BRUNSWICK Local school districts have announced they will be eyeing state funding for some sorely needed improvements, after the Maine Department of Education has announced a new school construction application cycle. According to the DOE, “a new application cycle enables Maine public schools to apply for state support in order to undertake a major renovation […]

BATH Students from across the state assembled at Hyde School in Bath on Friday to take part in the annual Maine Youth Leadership Day. With 77 schools participating, the Hyde campus hosted 1,400 students for the day, with sessions beginning at 9 in the morning. The day featured a keynote address from Sen. Angus King, […]

WEST BATH The Regional School Unit 1 now has an option agreement in hand signed by the city of Bath for property at Wing Farm in Bath to locate a new high school as part of a state-funded school construction project. Surveying of the Wing Farm location should have been completed last week, according to […]

PHIPPSBURG The Phippsburg Land Trust will offer two property tours as part of the campaign for newly conserved lands in Phippsburg. The two new preserves were acquired this year and PLT is raising funds to assist with the purchase. This tour is the first opportunity for the public to view these important acquisitions. The property […]

AUGUSTA A Brunswick man is heading to prison for sexually assaulting a girl under age 12 several years ago in Vienna. The Kennebec Journal reports that 26- year-old Patrick Patterson pleaded guilty Monday in Augusta to gross sexual assault. He was sentenced to 15 years behind bars and will have to register as a lifetime […]

BATH — Merrymeeting Bay Trust is soliciting requests for grants. At her death, Eleanor B. Burke created The Merrymeeting Bay Trust as a charitable trust to, among other things, assist qualified, tax-exempt, charitable organizations or entities to promote the understanding, awareness and study of the natural environment surrounding Merrymeeting Bay, and to preserve undeveloped land […]

BRUNSWICK — On Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon, at the Landing Y, Nancy Ault, 4th degree black belt in Goju Ryu karate, will conduct a Women’s self defense class. Ault, has been teaching at the Central Lincoln County YMCA for 21 years. Participants will learn principles of awareness and some basic self- defense techniques. […]

Editor’s note: This is part five of a five-part series. In the Downeast town of Machias, there’s a new program bringing hope to single mothers caught in poverty. The program helps those mothers go to college. And Monique Morin, 21, can’t stop smiling when she tells people about it. “I never in a million years […]

LIVERMORE FALLS (AP) — Authorities say a Maine man who was struck by a police cruiser over the weekend has died. Androscoggin County Chief Deputy William Gagne says 24-year-old Joseph Slaver, of Livermore Falls, died of his injuries at a Lewiston hospital on Monday. Authorities say a Livermore Falls police cruiser driven by Officer Troy […]