ELLSWORTH — A man who was captured on video hauling the lifeless body of a former high school classmate into the woods was sentenced to 58 years in prison on Wednesday for raping and killing her.  Jalique Keene was seen on surveillance video carrying the woman over his shoulder as she kicked her legs and then […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Global Partners will install $400,000 in odor-control equipment on petroleum storage tanks at its Fore River terminal, responding to neighborhood complaints and going beyond requirements of a proposed federal consent decree targeting air pollution.  The Massachusetts-based company also will contribute $15,000 to cover the cost of South Portland’s fledgling air quality monitoring program. And it […]

BRUNSWICK — After more than 50 years helping local families put Christmas gifts under the tree, the Santa Claus Fund Inc. announced Wednesday that it is shutting down.  “It is with sadness and regret that we are hereby informing the Bath/Brunswick community that the Santa Claus Fund, Inc. must dissolve,” organizers said in a press […]

BRUNSWICK — A former music teacher faces 10 new counts of assault and sexual assault against a second alleged minor, bringing the total charges to 35. Brunswick police initially arrested Joshua King, 32, of Wiscasset, on Jan. 3 on six counts of unlawful sexual contact with a student he taught at The Music Store in […]

FREEPORT — Lainey Leger, 3, was dwarfed by the heavy wet flag she held on Wednesday morning, but following the words of caution from her father, Nate, the little girl made sure it never touched the ground.  Lainey and her dad were just two of hundreds of people who lined Freeport’s Main Street Wednesday morning to […]

BATH – There are about four young families with children who have arrived in Bath seeking asylum from their home countries in Africa, according to Martha Stein, executive director of Hope Acts, and Carol Kalajainen, co-founder of the Midcoast New Mainers Support Group. “These families are free to come and go,” Stein said Tuesday night at a forum […]

RICHMOND — Richmond police arrested a man early Monday who they say was driving a stolen truck while intoxicated. At around 2 a.m., police arrested Jason Mackenzie, 41, a transient with a last known address in Warren. He was charged with operating under the influence and operating without a license — both misdemeanors. Richmond police Chief […]

HARPSWELL — Harpswell’s Mitchell Field is continuing its transformation from fuel depot to recreation space, after selectmen picked a contractor and engineering firm to do demolition work and install a dock. The 112-acre parcel of land on the west side of Harpswell Neck Road served as a former fuel depot for the Brunswick Naval Air Station. The […]