BRUNSWICK When 18-year-old Kylan Freeman signed up for bike repair class, the Harpswell Coastal Academy student was just hoping to learn a few useful maintenance skills. “I just didn’t realize that fixing bikes would be this fun,” Freeman said. “It’s just like putting together a puzzle. … It’s really fun to try to find out […]

BRUNSWICK Brunswick-based Coastal Counties Workforce, Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Paul LePage and Labor Commissioner John Butera over millions in federal funding they say the state is withholding from them. “We provide funding for classroom training activities, tuition, customized training, on the job training, work experience … those types of things,” CCWI Executive […]

DURHAM Durham’s fire chief is leaving his post after 44 years with the department. William “Bill” St. Michel will retire at the end of February after 25 years as chief. He said what he will miss the most is the people he works with. St. Michel joined the department in 1973 at 17, at the […]

HARPSWELL A s stars slowly blinked into existence in the night sky Saturday, cars began pulling into the Land’s End parking lot at the southern end of Bailey Island. Headlights were quickly turned off, and people emerged with a variety of red hued lights. On this dark and surprisingly warm October evening, dozens of people […]