BATH — The City Council is scheduled to vote a second and final time Wednesday, Jan. 7, on the conversion of a section of High Street in front of the Winnegance General Store to one-way traffic. Councilors unanimously granted first approval to the proposal Dec. 17. City staff have worked with the Parking and Transportation […]
2014
Posted inNation & World, News
George H.W. Bush returns home from hospital
The 90-year-old former president spent about a week in a Houston hospital after experiencing shortness of breath.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Health care sign-ups in Maine start strong at 36,000
New enrollees alone in the first month total 14,091, which should help the state further reduce its number of uninsured, estimated at 145,000.
Posted inPolitics
Boehner says resignation of New York Rep. Grimm ‘honorable’
The House speaker says he knows that Michael Grimm made his decision “with the best interests of his constituents,” after pleading guilty to tax evasion.
Posted inNews
Fireball lit up sky over Maine, Northeast on Monday night
A nonprofit organization that tracks meteors that become ‘fireballs’ recives more than 330 reports, including dozens from southern Maine residents.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World
Luise Rainer, first to win consecutive acting Oscars, dies at 104
Her roles ranged from the 1930s German stage to television’s “The Love Boat.”
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Brunswick business incubator aims for January opening
BRUNSWICK — A unique “business accelerator” for the technology industry is on track to open at Brunswick Landing in a matter of weeks. The first phase of TechPlace will provide 20,000 square feet of mainly office space in what was a hangar workshop alongside the airstrip at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. Officials at the […]
Posted inMaine, News
Father, son killed in head-on crash in Leeds
Ghislain B. ‘Gus’ Cloutier, 49, and 14-year-old Casey Cloutier had strong ties to the central Maine hockey community.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Main Street Bath fundraising campaign exceeds annual goal
BATH — For Main Street Bath, 2014 ended on a fiscally high note. With two days left in its annual fundraising campaign, the organization had exceeded its $60,000 goal by more than $260, Director Carolyn Lockwood said Monday. “I am so grateful for and impressed by the incredible support from this community,” Lockwood said in […]
Posted inLife & Culture
Cities model New Year’s events after Times Square
Events across the country include chile, pine cone and cowboy boot drops.