RICHMOND The teen driver of a pickup truck that struck a utility pole Saturday night on Lincoln Street escaped serious injury. Richmond police say the pole needed replacing. Richmond police Sgt. Adam Garland said the crash was reported at 7:45 p.m. in the area of 190 Lincoln St. A 17-year-old male driving a 1998 Dodge […]
2013
Lisbon debates TIF for new business park
LISBON — The Town Council will hold a public hearing tonight on a proposal to create a municipal tax increment financing district for a new business park under construction off Route 196. TIFs allow a municipality to return a percentage or all additional real and personal tax revenue derived from a new development, or expansion […]
Bath High School alumni group to meet
BATH — The Bath High School Alumni Association will meet at 6 p.m. Jan. 23 in the alumni room of Morse High School.
Free flu clinic in Woolwich today
WOOLWICH — A free flu shot clinic for anyone is scheduled for 2 to 5 p.m. today at Woolwich Central School.
Arrested man faces drug charges
BRUNSWICK — Police arrested a transient man waving his arms in the street on drug, obstruction and other charges. Police said Ryan O’Leary, 33, a transient of Brunswick, was arrested at 10:21 p.m., Jan. 15 on Pleasant Street on charges of obstructing a public way, violating condition of release, and sale and use of drug […]
Sportsmen create winter fun in Phippsburg
PHIPPSBURG Dog sledding, search and rescue, Nordic skiing and snowshoeing were just a few of the events that brought 60 kids and their families out on a foggy, gray Sunday for the fourth annual Winter Youth Field Day sponsored by the Phippsburg Sportsmen’s Association Jan. 13. Hannah Nelson, a fifth-grader at Fisher-Mitchell School in Bath, […]
Maritime museum recognizes helpers
BATH — More than 100 members of the volunteer staff at Maine Maritime Museum recently were recognized for their service to the Bath museum in the past year. Volunteers with a minimum 10 years and 2,000 hours of service were recognized with a new award named for Miles Merry, the Master Builder in the Percy […]
Bowdoinham fiddler to play at dance
A full moon contradance is slated for 8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 26 at Thomaston Academy on Main Street in Thomaston. Bowdoinham fiddler Hope Hoffman will be joined by Paul D’Alessio of the Latin band Primo Cubana for an evening of dances taught and called by Gregory Moore, of Cushing. All ages welcome, no partner needed, […]
Art museum offers printmaking event
BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College Museum of Art is presenting a two-day symposium on printmaking entitled, “Reading Prints: David P. Becker’s Legacy at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art,” Thursday and Friday, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. This opportunity to hear some of the leading print curators in the country is open to the public […]
Swiss journalist looks at bottled water
BRUNSWICK — “Bottled Life: The Truth about Nestlé’s Business with Water” will be presented at Curtis Memorial Library, 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3. Swiss journalist Res Gehringer investigated Nestlé — which has a global business in bottled water and owns Poland Spring bottling plants in Maine — by looking at operations in the United States, […]