FREEPORT Regional School Unit 5 has named its new superintendent. Edward McDonough was unanimously chosen Wednesday by the RSU board. McDonough is currently the superintendent of schools for the Portsmouth, N.H., school department, a role he has had since 2009. He will finish the school year there before coming to the RSU. Previously, he served […]

HALLOWELL State utility regulators decided Wednesday to reconsider agreements with two companies planning to develop wind power projects in Maine, despite widespread criticism from industry officials who said doing so would be inappropriate and set a dangerous precedent. The Public Utilities Commission voted 2-1 in favor of reopening negotiations for the Weaver and Highland Wind […]

WISCASSET Valerie Lovelace is the founder and executive director of the new nonprofit organization, It’s My Death.The organization provides end-of-life services and education for the Mid-coast community, as well as the counties of Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Lincoln and Kennebec. Times Record: What is the mission of It’s My Death? It’s My Death: IMD is a 501(c)(3) […]

TOPSHAM The reason Maine Department of Transportation officials can’t be specific about plans to address the Frank J. Wood Bridge is because they really haven’t decided what they’re going to do. That was why they were before the public Wednesday night to hear what the community thinks should be done with the truss bridge — […]

BATH The Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Office has announced its search for a lieutenant is over thanks to the expertise of Scott Stewart, who comes to the sheriff ’s office from Lisbon Police Department. Stewart is a 22-year law enforcement veteran, working most of that time for Lisbon Police Department. He started there in 1992 […]

BOWDOINHAM A family is safe but without a home after the house they were renting was destroyed by a fire Wednesday night. Firefighters were called to 508 Browns Point Road in Bowdoinham at 5:30 p.m. for a report of a front porch on fire, believed by a tenant to have been sparked by some hot […]

BRUNSWICK — CHANS Home Health Care and Hospice is offering a free grief support group, open to anyone in the community grieving the death of a loved due to overdose or substance abuse. The group meets from 3:30-5 p.m. the first and third Thursdays of the month at CHANS Hospice, located at 45 Baribeau Dr., […]

Clarkson University Presidential Scholar Joshua Robert Valentine of Bath, a freshman majoring in mechanical engineering, was named a Presidential Scholar for the fall 2014 semester at Clarkson University. Delta Epsilon Sigma Catholic Honor Society Victoria Oliver of Brunswick, a graduate of Brunswick High School, was named a member of the Delta Epsilon Sigma Catholic Honor […]

HERMON The back side of Bouchard & Sons Towing looked more like an auto graveyard than an impound lot Wednesday after 20 to 30 smashed-up vehicles involved in a massive pileup on Interstate 95 were hauled there. The company’s headquarters at 12 South Gate Drive off Emerson Mill Road, which straddles the Hermon- Hampden town […]