BATH — The National Marine Fisheries Service on Tuesday listed Atlantic sturgeon in the Gulf of Maine — and the Kennebec River — as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act. The service will now develop regulations to protect the fish. In addition to listing the Gulf of Maine sturgeon as threatened, federal fisheries […]

BRUNSWICK — Following a talk from activist and author Barbara Ehrenreich at Bowdoin College last week, the conversation about poverty continues in Brunswick. Karen Parker, program manager at Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program, took part in a discussion group about Ehrenreich’s book, “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America,” on Tuesday afternoon at Little […]

HARPSWELL — The Harpswell Board of Selectmen tonight will consider adding to the March 10 ballot a ranked-choice strawpoll referendum about future uses of the vacant West Harpswell School building. If approved as written, the non- binding referendum question would give voters the chance to rank four options for how they would like to see the […]

TOPSHAM — Topsham police continue to investigate a burglary involving prescription medications taken from a home on Bunny Lane on Jan. 25. Lt. Christopher Lewis said an intruder forced his or her way into the home while no one was home between morning and early afternoon. The burglar took an unknown amount of prescription drugs. Lewis […]