HARPSWELL Harpswell residents could see a 2.7 percent increase in property tax rates this year. Under the town’s proposed fiscal 2016 budget, Harpswell’s current tax rate of $6.24 per $1,000 of assessed value may increase by 17 cents to $6.41. The owner of a home assessed at $360,000 would pay $2,307, which reflects an increase […]

BRUNSWICK Katie Lehman, the new executive director of the Bowdoin International Music Festival, has gone from the Midwest to the mountains of Tennessee and now she is anxious to share her love of music with Brunswick. Lehman had told herself when she was young that she would never live in the South or in a […]

BRUNSWICK Coastal Enterprises, Inc. announced this week that its board of directors has unanimously chosen Betsy Biemann as the organization’s next chief executive officer and Keith Bisson as its new president. Biemann currently serves as a consultant to Focus Maine and recently completed serving as a project director at the Mossavar- Rahmani Center for Business […]

BRUNSWICK Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program will hold a ceremonial groundbreaking on its building renovation and expansion on March 16. Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell will speak and assist with the ground breaking at 9:15 a.m. “No child ever should go hungry, whatever the status of their parents,” said Mithcell in the release. “But […]

WEST BATH — Deborah Cashman, of West Bath, has been nominated by Gov. Paul LePage to serve as a judge at Maine District Court. The nomination was announced Tuesday as part of a slate of judicial nominations of three lawyers to serve as judges in Maine Superior and District Courts and three Active Retired Judges […]

BRUNSWICK — University College at Bath/Brunswick is inviting the community to attend a Justice Studies Information Session on March 22, from noon to 1 p.m. Sharon Sawyer, assistant professor of Justice Studies, University of Maine at Augusta will provide an overview of the UMA Justice Studies degree and the paralegal certificate and discuss related career […]

BRUNSWICK — The Maine Fire Service Institute is hosting more than 70 firefighters from across Maine at the same time, training them in fire prevention, fire suppression and leadership development. Firefighters from more than two dozen towns and cities will participate in four separate training programs at MFSI over the weekend of March 12 and […]

ALFRED A former Biddeford heating oil company owner who never honored hundreds of contracts was told by a superior court judge Tuesday to disclose his finances so the court can better understand what assets he has. In 2010, Nicholas Curro III and his companies – Veilleux Oil, Perron Oil and Price-Rite Fuel – were ordered […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage’s administration says a compromise that would increase Maine’s solar power capacity from about 18 megawatts to 250 megawatts over five years would hurt ratepayers. Energy office staff members tell The Portland Press Herald that the plan keeps subsidies for homeowners who install rooftop solar panels. They say they prefer […]