TOPSHAM In light of the passage of a Maine referendum question legalizing recreational use of marijuana, Topsham residents at the May 2017 town meeting may consider a moratorium. According to unofficial statewide results, Question 1 passed Nov. 8 by a margin of about 4,070 votes. Topsham voters favored legalization of marijuana by only 76 votes, […]

AUGUSTA Refugees will continue entering Maine despite Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s announcement that the state will no longer participate in a federally funded resettlement program. So far this year, about 607 refugees were resettled in Maine, and more will arrive next year. Over the past decade, the state has worked with Catholic Charities of Maine […]

FREEPORT Folks attending L.L. Bean’s 10th annual Northern Lights Christmas Tree Lighting expecting one large tree got plenty more on Friday night. In place of the traditional lighting, Discovery Forest — a sea of more than 700 fir trees grown on various Maine tree farms — was installed behind L.L. Bean’s flagship store in Freeport. […]

PORTLAND Bowdoin College students symbolically stood with activists in Standing Rock, North Dakota by protesting TD Bank in Portland on Friday. “We are here today to raise our voices in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux and demand that TD Bank end its line of credit in the dangerous and destructive Dakota Access Pipeline,” said […]

BOWDOINHAM A special town meeting is on the horizon for Bowdoinham residents to vote on purchasing property for a public works facility. The town has been working since 2012 for land to build a public works garage and sand and salt storage building. At their meeting Nov. 8, Bowdoinham selectmen approved a purchase and sale […]

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls as we continue with our mission to “put a smile on a child” for Christmas. Led by returning chairman Bob Thiboutot and over 30 volunteers, we are anxiously waiting to get started. The workshop has been re-stocked with new toys, books, mittens, gloves, and socks. Still to […]

BRUNSWICK Donors, volunteers, clients, staff, and community partners gathered at Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program in Brunswick Friday to celebrate the grand re-opening of their newly expanded and renovated building. “This project was so meaningful to Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program,” said MCHPP Executive Director, Karen Parker. “The storage space we can now access is […]