HARPSWELL — Following approval from voters at the annual town meeting Saturday, Harpswell selectmen approved a contract with the Maine Department of Transportation which will have the state pay for 50 percent of a ramp and floating pier system at Mitchell Field. The project would add a seasonal floating pier system at the end of […]

The Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee voted unanimously Wednesday to reject a bill that would have required all police in Maine to wear body cameras.  The bill ignited a lively debate earlier this month, when law enforcement officers, even those whose departments use body cameras, testified against the bill. They said it would have […]

 PORTLAND (AP) — GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is signing on as sponsor of a comprehensive nondiscrimination bill, the only Senate Republican to back the LGBT rights movement’s top legislative priority.  Collins said she’s worked throughout her career to end discrimination and that “all Americans deserve a fair opportunity to pursue the American dream.”  […]

HARPSWELL — A Topsham mother says she’s upset and worried about children’s safety after her sons were sent to an isolated “quiet room” in Harpswell Community School when they became “unmanageable.” Kendele Ouellette said her oldest son has been diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and suffers from anxiety. During the last school year his medication had to […]

Rachelle Cliche of Portland has no sympathy for the parents accused by federal officials this weekof bribing and faking their kids’ way into elite colleges. In fact, she’s extremely angry.  “Screw these people and their disregard for what is right and fair,” Cliche, 43, wrote on Facebook. “I have a kid whose GPA is off the […]

BRYANT POND — Fox News host Tucker Carlson dropped plans for a new studio in a tiny western Maine town late Wednesday after the Sun Journal publicized them.  “I can’t have the building now,” Carlson said. “I’m kind of crushed.”  Carlson, who has rented a small space in the basement of the town library where […]

The mother of missing Waterville toddler Ayla Reynolds and her attorney are asking a Cumberland County court for more time to serve the child’s father with a wrongful death lawsuit after efforts to locate Justin DiPietro over the last three months have yielded no results.  The move comes after Trista Reynolds, mother of Ayla Reynolds, filed […]

AUGUSTA — Hundreds of people descended on the state capital Wednesday to testify on a bill that would eliminate nonmedical exemptions that allow parents to opt out of having their children vaccinated against measles and other infectious diseases before entering school.  Hours before the public hearing was to begin, a line snaked out the door […]

BRUNSWICK — A free and expanded Family Resource Fair will be held at the new St. John’s Community Center, located on 43 Pleasant St. in Brunswick, on Saturday, March 30, from 9 a.m. to noon.  “This fair gives people the chance to make connections, whether between a family and a youth group, a volunteer and […]