TOPSHAM It hasn’t been an easy road, but after years spent focusing on his music, 22-year-old Connor “Conman” Toothaker was able to get his foot through the door of the music industry. About a year ago, the hip hop singer moved to Hollywood to work with the likes of Busta Rhymes, Akon, Kylie Jenner and […]

LISBON Lisbon voters head to the polls again today to vote on the fifth school spending plan proposed by the town council for the 2015-16 fiscal year. The council and Lisbon School Committee have disagreed on the past four proposed school budgets, all of which the council reduced and which were rejected by voters at […]

BATH The enigma surrounding a 1944 helm unit of a destroyer found in Bath City Hall has been resolved. In an email on Monday, Maine Maritime Museum’s senior curator Nathan Lipfert said Paul Berry of the Bath Naval Historical Park organization had contacted him over the weekend and shed some light on the wheel’s origin. […]

FREEPORT Jennifer Kosinchuk looks at everyday life as a walk in the park. It’s a far cry from when Kosinchuk, a mother of one, spent a summer living in a Freeport park after finding herself homeless, divorced and struggling to run her business. Kosinchuk suddenly found herself a single mother between 2008 and 2009; about […]

TOPSHAM Residents at The Highlands went even greener Friday afternoon when they began dumping their compost in the newly unveiled compost shed. It’s part of the campuswide initiative towards making this the first retirement community in Maine to receive an Environmental Leader Certification by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. And for the first time […]

TOPSHAM State Reps. Denise Tepler, D-Topsham, and Mattie Daughtry, D-Brunswick, will co-host a small business resource forum at the Topsham Public Library on Jan. 19. The event, which will feature a panel discussion, open question-and-answer forum and opportunities for networking, will take place at 6:30 p.m. Representatives of several local businesses, including Frosty’s Donuts, Wicked […]

WISCASSET — The Midcoast Green Collaborative, in collaboration with Coastal Senior College, invites the public to “An Introduction to Permaculture,” a free public presentation by Topher Belknap at the Lincoln County Communications Center on Route 1. Belknap is a founding member of the Midcoast Green Collaborative, committed to helping home owners live sustainably, with particular […]

BRUNSWICK — Mid Coast Senior Health Center hosts a free monthly support group for caregivers of someone with memory loss on the third Thursday of the month from 4-5 p.m., at Mid Coast Senior Health Center, 58 Baribeau Drive. As part of the support group the following presentations are scheduled: Jan. 21: “The Value of […]

AUGUSTA Lawmakers on the Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee got their first look at a new report on problems with recruitment, retention and training for volunteer firefighters across Maine. Lawmakers also discussed how to best move forward with establishing a central training facility for volunteer fire departments and how to best fund that […]