CORINTH ( AP) — Maine State Police are looking for a woman who robbed a Corinth pharmacy and made off with a large amount of prescription drugs. The Whitney Family Supermarket was robbed on Wednesday around 6:45 p.m. Authorities say the woman handed the pharmacist a note saying she had a gun and would shoot […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — Maine’s fire marshal for the past 14 years is retiring at the end of the month. John Dean of Winthrop was a Maine firefighter for 27 years before becoming fire marshal in 1998. He was a member of the Old Town department from 1971 to 1989, rising to the rank of […]

EASTPORT (AP) — Senate President Kevin Raye says he’s going to seek a rematch with Democratic incumbent Rep. Michael Michaud in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. Raye, a Republican from Perry, filed the necessary paperwork Thursday and announced that he intends to encourage job creation, stop runaway spending and prioritize expenditures “in a way that protects […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — The next gubernatorial election in Maine is nearly three years away, but that hasn’t stopped Gov. Paul LePage from forming a re-election committee, holding a fundraiser and launching a re-election website. While it’s unusual to get under way so soon, the early start gives LePage an edge in building up his […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island sentencing for a Georgia man involved in a kickbacks scheme authorities say cost the Navy between $7 million and $20 million has been postponed. A judge Wednesday approved a request by federal prosecutors to delay for four months the sentencing of Patrick Barry Nagle. The 51-year-old Marietta, Ga., […]

COLUMBIA, S. C. ( AP) — Two firms that are part of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina are providing $20,000 to provide a mortgagefree home for an Army veteran wounded in Iraq. Spokesman Billy Quarles says the firms are presenting keys to the Columbia home Monday to retired Army 1st Sgt. Peter Lara, who suffered […]

Alna BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6:30 p.m., town hall. Arrowsic SHELLFISH CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, Monday, 5 p.m., town hall. BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6 p.m. town hall. Bath COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, Thursday, 4:30 p.m., City Hall. Bowdoin BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6:30 p.m., town office. PLANNING BOARD, Tuesday, 7 p.m., town office. Bowdoinham BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Coombs Municipal […]

WEST BATH — The following cases closed in West Bath District Court between June 1 and June 30, 2011. Susan L. Alexander, 47, of Bath, May 8, 2011, violating condition of release, jail 10 days. George Anderson, 21, of Bath, March 19, 2011, operating under the influence, $500, license suspended 90 days. Thomas Anderson, 57, […]

Arrests Male juvenile, 16, of Harpswell, Jan. 1, 11:21 a.m., charged with criminal trespass and violation conditions of release, at Bath Shopping Center. Kristopher Shermatero, 34, of Bedford St., Dec. 29, 10:14 p.m., charged with operating under the influence, on Bedford Street. news@timesrecord.com

Arrests Donald F. Trent, 37, of 24 Spring St., Lisbon, Jan. 1, 6:44 p.m., charged with operating after suspension and operating an unregistered vehicle more than 150 days, on Main Street. Robyn M. Lawler, 22, of 8 Fair Circle, Dec. 31, 12:41 a.m., charged with operating under the influence, on Route 201. Ray A. Morrill, […]