AUGUSTA The Maine House of Representatives on Thursday night easily overturned $60 million worth of line-item budget vetoes from Gov. Paul LePage, who had pledged to gum up the works in the Legislature as lawmakers attempt to finish their work for the year. LePage delivered a copy of the nearly 700-page, $6.7 billion budget to […]

BRUNSWICK At around 2:45 p.m. most weekdays, the generally quiet People Plus building on Union Street is ground zero to an eruption of chaos. That’s the time, Monday through Thursday, that a school bus drops off youth at the Brunswick Teen Center. “Most teens are arriving by bus, and they come thundering up the stairs,” […]

BATH Main Street Bath has been on the hunt for a new director ever since Carolyn Lockwood’s resignation in April, and after two months, the search is finally over. The organization recently hired 23-year-old Jacob Korb to fill the position. He assumed the role Wednesday. Though Korb hails from a small town in northwestern Pennsylvania, […]

A RIDE STANDS READY in the parking lot near St. John’s Church and St. John’s Catholic School on Pleasant Street in Brunswick on Thursday. The annual St. John’s Bazaar takes place this weekend. In addition to the amusement rides, the bazaar will once again feature live music and entertainment, raffles, prizes and food among other […]

BOWDOINHAM He opened the doors of an outbuilding on the farmstead where he lives. Inside was the wooden sailboat he’s built with his own hands. Inside the house is a twomast sailboat of his own design and rooms full of table saws and tools. Upstairs in the farmhouse he has a number of treasures he’s […]