BRUNSWICK To fund their opposition to a train maintenance facility near their homes, a group of west Brunswick residents has begun a direct public appeal for donations. The plea went out by email Wednesday, signed by Brunswick West Neighborhood Coalition president Dan Sullivan. In the solicitation, Sullivan urges people to attend a Sept. 26 public […]

BATH A man who has led the charge in the public demand for details in the city’s sale of the former Bath Memorial Hospital is guilty, in part, of being “from away,” a fellow resident charged Wednesday night. Amidst exchanges between City Council loyalist Wayne Cappen and Michael Wischkaemper, however, the council managed to conduct […]

BRUNSWICK At rates of speed peaking at about 35 miles per hour, Brunswick officer Dan Sylvain quickly turned the car left, then right through a narrow lane between cones. Accelerating, he sped to the next set of cones, slipping through the serpentine formation, then whipped through the next obstacle weaving to simulate quick lane changes, […]

BRUNSWICK A 37-year-old man suffered serious cuts in an apparent stabbing on Cushing Street on Wednesday night, according to police. Brunswick police received a call at 6 p.m. reporting a fight in the middle of Cushing Street in front of the Beverage Rack. “When we got here, we found a 37-year-old man behind the building […]

WOOLWICH — The Woolwich selectboard has set the new mil rate for the 2013-14 tax year at $13.80 per thousand dollars in valuation. That represents a dollar more per thousand than last year’s mil rate, which the town blamed on increased school, county and town costs, coupled with decreases in state revenue sharing. “We were […]

Arrest Terrell Edgerton, 31, of 1 Cedar St., Brunswick, was arrested Aug. 21 at 8:30 p.m. on U.S. Route 1 and charged with leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident and illegal attachment of registration plates.

BOWDOINHAM A Bowdoinham man who in recent days has generated several disturbance complaints to the Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department, was subdued Wednesday morning after he allegedly became involved in a “wrestling match” with a corporal while trespassing at a downtown store near his home. Chief Deputy Brett Strout said the sheriff ’s department was […]

WISCASSET Misty Parker will continue to serve as the town’s planner. Following Wednesday morning’s recount of the Sept. 10 vote on the planning department budget, the $75,968 budget passed again — by the original single vote. The recount vote is 355-353, with one ballot in question, Town Clerk Christine Wolfe reported Wednesday. Bob Blagden and […]