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 […]
2012
Three miles and 300 years: A local family’s roots
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 […]
Marie Theresa Mallon
BRUNSWICK — Marie Theresa Mallon, age 86 of Chamberlain Ave., passed away Saturday, March 24, 2012 after an extended battle with Alzheimer’s Disease at Winship Green Center in Bath. She was born in Philadelphia, PA on November 22, 1925, the daughter of Sarah McIntyre. She attended St. Anne’s School and the John W. Hallahan Catholic […]
Frances C. Harkness
BATH — Frances C. Harkness, 83, died Saturday, March 24, 2012, at home in Bath. [email protected]
Sandra Jean Reed
BATH — Sandra Jean Reed, 63, died Sunday, March 25, 2012, at her residence in Bath. [email protected]
Skateboard innovator Larry Stevenson dies
LOS ANGELES — Larry Stevenson, a skateboard maker who helped take the sport from an early 1960s kid’s gimmick often compared to the hula hoop to a respectable and eventually professional sport on par with surfing, has died. Stevenson died at age 81 on Sunday at Ronald Reagan-UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, his son Curt […]
Bath council mulls plan to replace pipe
BATH — The Bath City Council will hold a workshop Thursday evening to discuss how — and if — they will address stormwater drainage issues in the Richardson Street area. The area includes portions of the Hyde School property, several of the Pine Hill Condominiums and Eco-Village One subdivision. It drains into the system and has […]
Freeport Police
Arrests Wendell F. Cressey, 49, of 9 Douglas Drive, Hebron, March 17, 11:58 a.m., charged with violating a condition of release and operating after a license suspension, on Durham Road and Grant Road. Eric Faulkingham, 32, of 16 Pinecone Drive, Old Orchard, March 10, 12:46 a.m., charged with theft by receiving stolen property, on U.S. […]
Sixth-graders propose adding basketball court at Mt. Ararat Middle School
TOPSHAM — In addition to voting to retire professional baseball player and Mt. Ararat High School graduate Mark Rogers’ high school jersey and changing the status of the high school’s girls ice hockey club to a varsity team, the School Administrative District 75 board considered a special basketball court project request from a group of seven […]