PORTLAND — It’s been a slow lobster season so far in Maine, but the lack of crustaceans isn’t translating into high prices for consumers, and fishermen are still hopeful for a bump in catch this summer.  The harvest of the valuable bottom dwellers in America’s biggest lobstering state is usually in full swing by July, […]

BATH — Gavin Hanna, 17, is spending his summer donating his time and money earned to help the hungry.  The Morse High School senior is collecting bottles and cans to raise money for the Bath Area Food Bank. He has raised over $500 so far and has a goal of raising $1,500 by the end […]

Maine environmental regulators say a new report about water contamination on state beaches doesn’t tell the whole story, pointing out that more than 97 percent of “beach days” last year were unaffected by health advisories or closures.  Earlier this week, the Environment America Research and Policy Center issued a report analyzing water quality results at […]

A granite stone bearing a bronze plaque was installed in Longfellow Park near the site where six young people died in 2014 in a fast-moving fire at an apartment building on Noyes Street in Portland.  The memorial bears a quotation from the park’s namesake, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and rededicates the park benches there in honor […]

AUBURN — The man who was fatally shot Saturday evening in the parking lot at Walmart has been identified as Jean Fournier, 41, of Turner.  Fournier was shot twice in the back in a possible case of road rage, according to police.  He died at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.  Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine […]

LISBON — Police say a head-on collision on Ridge Road in Lisbon Sunday night sent two people to a hospital. The crash was reported at 9:46 p.m. near the intersection of Webster Road. According to a news release, a Mazda driven by 26-year-old Raquel Dillingham of Lisbon was traveling north on Ridge Road and allegedly […]

FREEPORT — A group of residents and town officials is trying to work with the city of Portland to move asylum-seekers into the community.  The group, which includes Town Councilors Tawni Whitney and Douglas Reighley, General Assistance Administrator Johanna Hanselman, former Town Councilors Melanie Sachs and Ed Bradley, and a handful of residents, met on […]

BATH — Seven of the nine elected officials eligible for re-election this fall in Bath and Topsham say they plan to run again.  Bath City Councilor David Comeau and School Administrative District 75 board member Holly Kopp, chairwoman from 2017-2018, said they will not seek re-election.  Nomination papers for three, three-year Bath City Council seats […]