BATH With President-elect Donald Trump demanding more ships, the Navy is proposing the biggest shipbuilding boom since the end of the Cold War to meet threats from a resurgent Russia and saber-rattling China. The Navy’s 355-ship proposal released last month is even larger than what the Republican Trump had promoted on the campaign trail, providing […]

BRUNSWICK In a letter released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, retired Gen. James Mattis agreed to resign from the board of General Dynamics and recuse himself from matters involving the company for one year after becoming Secretary of Defense. He also agreed to divest himself of all stock and vested options within 90 […]

BRUNSWICK The past can be elusive, its contents fleeting. Often it takes a concerted effort to dig through some archives. Enter retired history teacher and historian Richard F. Snow. Snow — who grew up in Brunswick and resides in Topsham — has put together an extensive index of articles, pictures and obituaries from the Brunswick […]

FREEPORT Durham, Freeport and Pownal voters will decide tomorrow whether to spend $1.5 million for a new, eight-lane track and field at Freeport High School. That’s the balance left on a $4 million project. Supporters of the private, non-profit association Tri- Town Track and Field have collected $2.3 million in pledges toward that goal. Two […]

TOPSHAM The new high school project proposed by School Administrative District 75 will go before the State Board of Education next week, and district voters should get to have their say in a March referendum. Lyndon Keck of PDT Architects and Brad Smith, Superintendent of SAD 75, presented details of the project to the Topsham […]

AUGUSTA L.L. Bean heiress Linda Bean made excessive contributions to a political action committee she bankrolled to support Republican President-elect Donald Trump, the Federal Election Commission said. Making America Great Again LLC was limited to individual contributions of $5,000, according to a Wednesday letter from federal regulators obtained by The Associated Press. Federal campaign finance […]

LEWISTON The holiday season is over but demand for L.L. Bean’s famous boot marches on. The company currently has a backlog of 51,000 orders that it intends to fill in the coming weeks. A company spokeswoman says harsh winter weather and the boot’s ongoing popularity are driving demand. The Maine-based outdoors retailer is taking steps […]

BOWDOINHAM Bowdoinham Selectmen tomorrow plan to hire a firm to engineer and design a public works facility. At a special town meeting Dec. 14, Bowdoinham voters unanimously authorized selectmen to buy 54 acres at 121 Pond Road to house a future public works facility, using no more than $105,000 from the town’s undesignated fund balance. […]