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BATH — Muddy Ruckus, a Portland-based "power duo," performs at the Chocolate Church Arts Center on Saturday, Feb. 1. The 804 Washington St. show runs from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Tickets, which cost $15 in advance or $18 at the door, can be purchased...

NEW GLOUCESTER — The Royal River Conservation Trust hosts its ninth annual Pisgah Hill Full Moon Trek on Saturday, Feb. 8. The 4-7 p.m. mountain-top, moon-rise trek takes place at the Pisgah Hill Preserve, 74 Dougherty Road in New Gloucester, near t...

Arrests 1/20 at 8:44 p.m. Henry Doyle, 19, of Middle Street, Lisbon Falls, was arrested on a warrant by Sgt. Robert Ramsay on Middle Street. Summonses 1/13 at 12:23 a.m. Nicole Mannix, 38, of West Brule Street, Lewiston, was issued a summons by Officer Jo...

Arrests 1/14 at 11:21 p.m. Lynn Galvan, 54, of Meadow Way, was arrested by Officer John Dietlin on Washington Street on charges of violation of condition of release and refusing to sign a summons. Summonses 1/19 Christina Baker, 22, of West Point Road, Ph...

The novel's copyright is set to expire at the end of 2020, meaning anyone will be allowed to publish the book or make it into a movie, opera or Broadway musical....

Matt Troiano says he was...

Chinese health authorities are urging people in the city of Wuhan to avoid crowds and public gatherings....

His family said he died "after a long, extremely brave but always good humored battle with a rare form of dementia."...

Wildlife officials have confirmed that a coyote that attacked a family Monday in Exeter, New Hampshire, had rabies....

Community meal Thursday, Jan. 23, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Macaroni and cheese, $5. Chowder luncheon Friday, Jan. 24, and every Friday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave....

Shannon Dupree was arrested for violating bail conditions....

South Korea prohibits transgender people from joining the military but has no specific laws on what to do with those who have sex reassignment operations during their time in service....

How's the weather looking for your Wednesday? Get your latest Maine's Total Weather video forecast from Meteorologist Ted McInerney....

EPPING, N. H. (AP) -- Police in New Hampshire say a driver has been charged with reckless conduct and second-degree assault in connection with a Route 101 crash into a tanker truck that spilled over 5,000 gallons of fuel. The crash in Epping caused the ta...

EPPING, N. H. (AP) -- Police in New Hampshire say a driver has been charged with reckless conduct and second-degree assault in connection with a Route 101 crash into a tanker truck that spilled over 5,000 gallons of fuel. The crash in Epping caused the ta...

ROCKLAND, Maine (BDN) -- A Bangor-based subcontractor has filed a lawsuit against another contractor and the Mid-Coast School of Technology to recover payment for electrical work the company says it performed during the school's recent overhaul. Gener...

ROCKLAND, Maine (BDN) -- A Bangor-based subcontractor has filed a lawsuit against another contractor and the Mid-Coast School of Technology to recover payment for electrical work the company says it performed during the school's recent overhaul. Gener...

(BDN) -- The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday dismissed a 15-year-old boy's lawsuit alleging that he was illegally incarcerated at the state's youth prison because the state took four months to find a psychiatric treatment facility for him....

(BDN) -- The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday dismissed a 15-year-old boy's lawsuit alleging that he was illegally incarcerated at the state's youth prison because the state took four months to find a psychiatric treatment facility for him....

The abuse accusations are from the 90s when Bruce McInnes was choirmaster at a New York City school....

ELLSWORTH, Maine (BDN) -- A Hancock County man whom police had cited four hours earlier after a fight outside a city bar was arrested early Sunday after he allegedly assaulted the emergency room nurse who was treating him for his injuries. Brian A. Jones,...

ELLSWORTH, Maine (BDN) -- A Hancock County man whom police had cited four hours earlier after a fight outside a city bar was arrested early Sunday after he allegedly assaulted the emergency room nurse who was treating him for his injuries. Brian A. Jones,...

