PHIPPSBURG Police are looking for help from the public as they seek to identify the person who burglarized a Devil’s Highway residence Wednesday and stole a loaded handgun. Phippsburg Police Chief John Skroski said Thursday that someone made a forced entry into the single-family home and also stole cash. “Someone rifled through the home,” Skroski […]

PHIPPSBURG Rescue workers helped two women back to shore Thursday after they were caught on a sand bar between tides, Phippsburg Police Chief John Skroski said. Skroski did not have the names of the women, but said one is from Scarborough and the other from Cape Elizabeth. They were with their dog, taking photographs, when […]

BATH They’re closing in on the fundraising goal for installation of a state-of-the-art turf surface at McMann Field — some $40,000 to $50,000 away. It’s going to happen. But while the Bath Department of Parks and Recreation and the nonprofit Fields for Our Future cannot remove their sights from the finances, implementation is also a […]

Think about it. Is there anything more important than your health and the health of your loved ones? We’re fortunate to live in a community with a diversity of high-quality health care providers in the immediate area, from holistic to hospital. Each of us has different health challenges, but they are not insurmountable when connected […]

TOPSHAM Fundraising efforts that began to fix up a dilapidated basketball court at the Williams-Cone Elementary School playground has blossomed into a much larger project, made possible by the recent donation of $20,000 by The Highlands. On hand to officially present a humongous ceremoninal check to school officials Thursday at the playground, John Wasileski, developer […]

HARPSWELL A new public charter school that plans to open in September reached its enrollment deadline Thursday having collected 60 letters of intent. By 5 p.m. Thursday, parents were to have submitted an online intent-to-enroll form. If more than 60 students were seeking admission, the school had planned to hold a lottery at 3 p.m.today […]

Alna A caller reported criminal mischief to the WW&F Railroad Museum wooden phone box. Bath Arrests Anthony Bosworth, 22, of Waldoboro, March 21, 1:06 a.m., charged with OUI and violation of a license restriction on U.S. Route 1. William Hanley, 58, of Phippsburg, March 21, 10:34 p.m., charged with OUI on Washington Street. Paul Lowe, […]

Freeport Alise M. Scorfina, 27, of 1105 St. Charles Ave., St. Charles, Missouri, was arrested March 14 at 2:15 p.m. at L.L. Bean on Main Street and charged with shoplifting, unlawful possession of a scheduled drug and on an outstanding warrant charging of violating probation. She was taken to Cumberland County in Portland to await […]