BATH Following similar considerations in nearby communities, Bath City Council is likely to discuss a moratorium on marijuana shops and social clubs at its meeting next week. On Nov. 8, Maine voters approved a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in the state. The referendum, which passed by a slim margin, would make it legal […]

BRUNSWICK There is a critical shortage of support professionals, DSPs, in Maine. In the first part of our series, we focused on the lack of funding from the state and its direct correlation to that personnel shortage. In part two of the series, we look at the way the state is looking to cut funding […]

BRUNSWICK A specialized memory care facility will open its new location at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station early next month. Avita of Brunswick — at 89 Admiral Fitch Ave. at Brunswick Landing — is designed to be a community to assist those suffering from physical challenges or memory impairment. The projected opening is Dec. […]

PORTLAND Members of a Maine agricultural trade mission who met late Cuban leader Fidel Castro in 2005 will likely never forget the communist leader. Castro, who was 80 at the time, wore his gym clothes to a last-minute meeting in which he engaged in a lengthy discussion about artificial insemination in cattle, former Gov. John […]

We are beginning the 2016 season with a strong core of volunteers and the donations are arriving. Preseason donations included over a thousand Beanie Babies from the Burgess Family, an anonymous gift of toys dropped off at the Brunswick Elks Club in March, and of course, the Annual Toy Run conducted by the United Bikers […]