TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen will meet tonight to review six fireworks-related draft ballot questions that will go to Topsham voters at the polls June 12. The meeting will start at 7 p.m. at the municipal building, 100 Main St. A new state law legalized the sale and use of consumer fireworks as of Jan. […]

BRUNSWICK — The beginning of the end of an era started Wednesday under the arc of a plasma cutter at Bath Iron Works when construction began on the shipyard’s third and final DDG 1000 destroyer. Adm. Jonathan Greenert, the Navy’s chief of naval operations, who was at BIW on Wednesday with U.S. Sen. Susan Collins to […]

A Traveling Math Museum, created by Laura Waite’s sixth grade math students at Brunswick Junior High School, is on exhibit at the Mid Coast Senior Health Center, 58 Baribeau Drive. Students constructed models that demonstrate a variety of geometric terms. The exhibit, much of which hangs from the ceiling, will be on display through April […]

WISCASSET — The interior of a Route 1 carwash was destroyed Wednesday morning when a car inside caught fire. Wiscasset EMS Director Roland Abbott said no one was hurt in the blaze, which was reported at 8:08 a.m. Abbott said considerable flames could be seen coming from the building when fire crews arrived and that the […]

DURHAM — Durham will hold a municipal election Friday in the Durham Community School gymnasium. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters are asked to enter the gym from the town office side of the school. There are no contested races for any elected positions, and no candidates are on the ballot […]

RICHMOND — Following voter action on warrant articles determining the town’s 2012-13 municipal budget at Tuesday night’s annual town meeting, Richmond’s finance director said Wednesday that a budget of $2,630,308 was adopted. Laurie Boucher, Richmond’s finance director, wrote in an email to The Times Record that the new figure represents a $100,275 increase from the 2011-12 […]

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Downtown Association’s first Eat • Brunswick Week runs from Monday through April 15. “Brunswick’s many wonderful restaurants and culinary businesses are true assets to the region and have helped to make our downtown a destination,” Stephanie Slocum, Brunswick Downtown Association (BDA) executive director, said in a release about the event. “We […]

BATH — A 40-year-old Lisbon man who police say has “a long history of violent behavior” remains in Two Bridges Regional Jail today after Bath police say he assaulted and threatened officers during an arrest Tuesday night. Thomas G. Coffill III, 40, of Lisbon, was charged with assault, terrorizing, refusing to submit to arrest and criminal […]

BRUNSWICK — The Maine chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will sponsor a free Family-to-Family Education Program specifically for families of people diagnosed with mental illness. The 12-week series of classes will begin on May 8 in Brunswick. Advance registration is required. The course will cover information about schizophrenia, the mood disorders […]