RUMFORD (SUN JOURNAL) -- A Wilton woman accused of commandeering a Jeep with three children inside it last fall was arrested in Rumford on Tuesday afternoon on a warrant for violating bail. Shannon Lee Dupree, 42, was taken into custody by the Maine State...

RUMFORD (SUN JOURNAL) -- A Wilton woman accused of commandeering a Jeep with three children inside it last fall was arrested in Rumford on Tuesday afternoon on a warrant for violating bail. Shannon Lee Dupree, 42, was taken into custody by the Maine State...

The 6-year-old girl was at a Scouts meeting learning how to stop, drop and roll when she saw and smelled the smoke....

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- A proposal in Maine would stop insurance companies from mandating waiting periods between children's dental treatments. Democratic State Sen. Heather Sanborn of Portland was expected to introduce the new rule for a public hearin...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- A proposal in Maine would stop insurance companies from mandating waiting periods between children's dental treatments. Democratic State Sen. Heather Sanborn of Portland was expected to introduce the new rule for a public hearin...

The president should understand that a preordained judgment of 'not guilty' isn't much of one at all....

The toddler scored a 142 on the Stanford-Binet IQ test, placing him in the 99.7th percentile, his mother said....

As the debate continued into the early hours of Wednesday morning, tempers increasingly began to flare....

At a special council meeting last Monday evening, Jan. 13, John Winslow and I presented information to the Falmouth Town Council to assist them in deciding a start date for a town-wide property tax revaluation. I would like to thank the council for their ...

The New York Times provided lessons in both journalism and television Sunday night, by way of bad examples. First: If a newspaper believes in making political endorsements it shouldn't balk when a tough call comes along, leaving voters more mystified ...

Portland is getting a new Mexican-Salvadoran restaurant, and Ada's holds a grand opening....

Portland students receive free books through literacy nonprofit The Portland Public Schools recently partnered with Reading Is Fundamental, a national children's literacy nonprofit, to provide free books to the district's fourth and fifth graders ...

The state is encouraging people to switch to copper ammunition, and Mainers should listen....

LD 1645, "An Act To Create Affordable Workforce and Senior Housing and Preserve Affordable Rural Housing," is a bipartisan bill carried over from last year and is being considered by the Legislature. It would fund a $20 million annual affordable h...

Congratulations to the Falmouth Town Council for resolving on Jan. 13 to join the Earth Day Network. Falmouth has benefited hugely from Earth Day, which launched the environmental movement and marks its 50th anniversary on April 22, 2020. In 1970, bald ea...

I attended the rally for Scarborough teachers during the Jan. 2 School Board meeting and it was clear that Scarborough teachers felt dishonored and ignored. One of the factors contributing to these feelings was the School Board's insistence that the p...

Foley's Fitness Center celebrates new facility on Haigis Parkway After years of planning and a summer of construction, Foley's Fitness Center held its grand opening on Jan. 11, with more than 200 people marking the event at 33 Haigis Parkway. Visi...

U.S. presidential candidates Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren got into a fight this week. Warren reported that Sanders had, in a 2018 meeting, told her that he didn't believe a woman could win over President Trump in the 2020 election. Sander...

This is the fourth part of our series this month on business issues we need to keep an eye on as we chart our course to 2030. Please look back at previous columns this month for the myriad of topics already covered, or contact the Southern Midcoast Maine ...

NEW HIRES RE/MAX Shoreline hired Alex Kappelman as an agent in its Portland office. Kappelman purchased his first rental property in 2014 and continues to invest in real estate in southern Maine. PROMOTIONS Cherie Phillips was promoted to operations manag...

If shipyard managers want productivity to rise and labor-hour costs to fall, they should look to the Golden Rule....

As an environmentalist and a climate change activist, I take issue with John Balentine's simplified argument in "CMP line poses dilemma for environmentalists4; (Jan. 17). He stated, "I reluctantly support the line because I support clean hy...

PORTLAND — The Portland Public Schools and national nonprofit Reading Is Fundamental have teamed up to provide free books to the district's fourth- and fifth-graders through RIF's Books for Ownership program. The program, which provided clos...

The Portland 2020 photography exhibit will be shown through April 4....