BRUNSWICK After being discovered in the back of a book in Duxbury, Mass., the original Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to Col. Joshua Chamberlain has taken a long and circuitous route back to Brunswick. In July, shortly before the town’s annual Chamberlain Days celebration, the Pejepscot Historical Society received a small package from a donor who said he wished […]

TOPSHAM A 17-year-old driver was taken to Maine Medical Center with a head injury Monday afternoon after police say the vehicle she was driving crossed into oncoming traffic on Route 196 and hit a tractor trailer truck. Topsham Police Sgt. Robert Ramsay said police were called to the crash at 4:30 p.m. at 263 Lewiston […]

BATH — A fire reported at about a quarter after seven on Monday evening turned out to be in Bath Iron Works’ new Ultra Hall, located on the shipyard’s south end.  Two fire engines and an ambulance from Bath, as well as a fire unit from BIW responded.  The fire was debris, mostly coveralls and […]

BRUNSWICK An elderly Brunswick woman has died from injuries she sustained when her clothing caught fire, according to the state’s Department of Public Safety. Harriet Soulen, 91, was cooking dinner Sept. 4 when her clothes made contact with the stove in her Beech Drive home and ignited. She received severe burns to much of her arms, hands and […]