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Charges Are Possible Bath police say the 41-year-old man who fired a single shot into the ground at Waterfront Park on Monday, and subsequently refused for an hour to surrender to police, could still face criminal charges. The man was taken to Midcoast Hospital for a...

WCME News 9 is now informed that a single shot was allegedly fired this afternoon at Waterfront Park in Bath by a man now in police custody. No injuries. Details awaited. Stay tuned to Radio 9 WCME. 900AM. Radio9WCME.com....

Radio 9 WCME is doing all we can to help the Midcoast Hunger Prevention Program win a five thousand dollar grant from Bangor Savings Bank. You can help too. And it won't cost  you a dime--not even a penny. You see there is competition for this...

Fifth-graders In the Middle of A Battle After hearing last month from a band of upset parents, the school board in Brunswick has reversed a decision made last year to transfer fifth-graders from Harriet Beecher Stowe School to the junior high school. It's also a move...

Train In Vain   There is no Amtrak Downeaster service today between Brunswick, Freeport and Boston as rail crews continue to work on clearing snow and ice from tracks and take stock of recent storm damage to rail equipment. The Downeaster makes five round trips per day...

It Really Is Very Cold! With both actual temperatures and wind chill factors below zero this morning the National Weather Service posted a wind chill advisory that has now expired. But the concern about cold lingers. And it doesn't appear to be going away anytime soon....

A Gradual Return   Numerous Midcoast school districts, including Brunswick,  MSAD 75 in Topsham, and RSU1 in Bath are on a two-hour delay this morning after multiple days on which schools were shut down during and after the recent storms. Head Start classes are cancelled today in...

The National Weather Service in Gray has now upgraded the winter storm watch issued on the Midcoast for Monday to a warning, and is also upping the snowfall projection--to 5-10 inches, with the likelihood that we will wind up on the high end of that...

More Snow   The National Weather Service now projects anther 8-14 inches of snow for the Midcoast, beginning early tomorrow morning with light snow. It's then expected to intensify at mid-afternoon on Friday. The snowfall is not expected to end until early Saturday morning.   The Workers Win Out The...