BATH Hodgdon Defense Composites, an affiliate of Hodgdon Yachts, will begin building new, jet-ski-like rescue vessels for the U.S. Air Force Special Command at a new headquarters on the Bath waterfront. By unanimous vote on Wednesday, the Bath City Council authorized a 2.5-year lease with the firm to begin production of the high-tech crafts in […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — About two dozen police officers remained at the scene early this morning of the Occupy encampment in San Francisco, hours after authorities kicked out the protesters, took down about 100 tents and arrested 70 people as the camp was dismantled. The officers lined up to block access on Market Street while […]

BAGHDAD ( AP) — Iraqi officials say a series of attacks mainly targeting security forces have killed at least 5 people. The officials say a roadside bomb killed three policemen today in the predominantly Sunni suburb of Abu Ghraib, west of the capital. They also say gunmen killed a police captain at his house in […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A burglary suspect who escaped from a New Hampshire jail and vowed revenge on two people in Maine was caught Tuesday after five days on the lam, police said. David Glenn Hobson was captured Tuesday evening by U.S. marshals near a grocery store in Rochester, N. H., where he’d been picked […]

Cold case breaker: Discarded cigarette SKOWHEGAN ( AP) — A court document reveals that it was a discarded cigarette that led to the arrest of a Maine man in a 31-year-old murder case. Jay Mercier was arrested in September and charged with murder in the July 1980 death of 20-year-old Rita St. Peter, whose beaten […]

AUGUSTA More than 65,000 lowincome residents will lose health coverage through the state’s MaineCare program under a sweeping overhaul proposed Tuesday by the LePage administration. Seeking to address a $120 million shortfall in the Department of Health and Human Services budget in the 2012 fiscal year, the governor took aim at MaineCare, the state’s version […]

Arrests Rosanna S. Spearrin, 25, of 4 Homestead Lane, Harrison, Dec. 5, 2:49 p.m., charged with shoplifting. Jamie L. Parker, 28, of 30 Swamp Road, Bridgton, Dec. 5, 2:59 p.m., charged with shoplifting. Susan A. Muniak, 41, of 20 Poland Road, Dec. 5, 1:09 p.m., charged with possession of a scheduled drug, sale and use […]

RICHMOND Victoria Boundy, Richmond’s director of community and business development, will host a meeting about the status of plans to build a new library at 4:30 p.m. today in the town office. The agenda includes an overview of the project to date, an update on funds and a review of 2008 architectural plans. Discussion will […]