BRUNSWICK — Kestrel Aircraft Co. is negotiating with development officials in Superior, Wis., to create 300 to 600 jobs initially envisioned for Maine, a local redevelopment official confirmed today. Steve Levesque, executive director of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, said today that Kestrel founder Alan Klapmeier confirmed a story in the Duluth (Minn.) News Tribune […]

BRUNSWICK — Presented annually — except this year — by the Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber of Commerce’s Military Community Council, the Joshua Chamberlain Award has officially recognized a local individual “ whose activities have served to build upon the close relationship and the understanding existing between the military and civilian components of the community.” The […]

TOPSHAM — For the last 25 years, Robert “Ki” Owen has served as the American Legion Department Service Officer in Maine — striving to connect veterans returning from combat with service providers who can help prevent the transition from war to civilian life from becoming a living hell. Along with his assistant, Owen is one […]

Sometimes it takes a death. Sometimes it takes four deaths: a mother, her two children and the man who killed them and then killed himself. The deaths of Amy, Monica and Coty Lake at the hands of their husband and father, Steven Lake, may be the tragedy that brings major reform to how the criminal […]

We started off the year without a home for the Santa Claus Fund. Then the Access Self Storage Company in Topsham came to our rescue. From the new North Pole Annex that Access Self Storage made available to us, the Santa Claus Fund began our program of offering help to children who were less fortunate […]

RICHMOND — A box truck driver who failed to notice a low-clearance sign on a railroad trestle bridge on Route 24 struck the bridge Wednesday afternoon, damaging the truck but leaving the bridge unscathed. Driver Glenn Dakin, 54, of Monmouth, told police he was distracted by his GPS as he drove northbound on Route 24 […]

The Topsham Planning Board is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the municipal building at 100 Main St. The only item on the meeting agenda is consideration of Lee Toyota’s request for an additional 25 percent increase in signage. The board also is scheduled to hold a workshop on the town’s sign ordinance.

BATH — The following cases were closed in Sagadahoc County Superior Court between May 1 and May 31. David Spellman, 51, of Westbrook, May 4, 2010, protective order from harassment violation, jail 364 days; stalking — serious inconvenience or emotional distress, jail four years; in separate incident April 14, 2010, stalking — serious inconvenience or […]

Patten Free Library received a grant from the Alfred M. Senter Fund to purchase six iPads for use in an early literacy program. Beginning in February, library staff will offer small, supervised classes to preschoolers and their parents. Registration for the classes begins Jan. 11. “ We’re so excited by the opportunities that this generous […]