BATH — A film series is part of the plan to raise money for restoration and maintenance of the aging Winter Street Center. The 880 Washington St. building, formerly the Winter Street Congregational Church, is home to the Dreamland Movie Theater and other uses. The theater, in the annex of the 1843 Gothic Revival building, shows […]

Composer and pianist Paul Sullivan performs March 20 for the Freeport Historical Society’s “Spring Serenade” fundraiser at the Freeport Community Center. Nearly 100 people enjoyed a silent auction and the performance by Sullivan, a Maine resident who is known for his work as a soloist, as part of a jazz trio and with the Grammy […]

BRUNSWICK — Filling a projected $1.97 million budget gap could cost six municipal employees their jobs, according to Town Manager Gary Brown. Brown, acting on a Town Council mandate to prepare four spending scenarios, began notifying employees last week. In addition to the six positions targeted in Brown’s initial budget proposal, several others would be […]

TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen voted March 18 to send a proposed code of conduct, as well as code changes related to Town Meeting, to an April 1 public hearing. The Government Improvement Committee met with the board in a workshop March 1 to discuss tweaks to both documents, which are part of a report […]

BRUNSWICK — In September 2008, the Coastal Humane Society experienced one of its darkest moments when the state Department of Health and Human Services ordered a two-month quarantine of all its animals until it eradicated an outbreak of a ringworm fungus. Lisa Smith, a spokeswoman for the Range Road organization, said the episode was a […]

SCARBOROUGH — Dozens of people turned out for the Scarborough Buy Local kick-off event Tuesday evening. The new campaign aims to encourage consumers to purchase goods and services from locally owned businesses, and help create connections between those businesses. “We wanted to put a bunch of entrepreneurial types in a room and see what they […]

TOPSHAM — School Administrative District 75 is hoping to build a budget for next year that is almost 5 percent smaller than the current spending plan. The district budgeted $36.25 million for fiscal 2010. But Superintendent of Schools Mike Wilhelm said a $1.5 million decline in state aid next year, plus other smaller drops in revenue, […]

BATH — The Bath Country Club, which is being foreclosed on by Savings Bank of Maine, will be up for auction on April 13. Joe Waites of Minerva Consulting LLC of Georgia is helping the bank with various loan workouts and has been appointed as receiver for the club. He said on Tuesday that the club […]