of conflict in Vietnam, Soviet relations and the race to space, plans for the 1964 Democratic Convention and re- election strategy. There […]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Republican presidential contenders Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich clashed repeatedly in heated, personal terms Monday night in a crackling campaign debate, the former Massachusetts governor tagging his rival as a Washington “influence peddler,” only to be accused in turn of spreading falsehoods over many years in politics. “ You’ve been walking […]