BRUNSWICK Brunswick police on Tuesday charged a Harpswell man with trafficking in scheduled drugs after detectives say he twice sold them oxycodone tablets. Joshua Kane, 19, of 20 Smokehouse Road, Harpswell, was arrested on a warrant on Harpswell Road. Kane allegedly sold police oxycodone during two controlled buys in October, Brunswick Police Detective Rich Cutliffe […]

BRUNSWICK Brunswick police charged a 23-year-old Harpswell woman with allegedly selling crack cocaine during two controlled buys in October. Tiffany Morin, 23, of 986 Harpswell Road, Harpswell, was arrested in October and charged with trafficking in scheduled drugs, Brunswick Police Detective Rich Cutliffe said Wednesday. Cutliffe declined to disclose the specific date or location of […]

BRUNSWICK A 28-year-old man spotted running into the woods behind Zach’s General Store on Gurnet Road early this morning was arrested on several charges following a brief chase by Brunswick police. Officers responded at 1:23 a.m. to the store — formerly Eldridge’s General Store — at 641 Gurnet Road, after receiving a report that a […]

The Santa Claus Fund is three days into the campaign, and the volunteers packed away toys for boys and girls for the entire service area. The scene at the North Pole Annex is very calm now that the volunteers have spent three days in our new home. One volunteer mentioned it was working better than […]

BOWDOINHAM The Bowdoinham Guild of Artisans eighth annual holiday show and sale is scheduled for Friday night and Saturday at the Bowdoinham Town Hall. The show will be open from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Artists featured this year include […]

BRUNSWICK Slotcar Junction, a specialty hobby store located in the Tontine Mall, is relocating from its basement location, but the store is not traveling far. On Wednesday afternoon, part owners Cathy Piffath and Andrew Wilson prepared their new, expanded upstairs space across from Wild Oats Bakery and Café for a grand opening Saturday and Sunday. […]

AUGUSTA Acting on one of the worst campaign fraud cases seen in Maine, the state ethics commission on Wednesday asked for a criminal investigation into a freshman legislator’s alleged spending of thousands of dollars in public campaign funds for personal use and false reporting of that money. The Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices […]

TOPSHAM With only about three dozen registered voters in attendance, Wednesday’s special town meeting at Mt. Ararat High School wrapped up business in about 35 minutes. Residents elected Robert Lenna to moderate the meeting, then made quick work of the remaining four warrant articles, passing them all. Of those four, a proposed sign ordinance amendment […]