Arrests Jesse L. Vickerson, 30, of 34 Bluff Road, Dec. 18, 1:13 a.m., charged with violation of conditions of release, on Route 1. Michael E. Pinkham, 46, of 219 Whiskeag Road, Brunswick, Dec. 17, time not listed, charged with domestic violence criminal mischief, on Whiskeag Road. Summonses Erik T. Wolfe, 24, of 54 Central Ave., […]

BOWDOINHAM Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department received a report of a burglary on Post Road on Friday afternoon. The event was reported at 2:34 p.m. Lt. Calvin Temple said a resident came home and found a tube and two broken boxes that had contained change thrown on the floor along with about $ 100 in […]

FREEPORT — Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland will move forward on a project to build four new Freeport duplexes after the town council approved a land sale to the nonprofit Tuesday night. Habitat’s offer for the land came in around $125,000 less than its assessed value, but town officials said that repeated efforts to sell […]

BATH — Hoping to add another deterrent to their arsenal of anti-drug measures, Regional School Unit 1 administrators and the Bath Police Department will soon bring drugsniffing police dogs through Morse High School to conduct random searches. Superintendent Patrick Manuel updated the board of directors about the initiative at their meeting on Tuesday. Manuel said plans […]

FREEPORT A rogue, homemade publication has bedeviled town officials, prompting questions about free speech rights and a series of public accusations of who is behind the staple-bound booklets distributed under the title “News as Viewed from A Crow’s Nest.” On Tuesday night, the Town Council unanimously approved a statement denouncing the publication, but Town Council […]

DURHAM — The Androscoggin County Sheriff ’s Department was called to two fatal single-vehicle crashes Wednesday. One crash in Durham claimed the life of a 51-year-old Freeport man, and a second crash in Greene resulted in the death of a 71-year-old man from that town. In a third fatality, the York County Sheriff ’s Office says […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Holiday travelers were breathing a sigh of relief today after a storm that dumped up to 15 inches of snow and forced the closure of interstates across the Great Plains moved out of the region, allowing crews to clear drifts and stranded motorists to leave roadside hotels. The storm was blamed […]

RED BANK, N. J. ( AP) — Jon Bon Jovi wants duped fans to know he’s not dead, and he has posted a photo proving it. False reports of the New Jersey-born musician’s death spread online after a fake news release surfaced on social media sites. Bon Jovi is shown in a picture on his […]