LAS VEGAS (AP) — Delwin and Tamara Chapman were in Las Vegas to renew their wedding vows after 25 years of marriage when a luxury helicopter tour of the twinkling Las Vegas Strip and the iconic Hoover Dam caught their attention. Delwin loved to fly. The sunset tour ended in a smoky crash Wednesday night, […]

Snowe criticized for voting ‘present’ PORTLAND ( AP) — Two Democrats hoping to unseat Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine are critical of her for failing to support President Barack Obama’s choice to lead a financial watchdog office. Senate Republicans have stopped a former Ohio attorney general, Richard Cordray, from becoming director of the Consumer […]

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Mitt Romney may have some help in Iowa: Ron Paul. Any rival who drains votes away from the rising Newt Gingrich — as Paul’s allies believe he does — could help keep Romney’s chief opponent at bay here. But Paul’s traditional, all-out campaign in Iowa has pushed the libertarian congressman into […]

Summonses Adam Dwelley, 21, of 21 North Kelsey St., South Portland, Nov. 27, 1:15 a.m., charged with operating after suspension, on Interstate 295. Matthew Cassidy, 26, of 104 Mount Hope Ave., Bangor, Nov. 26, 10:34 p.m., charged with operating after suspension for failure to pay a fine, on Interstate 295.

BRUNSWICK — In addition to endorsing the goals of a disposition plan for former military housing units in Brunswick and tabling a proposed fireworks ban and fireworks permit amendment, the Town Council conducted the following business Monday: — Approved by unanimous vote a request from Fire Chief Ken Brillant to apply for a $142,250 federal […]

BRUNSWICK Two separate crashes tied up traffic in downtown Brunswick on Wednesday evening, one of them a headon collision that shut down Mill Street for a brief time and required both drivers to be extricated from their cars. Just before 6 p.m., a 2003 Mercury headed west on Route 1 crossed the center line and […]

BATH The daunting and expensive task of converting a century old freight shed into a community center received a boost Tuesday when Maine Preservation granted the effort $1,000 in seed money. Christopher Closs, a preservation adviser for Maine Preservation, said that although the structure is clearly utilitarian, the project to revive it is an example […]

BRUNSWICK Bowdoin College, the town of Brunswick, and Curtis Memorial Library invite Brunswick residents to hit the books. According to a letter from Bowdoin College President Barry Mills, the town and college have established a collaborative community read partnership. Participants are asked to join in reading “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America” […]

Arrests Jason Abbott, 37, of 71 Glenview Drive, Sabattus, Dec. 5, 12:35 a.m., charged with operating under the influence, on Merriconeag Road. Jose Rodriguez, 26, of 12 Dunning St., Apt. 1, Dec. 1, 11:21 p.m., charged on two Waterville District Court warrants for failure to appear and unpaid fines and fees, and with failure to […]

TOPSHAM Topsham police are investigating a recent overnight theft of a dirt bike and fourwheeler from a business located off Route 201. Topsham Police Lt. Christopher Lewis said that between 11 p.m. Nov. 30 and 8 a.m. Dec. 1, someone cut through a fence at TRi-SPORTS on Gray Street, then stole a dirt bike and […]