BATH The first time Jennifer Geiger noticed the colorful canvas banners catching wind from downtown lampposts, it was long before she was executive director of Main Street Bath. But Banners Over Bath is one of many local traditions she was happy to take under the group’s wings when she became director in 2009. The annual […]

BATH Police arrested two Portland men on weapons charges after an incident Wednesday night on Bluff Road. Fadhil Alghazi, 51, and Ali K. Anthony, 41, both face charges of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon after a couple reported at 9:06 p.m. they were threatened at with knives at their home. As police responded, the […]

BRUNSWICK The Rev. Sylvia Stocker has no fear that, despite a very different exterior, the heart of the new Unitarian Universalist church, when it’s completed, will be exactly the same as the church that burned nearly two years ago. Or perhaps, she said, even stronger. “From the outside, it looks very different,” Stocker, who has […]

BATH The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust invites the public to join staff member Chris Cabot to learn and practice using GPS 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 13. Participants will have an indoor orientation and then venture to Thorne Head Preserve for infield application of GPS devices and skills. GPS — or Global Positioning […]

BOWDOIN A Bowdoin man was arrested late Wednesday night after he allegedly held a woman in a choke hold and struck her. The Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department was called to a report of a domestic disturbance on Adams Road at 11:40 p.m. Wednesday. According to Lt. Calvin Temple, a suspect left the residence before […]

DURHAM Replacement fire engines, roads maintenance and establishment of a municipal public works department are among decisions awaiting voters at Town Meeting. Saturday’s meeting convenes at 9 a.m. in the Durham Community School gym. Residents will decide 39 articles. The proposed fiscal year 2013 municipal budget is $2.28 million, a 2.1 percent increase over 2012’s […]