N.H. escaped inmate remains at large SANFORD ( AP) — Residents of several Maine communities remain on edge as police continue to search for a man who escaped from a New Hampshire jail. Authorities say there have been no confirmed sightings of 33- year- old David Glenn Hobson since the discovery over the weekend of […]

MILLINOCKET As a public debate over a northern Maine national park becomes politicized and drifts toward personalities, a former Maine Senate president is calling for a broader look at the future uses of the region. Charles Pray, who represented the region encompassing the park for nearly two decades, said he wants a study that goes […]

Arrests Matthew R. Griffeth, 22, of 3 Briarwood Drive, No. 35, Biddeford, Oct. 10, 1:36 a.m., charged with violating conditions of release, on Pike Street. Hank R. Payne, 31, of 20 King St., No. 202, Biddeford, Oct. 7, 3:30 a.m., charged with violating conditions of release, on Brookwood Court.

BRUNSWICK — Brunswick High School will host its annual financial aid evening for juniors, seniors and their parents at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Crooker Theater. Students and parents are encouraged to attend. The forum will give parents and students the opportunity to listen to a financial aid officer explain the process of financing a college […]

BOWDOINHAM A fire at an unoccupied home on Browns Point Road Friday caused approximately $ 30,000 in damage and required crews from five departments to extinguish. Bowdoinham Fire Chief Jack Tourtelotte said Friday that firefighters from his department were at a singlevehicle crash on Route 24 near Carding Machine Road at 1 p. m. when […]

BATH A meeting of the Bath Planning Board originally scheduled for Tuesday evening has been postponed to an undetermined date, the Planning Department announced Friday City Planner Andrew Deci wrote the single item on Tuesday’s agenda — a second review of an application by Hyde School to replace a dormitory — would be postponed, along […]

Arrest Westen L. Gardner, 21, of 7 Cato Ave., Nov. 26, 1:04 a.m., charged with operating under the influence, on Richardson Street.

BRUNSWICK — Veteran liquor enforcement officer Frank Lyons will lead a stateapproved Responsible Alcohol Seller Training program from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Brunswick Landing. Communities Against Substance Abuse (CASA), a coalition coordinated by Mid Coast Hospital, offers the training to store clerks, managers and storeowners. Space is limited and registration is required. […]

DRESDEN A rural bridge that for eight decades has been a link across the Kennebec River from central Maine to the coast is in dire need of replacement, but the project depends on the state receiving hotly pursued federal grant funding. The Maine Kennebec Bridge, which traverses the Kennebec River between Richmond and Dresden, handles […]

Saturday evening, my wife and I were invited to dinner with the Cub Scout Pack 646, their parents and their guests. We met some of the boys last year when they came to the North Pole Annex and delivered a box of toys for the Santa Claus Fund. One of the dads, Hampton Hughes, had […]