BATH The City Council will hold a public forum to discuss what critics say was the hidden sale of a city-owned building for less than market value. The meeting will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 24. “I don’t think we did anything wrong,” said Councilor David Sinclair, “but that we aren’t answering questions […]

BOOTHBAY HARBOR Norwegian energy company Statoil is delaying an offshore wind power project off Boothbay Harbor, and may scuttle it altogether, because of legislation supported by Gov. Paul LePage that reopens competition, the company said Wednesday. Statoil told the Maine Public Utilities Commission in a letter that it respects the legislative process but that the […]

BRUNSWICK Town officials approved a new three-year collective bargaining agreement with the local unit of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME. The unit covers administrative support positions at the town office and fire and police departments, including most of the staff in the municipal finance office. Under terms negotiated with the […]

A 26-year-old Topsham man was arrested Saturday in Boston and charged with stealing a boat and then identifying himself to state police as “Peter Pan.” Derek Ramsay was charged with larceny over $250, breaking and entering into a boat, using a boat without authority and furnishing a false name, according to Suffolk County District Attorney […]

BRUNSWICK Parkview Adventist Medical Center quietly closed its five-bed intensive care unit in June and dedicated four beds in its medical surgical unit to critical-care patients. The change took effect four days after Parkview announced it would eliminate 5.4 percent of its work force — the equivalent of 16 full-time positions. Nurses who provide care […]

SOMERVILLE Members of the Regional School Unit 12 Finance Committee met Tuesday with new Superintendent Howard Tuttle this week to reconfigure a 2013-14 budget package after last week’s defeat of the original proposal. Board Chairwoman Hilary Holm said prior to the meeting that the committee and Tuttle had hoped to finalize figures for consideration at […]

BURNHAM Two people were seriously injured after their helicopter crashed. The crash was reported at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The helicopter landed in the woods. Authorities said the helicopter was searching for bear populations at the time. Injured were the pilot, a 58- year old man from Bowdinham, and a passenger, a 27- year-old woman […]