AUGUSTA ( AP) — As speaker after speaker pleaded with lawmakers to preserve Medicaid services targeted for cuts, Gov. Paul LePage defended his effort to address a projected $221 million shortfall and told news reporters Thursday he will not walk away from the problem of overspending. His proposal to chop expenses could leave 65,000 Mainers […]

Lewiston company to add up to 50 jobs LEWISTON (AP) — A customer service and marketing company in Lewiston plans to expand and add up to 50 jobs. Argo Marketing Group says it has acquired the former GCS call center in Pittsfield and plans to hire 20 customer care agents immediately, followed by 30 more […]

COLUMBIA, S. C. ( AP) — The Army has suspended the first woman to lead its drill sergeant school while it investigates an undisclosed personnel matter, the service said Thursday. A spokesman for the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command said Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King remains commandant of the school at Fort Jackson, near Columbia, […]

Arrests Malcolm Duncan McIntosh, 32, of 92 Fernald Road, Freeport, Dec. 9, 2:06 p.m., charged on a Lisbon Police Department warrant for operating with a suspended license, on Lambert Road. Brian M. Sullivan, 26, of 60 Bow St., Dec. 10, 10:45 a.m., charged with operating while license suspended or revoked and on a Topsham Police […]

The Lisbon Promotions Committee announced that Jennifer Libby of Lisbon Falls won a basket of gift certificates and merchandise provided by downtown businesses as part of the committee’s Very Merry Main Street event Dec. 3 in Lisbon Falls. Libby won the gift basket, worth an estimated $500, after a drawing from nearly 70 entries submitted […]

BATH — The following cases were closed in Sagadahoc County Superior Court between May 1 and May 31. William F. Fahey, 62, of Chesterville, Dec. 3, 2009, disorderly conduct, offensive words and gestures, jail five days; domestic violence assault, dismissed, pleaded to another charge; violating condition of release, jail five days; domestic violence terrorizing, dismissed, […]

Arrests Travis R. Winchenbach, 19, of 5 Tarbox St., Dec. 7, charged with violation of condition of release and illegal possession of alcohol by a minor. Joseph R. Sherman, 38, of 14074 Apple Drive, Fruitport, Mich., Nov. 19, 1:10 a.m., charged with operating under the influence, on Leeman Highway. Summonses Brendon M. Nibarger, 27, of […]

Arrests Harry H. Hilton, 57, of Wiscasset, Dec. 7, charged with harassment by telephone, on Birch Point Road, Wiscasset. Karen Harrington, 25, of Wiscasset, Dec. 1, charged with unlawful possession of a scheduled drug and violating condition of release, on Lowelltown Road, Wiscasset. Summonses Christopher E. Mattews, 19, of Dresden, Dec. 10, charged with operating […]