BRUNSWICK Following weeks of construction, College Street will reopen to through-traffic at the end of the work day Friday, the Brunswick Public Works Department announced Thursday. According to the announcement, the final top course paving from South Campus Drive to Sills Drive is not complete yet and several sidewalk areas remain to be paved, as […]

RICHMOND The Friends of Merrymeeting Bay is offering a historical tour of Swan Island Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jay Robbins, Friends of Swan Island president, will lead the tour to the unique, isolated island nature reserve managed by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Robbins is also is president of […]

BRUNSWICK — Brunswick High School will host the Mid-Coast College Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 24, from 6-8 p.m. at 116 Maquoit Road. The school’s counseling department organized the fair, at which more than 115 post-secondary institutions from across the country and Canada will be represented. The fair is free and open to parents and students […]

BATH A school resource officer is back on the job this year at Morse High School, and he’s been busy lately with alleged drugs and weapons infractions. Officer Ted Raedel on Wednesday charged a 15-yearold girl with aggravated furnishing of a schedule Z drug, after she allegedly tried to give another 15-year-old girl one of […]

LISBON In addition to voting to place a $1 million bond to purchase and demolish the old Worumbo Mill before voters by a referendum vote Nov. 5, the Lisbon Town Council Tuesday also decided to put two more referendum questions before voters that day regarding two other bonds totaling $2.4 million. The council voted 6-1 […]

AUGUSTA — The municipalities of Freeport, Vassalboro, Hope, Jackman and Carrabassett Valley were recognized for producing the highest-quality Annual Reports, during recent judging held at Maine Municipal Association. MMA’s Annual Report Competition, which has been held for 50 years, recognizes municipalities for producing reports for their citizens that have excellent content, are well organized and […]

BATH Andrew Omo, executive chef of Linda Bean’s Perfect Maine in Freeport, joins the lineup of chefs participating in Spectrum Generations first Meals on Wheels Celebrity Challenge, a benefit dining event being held on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at the scenic Maine Maritime Museum in Bath, starting at 5:15 p.m. Top chefs from coastal and central […]

The Department of Defense announced the deaths of soldiers in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Staff Sgt. Robert E. Thomas Jr., 24, of Fontana, Calif., died Sept. 13, at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of wounds suffered during a non-combat related incident on April 21, 2013, in Maiwand, Afghanistan. He was assigned […]

WASHINGTON — The American Legion has issued its report on the quality of health care for women veterans at 15 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers across the country. Key findings of the Legion’s report include the fact that many former women servicemembers do not identify themselves as veterans, many VA medical centers lack […]