Boston native convicted of murdering Maine man BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Jurors have found a Boston native guilty of murder in the fatal shooting of a man in Bangor, Maine. The jury deliberated about two hours Monday before finding F Daly guilty of killing 51-year-old Israel Lewis, whose body was found in a boarding home in January […]
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Police seek answers to discovery of unconscious bicyclist in West Bath
The Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office wants to find what happened to a bicyclist found unconscious beside a road in West Bath over the weekend. The rider, Zachary Adams, 34, of Bath, was taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland with unknown injuries. Sheriff Joel Merry said Adams was released Monday. Police said Adams was found […]
Topsham officer allegedly assaulted, injured after responding to person passed out
TOPSHAM — A Topsham police officer was injured Saturday when he was allegedly assaulted while attempting to help a person laying on the ground along Route 196. Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office arrested 22-year-old Dane Secor for assault on an officer, criminal threatening and refusing to submit to arrest or detention. All are Class D misdemeanors punishable […]
Topsham reviews plans for new coffee shop, 16-lot subdivision
Topsham’s planning board Tuesday will review plans for a new drive-through coffee shop and a new subdivision. A 2,500-square-foot Aroma Joe’s Coffee is proposed for 1 Second St., at the corner of Route 196 and Main Street. The business has a purchase-and-sale agreement for two parcels of land located at the site. The Portland-based franchising […]
Bath to vote on recreational marijuana for final time
BATH — Bath city councilors are expected to vote for the final time on whether to allow retail recreational marijuana facilities at 6 p.m. on Wednesday. Should the ordinance be approved, sales will be allowed in the retail areas on Congress Avenue eastward toward Washington Street, encompassing a large section of the city’s downtown. In […]
Bowdoinham building value spike sparks some tax bill sticker shock
BOWDOINHAM — Bowdoinham residents received their property tax bills recently, and some were met with an unpleasant surprise. The town increased all building values across town by 20%, which increased bills for many. The town-wide valuation adjustment didn’t include land values. Assessor Darren Carey said in a letter to residents that the town is required […]
Freeport school marks 100 years of Waldorf education
FREEPORT — Returning to the Maine Coast Waldorf School on Sept. 19 brought back a rush of memories for Dylan Clark, who was among the school’s debut first-grade class 27 years ago. The Scarborough man was there to help celebrate 100 years since the founding of the first Waldorf school in Stuttgart, Germany. Since 1919, […]
E.A. Robinson is in Brunswick Oct. 9
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s first presentation of their 23nd annual Winter Speaker Series: E.A. Robinson, Gardiner’s Pulitzer Poet features author and former legislator Gay Grant. This event takes place in the Morrill Meeting Room of Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick on Wednesday Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. Born in Head Tide, Alna, Robinson’s childhood and youth were […]
Maine briefs: 19-year-old dies in crash near Millinocket; Father of 1-year-old who died from fentanyl turns himself in
19-year-old dies in crash near Millinocket LONG A TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) — State Police say a Maine man has died in a single-vehicle crash near Millinocket. Police say 19-year-old Mark Dibona of Millinocket died early Saturday morning after his pickup truck went off the road and crashed into a ditch. He was not wearing a seatbelt. The […]
Republicans once critical of Collins now circle wagons around her
A little less than three years ago, then-Gov. Paul LePage took to the airwaves to bash a fellow Republican and the state’s senior U.S. senator – Susan Collins. Collins, now the only Republican from New England in Congress, had weeks earlier denounced the party’s nominee for president, writing in a Washington Post guest column that she wouldn’t […]