Topsham police are investigating a Thursday night burglary at Bootleggers, a beverage sales shop at 13 Hamilton Court. Lt. Christopher Lewis said Topsham police responded to an alarm sounded at 11: 14 p.m. at 13 Hamilton Court. A police investigation determined that a burglar used a heavy blunt instrument to enter the business through the […]

Santa plans to stop at the North Pole Annex on Monday to fill his sleigh. The bins will be empty and the toys will be headed down the chimneys of nearly 600 children. The volunteers worked very hard to make Christmas a better day for each child. They are going to be very happy. And […]

With a book of five healthy holiday recipes, the Mid Coast Hospital project Access Health hopes to show how to whip holiday meals into shape. Five local restaurants provided samples of the recipes they created for a special tasting on Dec. 5, for the organization’s partners. Alison Fernald, the hospital’s outpatient dietitian, said during the […]

A Cumberland County grand jury has indicted two Brunswick residents and two men from New York City for allegedly selling crack cocaine and oxycodone following a drug bust at a Tufton Street home in September. Lena Pelkey, 44, of 225 Gurnet Road, Brunswick, was indicted on four Class A counts of aggravated trafficking in scheduled […]

The Topsham Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Thursday to pass a resolution in support of the housing disposition plan for the Topsham Annex. Thursday’s vote, following a similar endorsement of the housing plan goals by the Brunswick Town Council on Dec. 5, meets a key condition included in the purchase-andsale agreement that would link ownership […]

After 80 years of not knowing where her brother was, 84-year-old Doris Petre told The Times Record the story of the siblings’ separation in October and of her plans to finally meet him face to face earlier this month. But as Petre’s scheduled trip to Connecticut in early December neared, a health scare jeopardized her […]

LOS ANGELES ( AP) — More puppies are sold at pet stores during the holiday season than any other time of year. Now the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and other groups are stepping up efforts to stop these sales, saying many of these dogs come from puppy mills. Forty billboards […]

In April 1861, the Civil War’s first shots were fired in Charleston, S.C. Another tumultuous event befalls Charleston on Dec. 11, 1861, when a fire sweeps a wide swath of its downtown. The cause of the fire is never determined and The Mercury of Charleston reports a lowtide impeded easy access to coastal waters to […]

LANSING, Mich. Michigan and Wisconsin have thrown off the gloves and are engaged in hand-to-hand combat in a debate over which of them looks more like a mitten. “Hey, Wisconsin, get real!! The Mitten is ours!!” tweeted one Michigan resident upset the state across Lake Michigan is trying to usurp a shape so iconic it […]

NEW YORK M useums and historic sites, the world’s largest menorah, and a trendy new Tribeca restaurant inspired by an old-school Catskills resort. They’re all part of Jewish New York, with a heritage that stretches back 400 years and a vital contemporary community that’s reinterpreting old traditions for the 21st century. New York City has […]