TOPSHAM After learning the Maine Department of Transportation will not support a roundabout on Main Street to help with traffic and pedestrian safety issues, Topsham officials are looking to more affordable, immediate measures in its ongoing efforts to establish a park in the Lower Village. The Lower Village Development Committee was formed to look at […]

FREEPORT Walking through the halls of Freeport High School, Thomas Edwards was greeted warmly by students and faculty members alike on a Friday morning. Edwards, who retired as the school’s principal in 2006, still likes to drop by every now and then. “It became my favorite job,” he said of the 10 years he had […]

PORTLAND Maine Republicans and Democrats are gearing up for a double-shot of presidential caucuses, but Super Tuesday primaries could play a role in who’s left on the ballot by the time Maine’s voters gather. Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are virtually assured of staying in the race, but Super Tuesday could claim some of […]

BRUNSWICK Seven high school juniors and seniors work around what looks like a small triage room at Region 10 Technical School. They joke, they laugh and they work together as a team in the Certified Nurses Assistant program run by Joanne McMahon, a registered nurse. McMahon said she impresses upon her students the importance of […]

LISBON It’s been a little over a month since Lisbon voters finally approved a 2015-16 spending plan for Lisbon School Department, but officials this week are already tackling the 2016-17 school budget. The Lisbon School Committee will meet at 7 p.m. tonight at the Lisbon town office. The meeting will consist largely of a budget […]

LISBON Police say speed and alcohol were factors in a crash Saturday night in Lisbon that left a Bowdoin man critically injured. Lisbon Police Department was called to the crash at the intersection of Ridge and Gould roads at 11:27 p.m. Saturday, according to Lisbon Police Sgt. Harry Moore. When officers arrived they found a […]

FREEPORT Author and counselor John Payne spoke to parents and teachers Thursday night at the Maine Coast Waldorf School about breaking patterns of bullying and exclusion. Payne has been featured in Time Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, parenting magazines as well as BBC, Fox, ABC and National Public Radio. Payne began his talk […]

BRUNSWICK — The Mid Coast Hospital Auxiliary is collecting used books for its upcoming annual book sale. Donations of gently used books may be dropped off over five consecutive Saturdays: March 5, 12, 19, 26 and April 2, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the new location: Merrymeeting Plaza, 147 Bath Road #240, the space […]

AUGUSTA Maine’s bombastic Republican governor is endorsing bombastic New York real estate developer Donald Trump for president. Gov. Paul LePage announced his endorsement on Friday while speaking on “The Howie Carr Show,” a conservative radio talk show based in Boston. The famously pugnacious governor said Trump owes him for paving the way when it comes […]