In Brunswick, the arrest of a man on a charge of aggravated cruelty to animals, after complaints about the treatment of a year-old black labrador mix named Buddy. 29-year-old Robert LaChance is said to have repeatedly struck and thrown the dog against a wall in late...
Breaking from Radio 9 WCME: Texas Republican senator Ted Cruz has won the Maine Republican caucus, scoring what some observers view as a significant upset against Donald Trump. The Cruz win may also be seen as a setback for Governor LePage, who had endorsed Trump. Maine Democrats caucus...
From WCME News 9: Racially-charged controversy at Bowdoin College where two members of student government--Duncan Cannon and Clare McInerney are facing impeachment for attending a fiesta-themed party where sombreros were worn--something that some on campus found to be racially offensive. The two students are charged with violating...
Breaking from WCME News 9: State police have charged five Midcoast teen-age boys, one of whom is a 17-year-old from Brunswick, whose name is being withheld because of his age, in a vandalism spree that left behind several thousand dollars in damage to homes where windows...
Freeport's top two public safety officials have announced retirement plans at the same moment. Police Chief Jerry Schofield, a police officer in Freeport for almost 40 years, will step down at the end of the month while Fire Chief Darrel Fournier will stay on his...
In Brunswick, two men have been sent to hospitals with injuries not considered to be life-threatening after an apparent accidental shooting now under investigation. Police say they were called to a residence at 8 Guadalcanal Drive, where a gathering was undrway, and where a 29-year-old...
In Bath, police are investigating the death of a 70-year-old woman struck and killed by an SUV on Washington Street near King Street. The woman, an employee of Bath Iron Works, whose name is being withheld while police attempt to notify her relatives, was an...
A notable expansion at Bowdoin College, which announces a new center for the study of the environment--aimed at bringing faculty from numerous academic disciplines together to encourage collaboration and creativity in teaching on the environment. This center will be in a new building at the corner...
State police have now arrested the boyfriend of 22-year-old Chelsea Jones, the woman from Thomaston shot to death in the parking lot of Bath Shopping Center in mid-November. 23-year-old Dylan Grubbs, also of Thomaston, was picked up at his home after his indictment by a...
In Augusta, a renewed debate about whether some doctors practice medicine defensively and about whether injured patients can successfully sue for damages. Republican state representative Deborah Sanderson of Chelsea is pushing a plan that she says could lower health care costs, improve outcomes and make...