BATH With the addition of a middle school foreign language program and an expanded pre-K program in the RSU 1 budget, community members were pleased with the changes the board of directors presented at a public forum on Monday night. The changes were added based on public comments that surfaced at a regular RSU 1 […]

AUGUSTA Gov. Paul LePage and Senate President Mike Thibodeau of Winterport unveiled a new bill Monday that represents a second attempt by Republicans to forward their welfare reform goals. The bill, presented during a news conference Monday afternoon at the State House, is aimed at the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which provides cash […]

LISBON The Town Council will consider proposed increases to Lisbon recreation fees at today’s meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. at the town office At the start of the meeting, the Council will conduct a public hearing tonight on the proposed Downtown Revitalization Grant Program Application the town plans to submit to the state’s Community Development […]

DAMARISCOTTA (AP) — A 65-yearold Damariscotta man has been charged with sexually assaulting three children. Lt. Michael Murphy of the Lincoln County Sheriff ’s Department says Ronald Brann was arrested on three counts of unlawful sexual contact and three counts of unlawful sexual touching. Police say all the alleged victims are under the age of […]

Katherine Connelly of Brunswick; Katherine West of Durham; Danielle Morency of Freeport; and Charlotte Crosby and Pann Nwe, both of Topsham, were all named to the 2014 fall semester dean’s list at Simmons College in Boston. Colby Gail, a member of the women’s indoor track and field team at Bates College in Lewiston, received New […]

TOPSHAM — The Planning Board meeting previously scheduled for today at 7 p.m. has been canceled.

BRUNSWICK — The Friends of Merrymeeting Bay continues its 18th annual Winter Speaker Series Wednesday with a talk about alewife restoration. “ Zen, Alewife Restoration, and the Art of War” featuring Frank Richards of the Webber Pond Association will begin Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick. The event is free and […]

RICHMOND — The Marcia Buker School will hold kindergarten registration and screening for the 2015- 16 school year on Friday, May 1. During these screening activities, children will be involved in health, language, motor skill, basic concept and social/ emotional assessment. Children who will be 5 years old on or before Oct. 15 may enter […]

AUGUSTA The governor wants to level the playing field between formal lodging places and homeowners who rent out rooms, homes or cabins to travelers, not by licensing the homes, but by de-regulating all hospitality businesses. The comment by Holly Lusk, senior health policy adviser for Gov. Paul LePage, was made Monday morning during a public […]

PORTLAND A 2005 letter from a retired priest to an official at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland shows that Maine’s bishop knew that a priest was sexually abusing boys at a Bangor church in 1956, according to an advocate for victims and an attorney. The late Bishop Daniel J. Feeney knew that the Rev. […]