Arrests Joy Spaulding, 22, of 1 Ware Road, Freeport, Jan. 7, 2:04 p.m., charged with displaying a fictitious inspection sticker and sale and use of drug paraphernalia, on Interstate 295 south. Peggi J. Connors, 37, of 266 Foye Road, Wiscasset, Jan. 7, 10:48 a.m., charged with leaving the scene of a property damage accident, on […]

A West Bath woman was taken to a Brunswick hospital Tuesday after swerving to avoid a deer in the road, according to the Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department. The crash was reported at 5:34 p.m. Lt. Calvin Temple said Rachel Moroney, 54, of 19 Northwood Road, West Bath, was driving a 1999 Honda Civic east […]

As Regional School Unit 1 begins to grapple with the approximately $1 million budget gap Superintendent Patrick Manuel announced in December, administrators have created an online survey to garner input from residents of the district’s five communities about their priorities for the 2012-13 budget. Participants are asked to rank the following priorities: “Retain current number […]

The state has spent millions of dollars to prop up the Old Town pulp mill while steadily fining the mill’s owner for ongoing pollution. And now the biggest fine ever is imminent. The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting has learned that the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is preparing to slap a $497,000 […]

Approximately 100 wind energy professionals gathered in Freeport on Wednesday to discuss the future of small, community-owned wind turbines in Maine. Sue Jones, executive director of the nonprofit wind energy group Windependence, hosted Wednesday’s forum, which focused on a relatively new concept in wind power that allows individuals hooked into an existing power grid to […]

A mental health counselor hand-delivered to lawmakers on Wednesday a petition with the signatures of nearly 9,000 people who oppose Gov. Paul LePage’s planned MaineCare cuts. Jennifer Lunden, executive director of the Center for Creative Healing in Portland, gave the 917-page document to Rep. Pat Flood, R-Winthrop, co-chairman of the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee, before the […]

A 35-year-old Brunswick man with a history of committing residential burglaries will serve 15 months in jail after pleading guilty to charges stemming from a September 2011 burglary at Linnhaven Mobile Home Park. Terry Elwell, 35, of Maquoit Road, pleaded guilty in December to felony burglary and theft, as well as the lesser charges of […]

PRAGUE (AP) — Churches were seized, priests jailed or even executed and those allowed to lead religious services did so under the watchful eye of the secret police. More than 22 years after the fall of Communism, the Czech government agreed Wednesday to pay billions of dollars in compensation for property seized by the former […]