TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian experts are in the final stages of recovering data from the U.S. surveillance drone captured by the country’s armed forces, state TV reported today. Tehran has flaunted the drone’s capture as a victory for Iran and a defeat for the United States in a complicated intelligence and technological battle. Lawmaker […]

Noam Chomsky to discuss Arab Spring PORTLAND (AP) — Noam Chomsky, who’s known as the father of modern linguistics, will speak in Portland about the Arab Spring uprisings in the Middle East. The University of New England’s Center for Global Humanities is sponsoring today’s presentation by Chomsky, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who speaks […]

NATO to end its Iraq training mission BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO says it will permanently shut down its military training mission in Iraq at the end of this month and withdraw all its soldiers from the country by Dec. 31. Officials had said that talks on extending the eight-year mission were stalled over NATO’s request […]

RICHMOND, Va. ( AP) — The family of the man authorities say shot and killed a Virginia Tech police officer has offered condolences and prayers to the slain officer’s family. In an unsigned statement faxed Sunday to The Associated Press, the family of 22- year-old Ross Truett Ashley also requested that their privacy be respected. […]

Financial aid info session set for today TOPSHAM — Mt. Ararat High School will host a financial aid information program at 6:30 p.m. today in the Commons. Trish Malloy, director of financial aid at Central Maine Community College, will present the program. Information about the financial aid process — including the FAFSA, CSS Profile, scholarship […]

Arrests Shannon M. Pinkham, 30, of 207 State Road, West Bath, Nov. 18, 11:14 p.m., arrested on Cumberland County and West Bath District Court warrants, at Riverside Pub. Todd N. Thompson, 29, of 20 Colonial Ave., South Portland, Nov. 17, 12:45 a.m., charged with operating under the influence and possession of marijuana, on Route 1 […]

FREEPORT A Cumberland County grand jury indicted a man suspected of setting fire to a Freeport business and burglarizing vehicles in the parking lot. Christopher Veysey, 21, of the New Gloucester area, now faces three counts of Class A arson, six counts of Class C burglary to a motor vehicle, three counts of Class D […]

BRUNSWICK Bowdoin College’s studentrun Common Good Grant Committee is now accepting proposals for a $10,000 pool of funds. Local nonprofit organizations — serving Brunswick, Harpswell, Georgetown, Phippsburg, Freeport, Topsham, Bath, Bowdoinham, Woolwich, Lisbon, Lisbon Falls, Bowdoin, and Yarmouth — are invited to apply, according to a press release from the college. Last year, grant recipients […]

Joshua’s Restaurant & Tavern held its 16th annual Santa Claus Fund Auction on Dec. 1. The establishment’s popularity and reputation for serving great food and drink brings large crowds each year for this event. Owners T.J. and Cheri Siatras work long hours to prepare for this one evening in December. And the entire staff pitches […]