HARPSWELL A Topsham man granted a stay of execution before serving a two- year prison sentence for stealing lobsters from a local fisherman was again arrested in New Sharon for theft. William H. Poore, 38, of West Merrill Road in Topsham was convicted of Class C theft for stealing lobsters from Harpswell lobsterman Jim Merryman […]

BRUNSWICK — For eight years, the Midcoast Youth Theater existed as a roving troupe, but this December the theater will open its production of “Seussical” in a new home upstairs at 4 Pleasant St. Henry Eichman, director of the theater, said the new space will resolve the group’s long- standing challenge of running a five-show season […]

BRUNSWICK On Tuesday, Bowdoin College students representing the Occupy Wall Street movement will host a teach-in to discuss the significance of the national protests, which began in New York more than two months ago. The national protests have taken on “We are the 99%” as a rallying cry, arguing against economic injustice and the consolidation […]

BRUNSWICK — The Peary- MacMillan Arctic Museum’s exhibit “Imagination Takes Shape: Canadian Inuit Art from the Collection of Robert and Judith Toll” will close Dec. 4. “It’s been exciting,” museum outreach coordinator Amy Hawkes said in a release. “Word has certainly spread that ‘ Imagination Takes Shape’ is not to be missed.” Two new exhibits […]

PHIPPSBURG — The Phippsburg Historical Society will hold its annual Victorian Christmas Open House and Cookie Walk from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the museum, 24 Parker Head Road. The museum will be decorated for the holiday season, and volunteers will be in period costume. Homemade cookies will be available for $5 per […]

SAVANNAH, Ga. ( AP) — Hired by farmers as a private security guard, Brooks Rucker patrols thousands of acres of Georgia farmland on the lookout for thieves toting 5- gallon buckets. He rarely comes up empty handed. Since the fall harvest began Oct. 1, Rucker says, he and two other guards have caught more than […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A flood of gooey muck dropped from a tanker truck disabled more than 100 cars and damaged an unknown number of other vehicles along a nearly 40-mile stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, officials said. A leaking valve on a tanker spread driveway sealant over the eastbound lanes of a long stretch of […]

Cuba is restructuring its rickety postal service to boost efficiency, decentralizing the monolithic entity in favor of a state-run business group made up of largely autonomous regional offices. Empresa Correos de Cuba, which employs some 13,600 workers and operates more than 1,000 post offices, 16 processing facilities and 54 delivery centers, will be reshaped around […]