Grateful mom brews support for Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital BRUNSWICK — Five years ago, Cook’s Corner Cumberland Farms manager Jen Anderson had no explanation for her daughter’s intense stomach pain. Late one night, the worried mother drove her 15- year- old daughter from their Richmond home for a local checkup, but still there were no answers. […]

BATH — Reducing the scope of the district’s pre-kindergarten program and eliminating foreign language instruction at Bath Middle School and Woolwich Central School are among $468,000 in cuts proposed by Regional School Unit 1 Superintendent Patrick Manuel as part of a 2012-13 budget that would trigger an average property tax rate increase of 2.51 percent for […]

AUGUSTA — Maine’s secretary of state has recommended doubling the number of supervised hours a driver with a permit must log before obtaining a driver’s license, and more than tripling the minimum fine for texting while driving. In a report to the Legislature’s Transportation Committee, Secretary of State Charlie Summers also suggested that anyone younger than […]

TOPSHAM — I am pleased and proud to be able to share the history of one of my family bloodlines that has not only played a significant role in my life but also that of an entire region of Maine. This story is about a family named Giveen and their impact along the Mid-coast region. The […]