Gov. Paul LePage is preparing legislation that would eliminate the cap on the number of charter schools allowed in Maine, an initiative sure to cause significant debate among the education community and lawmakers who already face difficult funding issues. Department of Education spokesman David Connerty- Marin said Sunday that Le- Page’s charter school legislation is […]

FREEPORT Two families are fortunate to be uninjured and sheltered after a pair of unrelated heating system incidents, according to town rescue personnel. A Maple Avenue home sustained smoke and heat damage Saturday afternoon when creosote buildup and an improper fireplace conversion combined to ignite a chimney fire. The chimney had not been cleaned in […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Three public forums by the Maine Department of Marine Resources to discuss the state of the lobster industry have been rescheduled. Forums originally scheduled for Jan. 3 at the Jonesport Fire Station and Machias Memorial High School; and a forum scheduled for Jan. 4 at the Gouldsboro Community Center, have been postponed […]

TOPSHAM — The Route 24 Corridor Plan Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting Thursday. Route 24 has been identified by the Maine Department of Transportation a “corridor of regional significance, and stakeholders in the five Midcoast Council of Governments municipalities served by the corridor — Richmond, Bowdoinham, Topsham, Brunswick and Harpswell — have been […]

TOPSHAM — A Litchfield woman was taken to a local hospital with a complaint of neck pain after the sports utility vehicle she was driving west on Route 196 was rear-ended by another SUV Thursday afternoon. The minor two-vehicle crash was reported Thursday at 4:42 p.m. in front of the Gibbs Oil gas station. Lt. […]