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The National Weather service has issued a FLOOD WARNING until 3:30 this afternoon for northwest Sagadahoc County, including the Topsham and Bowdoin areas, for northeast Lincoln County, for all of Androscoggin County, and for northwest Cumberland County--not including Brunswick and Freeport. In addition, a less intensive...

Breaking news from WCME: In Penobscot County, sheriffs deputies have now released the name of the 61-year-old man from Lisbon who died late Saturday when the all-terrain vehicle he was driving in Corinna slid down an embankment and rolled over on him. Thomas Hughes was pronounced dead...

In Brunswick, concern about recent overt expressions of racism. Town council chair Sarah Brayman tells the council that new Bowdoin College president Clayton Rose convened a meeting which she and other town officials attended--a meeting in the aftermath of incidents in which people in cars...

At the Pentagon, they are considering the possible cancellation of construction of the U-S-S Lyndon B. Johnson, the last of three Zumwalt-class destroyers, being built at Bath Iron Works, and already more than 40 percent complete. Bloomberg News say it's a question to be reviewed...

After an earlier private service, there has now been a very public goodbye to the late and longtime LL Bean executive Leon Gorman. He was remembered at a memorial service in Westbrook for his efforts to preserve land for conservation and his work on behalf...

A threat from Governor LePage to give major regulatory power over water back to the federal environmental protection agency would likely result in long delays in water permitting. So says Ken Moraff, the director of the agency's water quality office. The governor is frustrated by...

It's only September 8, but we already know the name of Brunswick's next at-large town councilor. In January, community activist Alison Harris will replace John Richardson, who is leaving the council. Harris is the only one of two potential candidates to be certified as having gained...

This is the day of the closing of the walk-in clinic at Parkview Hospital in Brunswick, a move announced late in August just a few days after court approval of Parkview's merger with Mid  Coast Hospital. To accommodate the additional patients requiring services, the Mid...