Bowdoinham News

Bowdoinham, Maine - With the canoe and boating season getting underway in earnest in Maine, officials with the Maine Marine Patrol are urging people to use caution and common sense before hitting the water.

The Coast Guard says one of its helicopters was used Saturday evening in the search.

The Maine Marine Patrol and U.S. Coast Guard are searching today for a missing canoeist in the Cathance River in Bowdoinham.

A Wales man has been arrested and a Lewiston man is sought by police after a burglary earlier this month that was interrupted by a homeowner, according to the Sagadahoc County Sheriff's Department.

Democratic lawmakers say a Republican bill that calls for reducing state income tax rates would shift the tax burden to Maine cities and towns.