BATH If all goes according to plan, Wellness Connection of Maine will have a new medical marijuana dispensary up and running in downtown Bath in less than a month. Wellness Connection, which was founded in 2011, is the largest medical marijuana dispensary in Maine, operating half of the state’s eight dispensaries. It has four locations: […]

FREEPORT What was intended to be a low-key conversation among police and community members Thursday afternoon soon became tense as two members of the audience opened an old wound. Freeport Police Chief Susan Nourse, a veteran member of the department recently promoted to the chief of police, decided to hold the event to allow the […]

FREEPORT At the request of L.L. Bean, the Freeport Appeals Board tabled an appeal of Codes Enforcement Officer Fred Reeder’s decision regarding a cemetery road running through the Freeport retailer’s Outdoor Discovery School. According to Reeder, the project review board will first weigh in on whether L.L. Bean was correct in its interpretation of the […]

HARPSWELL Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, recently announced the Senate has passed the Waterfront Community Revitalization and Resiliency Act, aimed at helping coastal communities and stimulate coastal economic development. The bill, introduced by Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Oregon, will now move on and await approval by the House of Representatives. “Waterfront communities across Maine are a critical […]

PORTLAND — United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Howard Hoffman, 53, formerly of Richmond, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to one year and one day in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release for bank fraud. Hoffman pleaded guilty on April 15. […]