BATH The Bath-built Mary E, a historic wooden schooner more than a century old, will be returning home to town this spring. The Maine Maritime Museum Board of Trustees voted to acquire the Mary E last week, with a goal of raising $1.5 million to purchase, restore and take care of the 73-foot, two-masted fishing […]

BRUNSWICK Elizabeth F. McCormack has been named dean for academic affairs at Bowdoin College, effective July 1, 2017. McCormack is currently professor of physics at Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. McCormack will also join the Bowdoin faculty as a professor in the Department of Physics, with tenure. Bowdoin Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and […]

BATH — The Bath Fire Department has received a $7,838 fire prevention grant from commercial property insurer FM Global. The award will be used to assist with fire prevention activities in the community to help educate the community and reduce the number of fires. To learn more about FM Global’s Fire Prevention Grant Program, or […]

TOPSHAM — Ella Carter, an eighth grader at Mt. Ararat Middle School, has won the VFW District 7 Patriot’s Pen essay contest. This year’s topic was “The America I Believe In.” Carter’s essay has now been submitted for the finals of state competition. The results of the state competition will be announced in mid January. […]

AUGUSTA Republican Gov. Paul LePage has a history of interpreting the state Constitution in ways that are later discredited, but that didn’t stop him from lobbing more dubious claims this week. In a Tuesday interview on WVOMFM, LePage claimed Maine’s constitution says approved ballot referendums are just “recommendations” that “the legislature doesn’t even have to […]

It is hoped that by the time you are reading this, all the boxes have been picked up and there have been no issues. If you are reading this and haven’t gone to get your box, oh my goodness! Call and make arrangements! We actually had one family never get their box last year and […]

CASCO (AP) — Police have charged a Maine man in a fatal hit-and-run that claimed the life of a pedestrian in the town of Casco. The Cumberland County sheriff ’s department said part of the car’s grill left at the scene and a tip led to the arrest of 28-year-old Jeffrey Eugene Smith, of Sebago. […]

LEEDS (AP) — Rail officials say an ice buildup derailed a Pan Am train locomotive in Leeds, Maine. Pan Am Railways Executive Vice President Cynthia Scarano says no one was hurt Tuesday morning and there was no damage to the locomotive. She said a crane was brought in to tow the diesel-powered locomotive, which weighs […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Data from the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that the personal incomes of Maine residents rose 1.1 percent in the third quarter of this year, which is the 25th highest growth rate in the nation. Personal income in Maine was $59.5 billion compared to $58.9 billion during the previous quarter. Net […]