The state has spent millions of dollars to prop up the Old Town pulp mill while steadily fining the mill’s owner for ongoing pollution. And now the biggest fine ever is imminent. The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting has learned that the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is preparing to slap a $497,000 […]

As Regional School Unit 1 begins to grapple with the approximately $1 million budget gap Superintendent Patrick Manuel announced in December, administrators have created an online survey to garner input from residents of the district’s five communities about their priorities for the 2012-13 budget. Participants are asked to rank the following priorities: “Retain current number […]

A West Bath woman was taken to a Brunswick hospital Tuesday after swerving to avoid a deer in the road, according to the Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department. The crash was reported at 5:34 p.m. Lt. Calvin Temple said Rachel Moroney, 54, of 19 Northwood Road, West Bath, was driving a 1999 Honda Civic east […]

Arrests Joy Spaulding, 22, of 1 Ware Road, Freeport, Jan. 7, 2:04 p.m., charged with displaying a fictitious inspection sticker and sale and use of drug paraphernalia, on Interstate 295 south. Peggi J. Connors, 37, of 266 Foye Road, Wiscasset, Jan. 7, 10:48 a.m., charged with leaving the scene of a property damage accident, on […]

A Woolwich driver rearended another vehicle while passing by the scene of a separate accident along Route 1 in Edgecomb on Monday. According to a report from Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett, Herbert W. Geroux, 76, of Woolwich, was unable to stop his 2009 Volkswagen Beetle in time to avoid rear-ending a 1993 Dodge driven […]

A wetland restoration project on Maquoit Stream in Brunswick was awarded a portion of $ 2.4 million in funds from a state conservation program. According to an announcement released Monday by the Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program, the project will restore a wetland that will serve as a habitat for migratory fish and birds, including […]

Working smoke detectors in a four-apartment complex on Perryman Drive alerted residents Wednesday night to a fire in a second- floor bathroom. Firefighters from five communities responded just before 9:30 p.m. to 9 Perryman Drive where the occupant of one of the apartments reported heavy smoke in the apartment, Deputy Chief Don Koslosky of the […]

Officials in Regional School Unit 12 hope changes to the eight-town district’s funding formula might quell Wiscasset voters’ desire to explore splitting from the pack. In a Nov. 8 vote, Wiscasset voted 917 to 220 in favor of exploring the town’s options to withdraw from the district that formed in 2009 as a part of […]