BRUNSWICK — The international recycling market has all but collapsed, Brunswick Town Manager John Eldridge told the town council recently, and now Brunswick, Freeport, Topsham and towns across the country are struggling to keep up with the costs. Brunswick’s trash and recycling budget is $332,000 for the current fiscal year, with costs around $80 per […]

Director Steven Soderbergh to raise a glass in Maine  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The director of “Erin Brockovich” and the “Ocean’s” trilogy is in Maine to promote his latest project, and it has nothing to do with Hollywood.  Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh is paying his first visit to the Pine Tree State to promote […]

BRUNSWICK — Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s eighth presentation of their 23rd annual Winter Speaker Series: Wireless, Wildlife & You features Cece Doucette, writer and wireless educator. Doucette is standing in for author Blake Levitt. This event takes place in the Morrill Meeting Room of Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick on Wednesday, May 8 at 7 p.m.  According to the […]

A Hollis man has dropped claims he filed against the city of Biddeford and its police chief as part of an ongoing lawsuit alleging he was sexually abused by a former city police officer decades ago.  Bertrand Girard alleged in his lawsuit that former Biddeford police officer Stephen Dodd sexually assaulted him from 1977 to 1982. His lawsuit, which […]

BIDDEFORD — A Biddeford couple accused of beating a woman and holding a knife to her throat is facing aggravated assault charges, and the husband also has been charged with kidnapping.  Aaron Brown, 33, of Biddeford, was arrested and charged with kidnapping and aggravated assault. His wife, Kimberly Marie Vigue-Brown, 31, was charged with criminal […]

LEWISTON — Democrat James Howaniec, a former two-term mayor of Lewiston, is weighing a challenge to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.  Howaniec, a well-known lawyer, said recently his mix of fiscal conservatism and social liberalism give him a shot at unseating the longtime Maine Republican who is considered one of the most vulnerable GOP incumbents in […]

AUGUSTA — A bill that would set Maine on a course to expand pre-kindergarten programs into every school district won unanimous approval Monday from the Legislature’s Education Committee.  But lawmakers also agreed to give school districts more time to develop their programs, setting a deadline of the 2023-24 school year rather than the 2020-21 school […]

LISBON — Lisbon police haven’t found the animal that apparently attacked a family Saturday evening on the town’s walking path. Lisbon Police Chief Marc Hagan said Monday that the investigation has been challenging, in part because more than two hours passed between when the attack happened and when staff at St. Mary’s Hospital in Lewiston […]