PORTLAND — Maine moved ahead Friday with plans to become the first state to allow voters to rank candidates in a general presidential election.  Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, said she’ll allow a bill to become law in January without her signature. The legislation requires ranked choice voting in presidential elections and primaries.  Ranked voting […]

AUGUSTA — One lawmaker was accused of sexual harassment this year, state officials recently told the Associated Press.  The complaint did not lead to disciplinary action against the legislator, said Jackie Little, the Legislature’s human resources director.  The state declined to share further information, pointing to exemptions in Maine law preventing such disclosure. Maine’s public […]

When the Freeport Flag Ladies began their weekly ritual of standing with Old Glory along their hometown’s Main Street 18 years ago, not everyone greeted them with smiles.  “When we first came out, there were some scowls, like we might be warmongers or something,” one of the trio, JoAnn Miller, told the Press Herald in 2002.  […]

PORTLAND — A defamation lawsuit against an activist who accused an orphanage founder in Haiti of being a serial pedophile has been settled, ending a lawsuit that has dragged on for six years, an attorney said.  Paul Kendrick’s insurance companies agreed to pay $3 million to Hearts With Haiti, but nothing to orphanage founder Michael Geilenfeld, attorney […]

An 87-year-old Bath man is warning his neighbors to be careful after a fox attacked him on Friday, the latest in a spate of rabies scares across the Bath and Brunswick area in recent years.  Retired Bath Fire Chief Norman Kenney was behind his house on Getchell Street — a couple of blocks north of […]

BOWDOINHAM— Fire destroyed a house at 84 Ridge Road in Bowdoinham Thursday night. The fire was reported shortly after 9 p.m. by neighbors. No one was living in the single-story ranch, owned by Todd Delair. No one was injured. The roof had collapsed before firefighters arrived. They also had to extinguish flames that engulfed a […]

WOOLWICH – The Maine Department of Transportation says the Route 1 bridge in Woolwich should be replaced because of its age. But at least one member of the Woolwich Select Board said he’s worried about the impact the $30 million-$35 million replacement project would have on traffic. MDOT doesn’t yet have a firm plan for the […]

Patten Free Library in Bath is hosting four Monday afternoon events for young adults in September to celebrate the library’s expanded hours.  These events are free and open to students in grades six through 12.   Space is limited, so interested participants should sign up through the reference desk.    The line-up of events includes:  Sept. 9:  Harry Potter Escape Room.  The library is offering this event one more […]

Curtis Memorial Library will host its sixth annual  How-To Festival and Block Party on Saturday, Sept. 14 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.   Over how-to activities for all ages will be featured, includingfrom how to make energy-efficient window inserts, to how to make linocut prints and how to get into martial arts for kids. Brunswick Fire and police departments will be on hand with their equipment. There will also […]

BRUNSWICK — Twenty-five years ago, the Brunswick Topsham Land Trust stepped in to keep Crystal Spring Farm, a property they say has been at the heart of the Brunswick farming community for generations, from becoming a large housing development.  The property, now 320 acres of conserved land, was purchased in two pieces, according to Angela […]