TOPSHAM Topsham residents will vote next week on whether to impose a fee on one-time use bags and limit the use of Styrofoam in town. The two ordinance proposals are the result of a citizen petition drive by Bring Your Own Bag Topsham, an offshoot BYOB Midcoast — a group concerned about five large garbage […]

BRUNSWICK The Brunswick School Board approved $25,000 to settle an ongoing suit involving alleged bullying and harassment at Brunswick Junior High School. The lawsuit, filed in 2014, alleges that the school department and junior high school principal did not do enough to prevent the bullying of a student. The student claims he was bullied by […]

HARPSWELL Two men have been arrested and charged with theft for allegedly stealing 19 crates full of lobster worth more than $9,000 from lobster dealers in Harpswell and South Bristol since late September. The Maine Marine Patrol announced the arrests Tuesday following a month-long investigation. Charged were Troy J. Woodman, 34, of Warren and Shane […]

BRUNSWICK After nearly three years and more than 100 meetings, the end is in sight for Brunswick’s long-awaited zoning rewrite, Director of Planning and Development Anna Breinich told the Planning Board on Tuesday. Beginning in the fall of 2013, the town sought the services of Clarion Associates and established the Zoning Ordinance Rewrite Committee, comprised […]

BRUNSWICK Niche.com, a website that helps families and students decide which schools are right for them, has ranked Bowdoin College as the best liberal arts college in America for the third straight year. Bowdoin was also ranked as the seventh best overall college in America and has the number one best college dorms in America, […]

BRUNSWICK Ben York, a sophomore mathematics major at Bowdoin College who writes the biweekly column “An Autistic’s Guide to Autism” for the Bowdoin Orient, has a very busy schedule. Waist deep in a heavy course load, math clubs and autism advocacy, York is always on the go. The Mt. Ararat High School graduate did find […]

FREEPORT — The YMCA of Southern Maine is expanding childcare services on Election Day, with the aim of making it easier for busy parents and guardians to vote on Nov. 8. The organization will offer free childcare at their branches in Freeport, New Gloucester, Portland and Biddeford between the hours of 7 a.m. to 1 […]