BATH Police on Thursday arrested a Florida man who allegedly acquired drugs from local pharmacies with forged prescriptions. Raymond N. Rondeau, 41, of Pompano Beach, Fla., faces felony and misdemeanor charges of acquiring drugs by deception. There was no word this afternoon as to whether Rondeau remained in custody. Bath police Lt. Stanley Cielinski said […]

The Times Record reserves this space to correct errors appearing in our news columns. We ask readers who are aware of factual errors to telephone Managing Editor Robert Long at 729-3311. A list of municipal meetings that appeared on page A4 of Tuesday’s edition incorrectly listed a Sagadahoc County Commissioner’s meeting at 2 p. m. […]

NEW YORK Veteran stand- up comic Patrice O’Neal, who gained a wider following through TV and radio and helped roast Charlie Sheen, died Tuesday from complications of a stroke he suffered last month. He was 41. O’Neal’s manager, Jonathan Brandstein, said he died in a New York-area hospital. “ Many of us have lost a […]

TIRANA, Albania Leka Zogu, whose father served as Albania’s king until it was occupied by fascist Italy, and who twice returned home from exile to try to claim the throne himself, died tosday, his family said. He was 72. Zogu died of a heart attack at the Mother Teresa Hospital in Tirana, said the family […]

LONDON (AP) — U.K. border staff joined teachers, hospital workers and weather forecasters today in Britain’s largest strike in decades, but arriving airline passengers appeared to escape the chaos that had been predicted. The one-day walkout has been called to oppose government demands that public sector staff work longer before receiving a pension and contribute […]

2 people arrested after 4-hour manhunt WOODSTOCK (AP) — Law enforcement officials have taken a Maine man and his girlfriend into custody after a four- hour manhunt in the woods in Woodstock in western Maine. The state police tactical team was dispatched to assist the Oxford County Sheriff ’s Department after Joseph Cox allegedly attacked […]

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Major central banks around the globe took coordinated action today to ease the strains on the world’s financial system, saying they would make it easier for banks to get dollars if they need them. Stock markets rose sharply on the move. The European Central Bank, U.S. Federal Reserve, the Bank of […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a massive show of force, 1,400 police officers, some in riot gear, stormed the Occupy Los Angeles camp early today, driving protesters from the park and arresting more than 200 who defied orders to leave. Similar raids in Philadelphia led to 50 arrests, but the scene in both cities was […]

DOVER-FOXCROFT (AP) — A sheriff ’s department dispatcher walked into a nursing home and fatally shot a maintenance worker Tuesday morning before fleeing to nearby fairgrounds, where he was shot and killed by a state trooper, officials said. The first shooting took place at about 9:30 a.m., when 46- year-old Michael Curtis, a dispatcher for […]

Topsham selectmen to discuss 3 items TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen will hold a workshop Thursday at the municipal building in place of its regular meeting, which was canceled. At 6 p.m., the board will hold a workshop with the Topsham Development Inc. board of directors to discuss bylaw changes. Directly following that workshop, […]