HARPSWELL After questions about Harpswell Coastal Academy’s choice of a replacement assessment, the charter school has changed course and will use a different one. Due to what HCA Head of School John D’Anieri said was “misinterpretation of a letter,” the first-year charter school did not administer the New England Common Assessment Program, an assessment required […]

FREEPORT Only four bins were left as of Thursday morning in the Freeport Recycling Center’s Earth Machine compost bin giveaway. Fifteen bins were made available to Freeport residents on a first-come, firstserved basis, with the only requirement being that recipients attend a Recycling Committee meeting next October to share their experiences composting. Recycling Center Manager […]

FREEPORT Speeding in a school zone led to multiple charges for a Biddeford man on Wednesday morning. Leon Sutton, 32, was charged with unlawful possession of a schedule drug, failing to stop for an officer, speeding 15 to 19 miles per hour over the limit in a school zone and operating while his license was […]

Freeport police Arrests Michael J. Thibodeau, 51, of 5 Lavers Pond Road, Freeport, was charged at around 8:58 p.m. May 2 with domestic violence assault, violating condition of release, and obstructing report of a crime, on Lavers Pond Road. Julio E. Garcia Silva, 32, of Auburn, was charged at around 3:59 p.m. May 2 on […]

BRUNSWICK U.S. Bank will provide more than $2.6 million in New Markets Tax Credit equity for the next phase of construction at Brunswick Landing, the financial institution announced Thursday. The financing will fund the renovation of a 9,000-square-foot facility on the Brunswick campus into space for Providence Services Corporation, the largest provider of child behavioral […]

BATH For the third year, “The Murph” mixed-terrain 5- mile race will offer an athletic challenge, barbecue and family fun Saturday — to benefit three local nonprofit organizations and remember the heroics of the Navy SEAL for which the race is named. Walkers start at 9 a.m. and runners at 10 a.m. from McMann Athletic […]

FREEPORT Maine’s iconic outdoor apparel company L.L. Bean says it’s appointing two new independent directors to its corporate board. L.L. Bean said Thursday it’s appointing Hugh Farrington, former chief financial officer of Hannaford Brothers Company, and Matthew Moellering, CFO and vice president of Express, Inc., in Columbus, Ohio. Farrington held several positions with Hannaford over […]

TOPSHAM A Topsham man has been issued a summons charging him with criminal mischief after he allegedly scratched a vehicle in a parking lot following a road rage incident with the driver. Reported a couple of days after the incident, Topsham Lt. Fred Dunn said a Brunswick woman told authorities that at around 8 p.m. […]