TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen will consider how to proceed with a number of different ongoing and upcoming projects during a meeting scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. today in the municipal building, 100 Main St. Selectmen will hear a request from the Greater Topsham Trail Alliance regarding development of a mountain biking course […]

FREEPORT — The Freeport Woman’s Club will meet at 1 p.m. Friday at the Freeport Community Library for a program with Signa Alexander on "Empowering People Through Touch.” Alexander is a “care provider,” specializing in massage and other touch therapies. Refreshments will be served following the meeting, and visitors are welcome. news@timesrecord.com

BRUNSWICK — Brunswick police are investigating the theft of nine snowblowers — worth approximately $26,000 — from Chad Little Outdoor Power Equipment on Pleasant Street some time in late November and early December. The snowblowers were reported missing on Dec. 16 following an audit at the business, Deputy Chief Marc Hagan of the Brunswick Police […]

TOPSHAM — Icy road conditions Wednesday morning kept area police busy responding to minor crashes. Topsham police received three reports within 10 minutes of vehicles sliding off the Interstate 295 southbound off-ramp to Route 196. At 5:55 a.m., a GMC pickup truck slid off the ramp, was not damaged, and was pulled out by an American […]

The Brunswick Town Council went back to the drawing board Tuesday night on zoning changes that would accommodate a planned police station project at the corner of Stanwood and Pleasant streets. BRUNSWICK — The council voted unanimously to table a decision about zoning changes for that property. Councilors plan to continue deliberations on the proposed […]

BRUNSWICK — A 23-year-old man remains in Cumberland County Jail today facing felony charges of aggravated trafficking in crack cocaine after Brunswick police arrested him Tuesday afternoon at the Brunswick Recreation Center. Roy “Boo” Jackson, 23, whose address was not listed, was charged with Class A aggravated trafficking in crack cocaine and Class B unlawful […]

AUGUSTA  — A lawmaker from Portland has asked the state Attorney General’s Office to issue an opinion on whether state Treasurer Bruce Poliquin has violated Maine’s Constitution by engaging in commerce while serving as treasurer. The commerce in question is Poliquin’s role in the Popham Beach Club, a $2,000- per- year private club in Phippsburg […]

BRUNSWICK — Joe and Jackie Toth were evicted from their home of 40 years Wednesday. The couple has paid their rent, managed the six-apartment building for other tenants, and lived on a fixed income since a fourth heart attack ended Joe’s 36-year career digging clams. But without the landlord who abandoned the tenants at 77 […]