BRUNSWICK The founder of a Bowdoin College student group whose members recently staged a sit-in at the college’s administrative offices and demonstrated in Augusta over the weekend, will be leaving soon. However, Bowdoin Climate Action’s Matthew Miles Goodrich said he expects the group to continue after he graduates in June. “When Bowdoin Climate Action started […]

TOPSHAM Topsham Police Department lost a 59-year veteran of the department when 86-year-old Louis Paul Saindon died at a Brunswick hospital Saturday. Saindon, known by his middle name Paul, was still active with the police department upon his death and by all accounts, wouldn’t have had it any other way. According to Topsham Police Chief […]

BOWDOINHAM “It is more than the fate of the tea that we discuss here tonight,” said moderator Seth Berry at the tea tax debate echoing off the walls of the historic Bowdoinham Town Hall last week. “It is more than a frequent tax,” Berry continued. “It is the fate of our union. It is the […]

Arrests David Minervino, 46, of Freeport, was charged with criminal threatening, refusing to submit to arrest and assault after police responded to a domestic disturbance at Cheyenne Drive at 11:45 p.m. April 3. Francisco Valle, 33, of Freeport, was charged after police responded to suspicious activity on Summer Street at 12:08 p.m. April 7. According […]

BOWDOINHAM — The Board of Selectmen will consider putting a proposed consumer fireworks ordinance to a town meeting vote when it meets tonight at 5:30 p.m. at the Coombs Municipal Building. The board will also consider acting on the Recycling Barn lease and a “settlement and release of claims” agreement with Central Maine Power Co., […]

BATH — In an initiative called “Return to Lender,” Patten Free Library is offering amnesty to any patron who returns materials this week — National Library Week — today through April 18. “We just want our stuff back,” said Leslie Mortimer, Adult Services Manager. “We will waive all charges on any PFL items that are […]

BRUNSWICK — Registration has opened for the 5th annual Coastal Youth Orchestra 5K/Walk and Fun Run, “Go for Baroque….out and Bach.” The race will take place Sunday, April 26, on Pennellville Road in Brunswick. The race is organized by the Coastal Youth Orchestra and will benefit the organization’s musical programs for young people. CYO musicians […]

BATH — New Hope for Women is offering a new, free support group — or women who have been affected by domestic or dating violence — in Bath. The group will provide the emotional support of peers, while enabling attendees to work through the effects of abuse. New Hope for Women’s goal is to encourage […]

ROCKLAND Vera Fine, a sweet-faced 14-yearold, looked fierce behind the drumset one recent afternoon as she worked hard to get a beat in a Jimi Hendrix tune down pat during a music lesson at the Midcoast Music Academy. Her teacher, Tom Ulichny, played the melody on an electric guitar as she felt her way through […]

Kit McCann, 29, and her partner, Michael Wilson, 31, have been living in their tiny house since July. We reached out to McCann for more details on living the tiny dream. What made you decide to live in a tiny house? Honestly, my partner and I had decided we wanted to buy and own our […]