The Coast Guard says boaters need to be aware of the dangers associated with spring-like weather and winter-like water temperatures.
March 2012
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Proposal would allow government staff to ban new drugs through rule making
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers usually face emergency bills to make some new hallucinogenic drug illegal under state law. Under a proposal before the legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, such drugs could be outlawed through rule-making by state government staff.
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HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS: Johnson back in Bulldogs’ dugout
Hall-Dale High School athletic director Tim Johnson gets the itch every spring to get back into the dugout and coach.
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Village Soup has Rockland buyer
The owner of The Free Press in Rockland said Monday that he has signed a letter of intent to buy the assets of Village Net Media, publisher of the Courier Gazette, Camden Herald, Republican Journal, Capital Weekly, and Bar Harbor Times.
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Winslow to help rope business pursue grant for expansion
WINSLOW — Town councilors voiced unanimous support Monday to pursue grant money for a major rope manufacturer in town.
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Rapist sent to prison for 15 years
AUGUSTA — A man will spend the next 15 years in prison for a drunken late night sexual attack on a neighbor whose husband had just left for work.
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Hallowell vs. Augusta utility cost exceeds $100K
AUGUSTA — As the city of Hallowell and the Greater Augusta Utility District head toward a court battle over sewer rates, legal costs have already amounted to more than $100,000 combined for the two.
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SNAPSHOT:Sweet spot
Mark Fenderson, right, chats with Austin Moore while waiting for sap to evaporate Monday in the sugar shack that Fenderson maintains with his friends in Whitefield. Hilton Head Farm jars about 100 gallons of syrup and should be able to yield that much this year despite mild weather, according to Fenderson. The sap is running, […]
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SNAPSHOT: On a roll
Dwight Babcock, of Chelsea, retrieves a streamer Monday while fly fishing for Brown Trout in Cobbossee Stream in Gardiner. Babcock said he had only a few strikes but was excited to be standing in moving water before the arrival of spring.
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Supreme Court finds for Freeport in dispatch dispute
FREEPORT — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has found in favor of the town and denied an injunction sought by residents who opposed outsourcing emergency dispatch services to the town of Brunswick in 2010.