BATH On Feb. 28, 1890 General Thomas W. Hyde, president of the Bath Iron Works, received an anxiously awaited telegram announcing the award of the contract for two steel gunboats. An electric spark never flashed faster than did the good news that flashed about the city. More hand shaking was indulged in during the next […]

BRUNSWICK The Maine Council on Aging Public & Private Safety Workgroup, working in collaboration with AARP Maine, the State Fire Marshall’s Office and the Pine Tree Burn Foundation, hosted a half-day “Train the Trainer” workshop recently at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Brunswick to heighten awareness of three public safety issues: Fire safety, common scams, […]

BRUNSWICK Brunswick’s Region 10 Technical High School welcomed students, parents and community members to their annual open house last night. The gathering showcased the school’s various programs — like nursing, auto collision repair and culinary arts — to the community as well as to prospective families thinking of enrolling their children. The evening included hands […]

TOPSHAM Community Spay-Neuter Clinic of Topsham is asking residents of Bath, West Bath, Phippsburg, and Georgetown who are feeding or have knowledge of unowned “community cats” — including barn, feral and stray cats — to call the clinic to arrange assistance having the animals sterilized and vaccinated against rabies. This Community Cats Program includes return […]

HARPSWELL Not all learning happens in the classroom. For about two years, the Harpswell Heritage Land Trust has partnered with the Holbrook Community Foundation to bring children out of the schools and into nature for hands on learning. The Holbrook Education Initiative has a number of facets, from in class lessons and projects to field […]

SHAPLEIGH ( AP) — A Maine man has been indicted on a manslaughter charge after authorities say he was operating a boat that ran over and killed his twin brother who had fallen overboard. The Portland Press Herald reports the York County grand jury indictments released Wednesday also charged 31- year- old Jonathan Beattie, of […]

PORTLAND (AP) — New England’s shuttered shrimp fishery won’t be allowed to reopen this winter. An arm of the regulatory Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission decided on Thursday it will keep the fishery closed because of concerns about poor reproduction in the warming Atlantic Ocean. The fishery has been shut down since 2013. It was […]

BANGOR (AP) — A jury has found a Maine man guilty of killing his girlfriend and her two children. Keith Coleman, of Garland, was on trial in Bangor on three counts of murder in the deaths of 36-year-old Christina Sargent, 10-yearold Duwayne Coke and 8- year-old Destiny Sargent. Police say Coleman told them he chased […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine House Republicans have wasted little time in selecting leaders after Election Day. The 73 members of the House Republican caucus on Thursday voted to stick with House Speaker Ken Fredette of Newport as GOP leader and Rep. Ellie Espling of New Gloucester as assistant GOP leader. This is Fredette’s third term […]

WASHINGTON The budding new alliance between Donald Trump and congressional Republicans hides a tougher reality: Even with unified GOP control of Washington, the president elect’s priorities may have trouble getting through Congress. And in some cases Republicans themselves might be the barrier. Building a border wall and restricting immigration from terror-stricken nations? Don’t count on […]