BATH — Two Regional School Unit 1 schools received grades of D in this year’s round of state report cards. Most Maine schools received a C, as did four other RSU 1 schools, while 121 received an A or B grade, according to the Maine Department of Education. The West Bath elementary school received a […]

TOPSHAM — Police, firefighters and the Maine Warden Service were using a tracking dog to search Wednesday morning for a Topsham teenager missing since Tuesday night. Matthew Plutchak, 16, of 244 Parliament Circle, was reported missing just before 11 p.m. Tuesday, Lt. Mark LaFountain confirmed. Plutchak reportedly told friends on Tuesday night that he planned […]

BATH — Two years in the making, a new and expanded half-pipe ramp room is now open at the Bath Youth Meetinghouse and Skatepark. The center at 4 Old Brunswick Road also has a new logo, designed by celebrated Maine artist, and Bowdoin College art professor, Mark Wethli. The “Park,” which calls itself the largest […]

BRUNSWICK — It’s a windy, grey morning at Wharton’s Point, and Dan Devereaux is sorting a mud-caked plastic bin a quarter full of quahogs – hard-shell clams – just seized from the bottom of Maquoit Bay. Using a small metal gauge, Devereaux quickly measures a couple of the hardy bivalves; the smallest is about half the one-inch […]

Mid-Coast communities will celebrate Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, with parades and other events. Brunswick and Topsham are teaming up with their annual joint parade. The theme is “Remembering D-Day, June 6, 1944,” and units will begin forming at Monument Place in Topsham at 7 a.m. Main Street will close to traffic at 8 a.m., […]