FREEPORT Town councilors Tuesday approved elimination of parking along Hunter Road near the ballfields and weighed options to address storm water management there.  Deeming the street too narrow and the shoulder drop-off too steep, councilors approved a parking ban running the length of the athletic fields driveway, as well as for 700 feet of Hunter […]

WOOLWICH The trail grooming machines are sitting idle, and have been for weeks. There’s no point starting them up, after all, if there’s no snow to groom on the trails. As a nearly-barren January for snowmobiling in Maine extends into February, and spring only six weeks away, people who like to go sledding are looking […]

WISCASSET The federal government has reimbursed Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company $81.7 million in damages. Eric Howes, public and government affairs director for Maine Yankee, made the announcement Wednesday.  Wednesday’s announcement follows the federal government’s decision not to appeal a U.S. Court of Appeals judgment from May 18, 2012 as the deades-long legal fight over […]

Harpswell Coastal Academy is clear to open its doors this fall after unanimous approval of its application Tuesday by the Maine Charter School Commission. The commission voted 7-0 to approve the Harpswell charter school application, Maine Charter School Commission Executive Director Bob Kautz said. The state and school now will move to negotiate a contract. […]

Bearing the name of a local favorite son, the town’s first dog park should open by June 1, according to town officials. Members of Brunswick Area Responsible K-9 Owners, or BARK, have completed more than 80 percent of their fundraising goal of $43,000 — enough to start taking bids on materials and contractors, group chairwoman […]

Town councilors agreed Monday to resume tax increment financing district negotiations with the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority. The decision to re-engage came during an informal straw poll exactly five months after the council voted to scrap negotiations amid tense relations with MRRA and distrust of state lawmakers’ intentions to change existing TIF legislation. Council Chairwoman […]

A former longtime Brunswick police officer who served nine years as Topsham’s police chief has pleaded not guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol. Timothy Young, 55, who was Topsham’s police chief before leaving in May 2012, pleaded not guilty to an OUI charge and is scheduled for a pretrial conference […]

The Times Record reserves this space to correct errors appearing in our news columns. We ask readers who are aware of factual errors to telephone Managing Editor Bob Mentzinger at 504-8209. Due to a reporter’s error, a story in Tuesday’s edition incorrectly stated how Bowdoin College acquired the former Longfellow Elementary School. The town of […]

The City Council tonight will consider a conservation easement for Butler Head Preserve, 133 acres of protected land jutting into Merrymeeting Bay. If approved, the easement would go to Kennebec Estuary Land Trust, which is committed to conserving land and wildlife habitat in the lower Kennebec and Sheepscot river estuaries. Federal and state fisheries and […]