AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s latest report card on tobacco use shows a continuing slide in the state’s grades. The American Lung Association of Maine, whose report card is being released today, gives Maine an A for protecting people from secondhand smokeandaBforhelping smokers quit. ButMainegetsaCfornot raising its cigarette tax beyond the current $ 2 per pack. […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — The mother of a toddler reported missing from her father’s Waterville home a month ago says she was unable to finish a lie detector test because of a medical condition. Trista Reynolds, the mother of Ayla Reynolds, said in a message posted on a website dedicated to finding the little girl […]

BANGOR ( AP) — The Penobscot County sheriff is defending his decision to tell friend and longtime area activist the Rev. Robert Carlson that he was under investigation by Maine State Police just hours before his suicide. Sheriff Glenn Ross told the Bangor Daily News on Wednesday he felt compelled to tell Carlson he was […]

DEDHAM ( AP) — Police say the cause of a head- on crash in Dedham last month that claimed the life of a Massachusetts man remains a mystery and may never be known. Dallas Whatley of Taunton, Mass., was killed in the Dec. 20 collision when his car crossed the center line of Route 1A […]

Arrests Eric L. Farnham, 44, of 15 Mountain Road, West Bath, Dec. 23, 8:25 p.m., charged with operating under the influence, aggravated operating after revocation, violating conditions of release and possession of marijuana, on Route 196 in Brunswick. Nicholas Hathorne, 29, of 76 Pinkham Point Road, Harpswell, Dec. 22, 11:56 p.m., charged with operating under […]

BATH — The Sagadahoc History and Genealogy Room will launch its eighth annual Town History Series at 10:30 a.m. Saturday with a program titled “History of the Patten Free Library” by Peter Goodwin and Robin Haynes, at the library. The series, jointly sponsored by the Patten Free Library and the Bath Historical Society, includes free […]

WEST BATH — The following cases closed in West Bath District Court between June 1 and June 30. Paul P. Lewis, 24, of Portland, April 15, 2011, violating condition of release and operating after habitual offender revocation, jury trial requested for both counts. Marshall G. Libby Jr., 54, of Bath, April 25, 2011, possession of […]

Arrests James Murphy, 32, of 25 Wolf Pond Road, Woolwich, Jan. 10, time not listed, charged on a warrant for domestic violence assault, operating after habitual offender revocation and violation of condition of release, at Sagadahoc Courthouse. Lucas Creamer, 32, of 981 Middle St., Jan. 9, 8 p.m., charged with criminal trespassing and refusal to […]

PORTLAND — The following grand jury indictments involving local individuals or incidents were reported on Jan. 6 by the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office. Jimmy Brawn, 45, of Brunswick, on a Class C count of trafficking in prison contraband, for a Nov. 28, 2011, incident investigated by the Cumberland County Sheriff ’s Office. Scott Compeau, […]

BATH — Bath police on Wednesday arrested a local man they sought for questioning about events related to the death of 35-year-old Sean Duffy. Duffy’s body was found Saturday afternoon in a room at the Hampton Inn on Commercial Street. Police said Monday that they believed he died from an overdose of illegally obtained prescription […]