Kittery News

A Rockingham County Superior Court judge has denied a request that would have lowered the cash bail amounts being used to hold two U.S. Navy sailors accused of severely beating a former Kittery town councilor.

The Planning Board on Thursday night granted final site review approval to the renovation and upgrade of the Department of Public Works garage, offices and salt shed.

Reporting from York, Maine -- The obituary in the York Weekly was heartbreaking.

A new Building Committee is being built. The group will tasked with overseeing the completion of new construction at Shapleigh Middle School and Mitchell Primary School has three slots set aside for residents, one for a town councilor and one for a member of the School Committee, two administrators for the district and three teachers.

Navy Capt. Bryant Fuller has been tapped to serve as the next commander of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

Both were charged with a violation of the transient sellers act for going door-to-door without proper licensing, which is a Class C misdemeanor.

He has been reassigned to the U.S. Embassy in Kigali, Rwanda where he will be the military attache.

Maine's sand beaches bring about $500 million of new money into the state each year and support some 8,000 jobs, but the beach economy could be put in jeopardy because of the rising sea level.

Nashua Firefighter Cory Farrar plays the bagpipe during convention opening ceremonies.

State transportation officials have prohibited trucks weighing greater than 20 tons from traveling across the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge due to severe deterioration in the support structure.

4:26 p.m. - Investigated a two-vehicle accident on Route 236. A wrecker was required for one of the vehicles, but no injuries were reported.

Upright bassist Nat Baldwin's musical innovation has put him on a platform that continues to steadily rise.

Saying, "I'm an independent thinker, and I see what needs to be done," state Rep.

KITTERY, Maine - The town's hopes of securing funding for a stretch of roadway were dashed by what one town official called a "bureaucratic nightmare." Town Manager Jon Carter said he's frustrated with a process that seems almost certain to leave an 85-foot stretch between the traffic circle and the ongoing Route 1 construction project unfinished.

Breast cancer has touched many on the Seacoast, and a group of local women have committed to do their part in the fight against the disease.

Investigated the theft of a projector from Traip Academy on Williams Avenue. 3:15 p.m. - Arrested Sigourney Demers, 19, of 37 Settlers Way, Dracut, Mass., and charged her with theft by receiving stolen property.

The Navy has set aside nearly $20 million for a repair project at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

AUGUSTA : The Maine Department of Transportation will close two rest areas along I-95 in Pittsfield on Wednesday, June 17, and privatize the custodial services at five other rest areas along I-95 and I-295, all of which will remain open.

The recent decision to remove the wind turbine at the Kittery transfer station because of woeful underperformance is a cautionary tale for our times.

Stephen Canty's high school graduation was no less sweet 33 years later. Canty, who dropped out of high school more than three decades ago and pursued careers in music and dolphin training throughout his life, returned in a blue cap and gown to receive his General Educational Development degree at the Kittery adult education program graduation at ...