FREEPORT — A Brunswick man was taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland for treatment of injuries after a single-car rollover on Pleasant Hill Road in Freeport just after 7 p.m. Wednesday. According to a hospital spokeswoman, David A. Drehobl, 49, was released this morning from emergency care after the crash that Lt. Susan Nourse of […]

BATH — The Planning Board will meet Tuesday evening to consider, among other items, approving a site plan application submitted by Hyde School to build a new $3 million dormitory to replace a 1970s-era residence hall on the private school’s High Street campus. Planning Board members continued discussion of the item from a Nov. 15 meeting […]

BATH A $125,600 grant from The Council on Library and Information Resources will allow Maine Maritime Museum to catalog millions of documents in its collection. The museum is among 19 recipients nationwide of the 2011 “Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives” grant, awarded by CLIR. “Getting historic information about who captained a Maine ship when […]

BRUNSWICK The body of a man discovered along railroad tracks near Cook’s Corner last week may have been there for weeks, Brunswick police said Wednesday. Detective Sgt. Martin Rinaldi, who is leading the search for the man’s identity, also released more details about the body of the white male, including that he wore a urinary […]

Arrests Scott Trask, 23, of 40 Bush Lane, Litchfield, Dec. 20, 9:25 p.m., charged on a Waterville District Court warrant, on Langdon Road. Bail, $550. Male juvenile, 14, of Richmond, Dec. 13, 12:45 p.m., charged with criminal threatening; also summonsed for criminal mischief, on Front Street. Paul Thiboudeau, 50, of P.O. Box 128, Bath, Dec. […]

The Morning Glory Natural Food Store is celebrating 30 years on Maine Street in Brunswick this year. Susan Tarpinian opened her store in Brunswick in 1981. She subsequently expanded her store, which is now located on the corner of Maine and Gilman streets. Some readers might remember that Drapeau’s Pharmacy formerly occupied that location. When […]

WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose last week after three weeks of declines to a level consistent with modest gains in hiring. But broader trend over the past month suggests job growth could pick up in the new year. Weekly applications increased by 15,000 to a seasonally adjusted 381,000, the Labor Department […]