BRUNSWICK Competing financial needs from several departments are prompting the Brunswick Town Council to weigh carefully what projects it will endorse, including a new elementary school. Councilors on Monday night did not take action on whether to support a $33 million request from the School Board to build a primary grade school to replace the […]

Monday was off to a roaring start as we packed boxes for 58 families to put a smile on the faces of 129 children. Elves were also busy stocking the shelves with all the new donations received in the last few days. Two Bridges Jail sent in 62 handmade toys, 50 knitted hats & scarves, […]

BOWDOINHAM (AP) — Several Maine communities are considering joining forces to combat a moth species notorious for an itchy, painful rash caused by the hairs of its larvae. The browntail moth is an invasive insect that came to New England just before the turn of the 19th century. The moths begin their lives as caterpillars […]

ALFRED (AP) — State police are investigating after hundreds of holiday wreaths were stolen from a Maine farm. Gile’s Family Farm owner Frank Boucher said Monday that someone stole a trailer containing more than 200 wreaths from behind the Alfred business sometime between 6 p.m. on Friday and 7 a.m. Saturday. The staff had wanted […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s scallop fishing season is in full swing with dragger boats now allowed to harvest the valuable shellfish. Scallops have been increasing in price around the country, and Maine’s are some of the most valuable. The dragger fishing season began on Monday. The season runs until April, but is subject to early […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The University of Southern Maine’s multicultural affairs office is hosting an anti-hate rally in Portland in response to anti-Muslim sentiment around the country, including an incident at the university. The gathering is scheduled for Wednesday at noon at the university’s Woodbury Campus Center. The university says the purpose of the event is […]