BATH People living within city limits who might like to have a few laying hens on the property have been pretty much out of luck. The prospects of owning chickens on lots of fewer than 2 acres, however, appear to be a bit brighter. Tonight, the Planning Board will conduct a workshop concerning a chicken […]

TOPSHAM The Topsham Planning Board will meet tonight to consider an application for a blasting permit submitted by Harry C. Crooker and Sons. The board will first hold a public hearing on the application for an annual blasting permit for the Pejepscot Quarry project on Quarry Road. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. at 100 […]

BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin’s 13 most highly-paid employees saw increases in their compensation in 2010. The Bowdoin Orient reported Senior Vice President for Investments Paula Volent was the highest-paid Bowdoin administrator in 2010, earning $781,166, which includes a base salary of $416,456 plus $42,890 in retirement and deferred compensation, $19,615 in nontaxable benefits, $2,205 in “other […]

BATH — Gov. Paul LePage will be the featured speaker at the Lincoln Day Dinner, scheduled for Feb. 16 at Kennebec Tavern on Commercial Street. To attend, an RSVP response is required by Feb. 13. Checks for $35 per person should be made payable to Sagadahoc GOP and mailed to Rabyrne Hutton, 195 High St., […]

PHIPPSBURG — The 14th annual Phippsburg Sportsmen’s Association Ice Fishing Derby will be held Sunday, Feb. 10. The derby is held on Sagadahoc County waters from daylight to 4 p.m. Weighin is noon to 4 p.m. and no live fish will be weighed in. There are prizes for bass, trout, crappie, pickerel and white and […]

BATH — State Rep. Jennifer DeChant, D-Bath, will hold public office hours, 9 to 10:30 a.m. Feb. 9, at Café Creme, Front and Centre streets. “This session is full of major budget concerns and important public policy initiatives,” she said in a news release. “This is an informal way for Bath citizens to ask questions […]

GEORGETOWN — Rich Start and Robin Doak will work as the new co-editors of The Georgetown Tide, a publication of the Georgetown Historical Society. Start and Doak succeed editor Sue Ludgin and are working on the April-May issue. “Both of us know the high standards set by Sue, Billie Todd and Sandy Garson,” Start wrote […]

BRUNSWICK — Brunswick police are investigating a sudden death reported early Saturday. Deputy Chief Marc Hagan said a 37-year-old woman was found dead by a family member in her Hacker Road home. Police were called to the home at 7:13 a.m. Saturday. Hagan said the state medical examiner’s office was contacted and will conduct an […]

GEORGETOWN The Legislature has honored John “Jack” Swift, a World War II veteran and Georgetown resident who passed away Jan. 5 at age 90. After graduating Trinity College in 1942, Swift served in the Army Air Force in the Pacific theater during World War II. He was discharged as a captain in 1946. He married […]