BRUNSWICK The Brunswick Marine Resource Committee on Wednesday extended the closure of the town’s clam flats to commercial harvesters of quahogs and softshell clams to both Saturdays and Sundays until next year. It will be unlawful to dig, take or possess more than one peck — or two gallons — of the mollusks from Brunswick […]

WEST BATH A 43-year-old man who awoke to a fire in his kitchen is still in critical condition at a Massachusetts hospital after sustaining extensive burns. West Bath Fire Chief Greg Payson said firefighters were called to a small cottage at 4 Armstrong Way at 1:17 a.m. Sunday, one of the New Meadows River Cottages. […]

PORTLAND The harsh winter did nothing to cull the nationwide tick population, and health officials are primed for a warm season that could see the number of Lyme disease cases rise. In northern New England, the increase in cases of Lyme correlates with a growing population of deer ticks, which transmit the disease, state epidemiologist […]

LISBON Lisbon officials announced last week they have narrowed the field of applicants for the town manager position to one candidate finalist who they invited to meet at the town office Tuesday night before the Town Council conducts a second interview. Interim Town Manager Dale Olmstead said Thursday the finalist is Diane Barnes, who is […]

BATH A Morse High School student not only completed a project recently earning him his Eagle Scout rank but also has hopefully made 101 homes safer. On May 2 Cody Lamoreau, a member of Boy Scout Troop 669 and a senior at Morse, visted Dike-Newell School. Fellow troop members and members of the Bath Fire […]

TOPSHAM No one turned out to speak at the School Administrative District 75’s final budget hearing on its proposed $36.2 million budget for 2014-15. The proposed budget calls for a $1.5 million in expenditures for next school year, a 4.4 percent hike. Cited as a big part of the increase was the district’s decision not […]

Brunswick Summonses Allison Rae Hanson, 40, of Brunswick, was summonsed at Pheasant Run Apartments at Baribeau Drive and charged with theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, after police responded to a call to assist a citizen April 22 at 6:48 p.m. Police said they were alerted after Hanson was allegedly seen with a stolen bicycle. […]

TOPSHAM The Topsham Police Department is investigating two burglaries reported to police a week ago that could be related. Topsham Lt. Fred Dunn said police received a report of the first burglary Friday, May 2, at around 2:30 p.m. on Meadow Road. The owner was away from home for a short time and returned to […]