BATH — Patten Free Library is providing expanded hours on Saturdays and new equipment for patrons who use the library’s computers and the wireless Internet system.Patten Free Library is now open three hours longer on Saturdays: The new schedule will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., through Memorial Day. After Memorial Day, the library will resume […]

WISCASSET I n a wooded area behind a camouflage clad guard holding an assault rifle, dozens of hulking casks packed with radioactive waste rest on concrete pads — relics of the shuttered nuclear plant that once powered the region and made this fishing town feel rich. In the 17 years since Maine Yankee began dismantling […]

WESTPORT ISLAND — A public recognition for the 9-year-old Westport Island boy who reported finding a safe in the Sheepscot River last month is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday morning, near his home, at 7 Edwin Drive.Jarrett Pinkham will receive gifts, and possibly a letter of commendation from Gov. Paul LePage, according to John Bott,  […]

BATH Potential catastrophic failures in Regional School Unit 1 buildings are of “great concern,” the school unit’s facilities director said Thursday night. Dave Richards spoke during an RSU 1 Board of Directors workshop at Morse High School, where a large chunk of the estimated $5 million in renovations is earmarked. The board will decide whether […]

PORTLAND An indicator of the Gulf of Maine shrimp population has fallen to its lowest level on record, raising questions about whether the fishery should be shut down this coming winter. This summer’s shrimp index was at its lowest point since the annual trawl survey began in 1984, said Maggie Hunter, a scientist with the […]

On Oct. 1, Maine will begin to enroll people into health care plans through insurance exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act. Enrollment will continue through March 2014, and those enrolled by then will begin their new coverage in January 2014. Who needs the insurance exchanges? Not everyone, nor even a majority, will be involved […]

BRUNSWICK School Board Facilities and Maintenance subcommittee members Monday will discuss updates to elementary and junior high school renovation plans, continue its consideration of where to locate a new bus garage, and a draft proposal regarding enrollment increases. Portland-based PDT Architects will present the committee with its updated recommendation of whether to rehabilitate the aging […]