LEBANON (AP) — Maine drug agents have broken up a suspected methamphetamine lab in southwestern Maine. The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and York County sheriff ’s deputies on Saturday broke up the suspected drug-making lab in the basement of a house in Lebanon. Authorities say a homeless man from the Augusta area, 41- year- old […]

WALDOBORO ( AP) — Republicans and Democrats have picked their candidates to face off in a special election to fill a vacant seat in the Maine Senate. Republican Rep. Dana Dow will run against Democrat Chris Johnson in the Feb. 24 election. The District 20 seat was left open when David Trahan stepped down to […]

BRUNSWICK ( AP) — Maine’s poet laureate will be offering free workshops to give high school students tips in their poetry writing. The Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance and the Maine Arts Commission are presenting the workshops in conjunction with a nationwide poetry recitation competition, Poetry Out Loud. Poet Laureate Wesley McNair says the workshops […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage says federal dollars have flowed into Maine for years to pay for health care to Maine’s most vulnerable. In his weekly radio address, LePage says Mainers have become accustomed to a welfare program which Democrats believe should be universal and free. But LePage says the problem with that ideology […]

BANCROFT (AP) — Police say a northern Maine man is facing charges for allegedly setting his girlfriend’s car on fire while under the influence of so-called bath salts. Maine State Police say 33- year-old Shawn Birtz, of Lee, was hallucinating while on bath salts Saturday when he somehow set fire to the car while he […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Anti-abortion activists gathered Saturday at Maine’s State House for the annual “Hands Around the Capitol” rally and march to recognize and mourn the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion 39 years ago. More than 250 people met at St. Mary of the Assumption church for a Roman Catholic […]

HALLOWELL From the brick sidewalk lining the main street of this tiny city of antiques and bistros, you can dodge up a wide alley and make a quick turn to see an unobtrusive white sign near a door. You’ve found the Wellness Connection of Maine, the newest of the eight medical marijuana dispensaries allowed in […]

BRUNSWICK — A Cumberland County grand jury indicted a 20-yearold Bath man for unlawful sexual contact in a case police say involves a Brunswick juvenile. Joseph Plummer, 20, of 5 Bumpy Hill Road, Bath, was arrested by Brunswick police the afternoon of Oct. 6, 2011. The grand jury indicted him Jan. 6 for an incident that […]

Arrests Thomas Harkins, 55, of 7 North St., Bath, Jan. 12, 7:08 p.m., charged with operating under the influence, on Route 1 in Woolwich. David Lavigne, 45, of 112 Meadow Cross Road, Topsham, Jan. 12, 11:03 a.m., charged with violating bail conditions, in Topsham. Winsor Williams, 22, of 147 Mt. Pleasant St., West Rockport, Jan. […]

BRUNSWICK —The Brunswick Downtown Association ( BDA) will hold its annual meeting, titled “Back to Business: Successful Strategies for the New Year” on Thursday morning at the Daggett Lounge on the Bowdoin College campus. Breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m. The meeting is scheduled to run from 7:45 a.m. to 9 a.m. The public is invited […]