SEGUIN ISLAND — Just days before volunteers are set begin preparing Seguin Island Light Station for another season of visitors, the power is out on the island. That leaves the coming season of lighthouse tours in the lurch as the organization that owns the island scurries to raise money for a generator. Opening day, normally […]
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Firefighters squelch Bath blaze, fire leaves home inhabitable
BATH — Firefighters from Bath and several surrounding communities fought a fire in the attic of a home at 15 Dummer St. just after 6:30 p.m. Wednesday night. Bath Deputy Fire Chief Chris Cummings said a construction crew had been working on the house and were still at the home when firefighters arrived. So far, he […]
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Dresden duo lead police on pursuit after alleged Walmart theft
BRUNSWICK — Two people who allegedly stole a cartful of Walmart merchandise were arrested Tuesday after police say they led a sheriff’s deputy on a car chase that reached 80 miles per hour. Brunswick Police Cmdr. Mark Waltz said police got a call from Walmart’s loss prevention staff at 6 p.m. Tuesday alleging that two […]
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Appraiser and auctioneer Daniel Buck Soules to give talk on Antiques Roadshow experience in Durham
DURHAM — Daniel Buck Soules has held countless years’ worth of history in his hands. Whenever he comes across a new-to-him antique — a late-1600s bible box, for example— he likes to imagine what the item was like when it was “brand spanking new,” and how excited the original owners must have been about it. […]
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Bath man killed in crash in Hampden Tuesday
HAMPDEN (AP) — Maine State Police have identified a driver whose vehicle veered off I-95, struck trees and burst into flames in Hampden. Officials say the lone occupant of the SUV who died in the crash was 53-year-old Mark Aubut, of Bath. Investigators say other drivers reported seeing his SUV traveling with its emergency flashers […]
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Maine Senate backs bill to extend statute of limitations on sex crimes
AUGUSTA — The Maine Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that would extend the state’s statute of limitations on sexual assaults from eight years to 20 years. The measure, if approved by the House and signed by Gov. Janet Mills, would put Maine more in line with other states’ sex crimes statutes. The Senate passed […]
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Maine wardens find 2 women stranded on remote logging road
Game wardens on Tuesday found two Millinocket women who were stranded Sunday on a remote logging road when their car broke down. Wardens in an aircraft spotted the women standing near their disabled car on Caucomgomac Road in T6 R15 around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. Aprylle Tapley, 40, and her friend, 44-year-old Tammy Michaud, were last […]
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Construction prices that have ‘blown past estimates’ force state to ditch road projects
Critical highway work will be canceled this year as Maine’s transportation agency is priced out of a superheated construction market. The Department of Transportation will cut tens of millions of dollars in projects from its 2019 plan for roadway and bridge work as it struggles with bids from private contractors that are coming in far […]
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‘The best damn party’: Popular trivia show returns to Bath
BATH — Pizza and cookies, local trivia, and a chance to win Gordy the Sloth: “The Return of So You Think you Know Bath” has it all. Back after a three-year hiatus, the game show will be held at Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., on Saturday, May 4. The 5:30-9 p.m. event will have three teams […]
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Federal court rules Aroostook jail must provide inmate with opiate treatment drug
A federal appeals court in Boston on Tuesday upheld a decision requiring the Aroostook County Jail to provide an opiate treatment drug to a Madawaska woman while she serves her 40-day jail sentence there. A three-judge panel affirmed there was no error when U.S. District Judge Nancy Torreson ruled in March that prohibiting Brenda Smith, 35, from […]