BATH Ward 7 Bath City Councilor Leverett “Tink” Mitchell died last week at the age of 68 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. Speaking this morning, Council Chairwoman Mari Eosco called Mitchell’s passing “an unexpected blow to all of us.” “Tink was in City Hall — as he was every day — the day before […]

HARPSWELL The Department of Marine Resources and University of Maine’s Lobster Institute have detected an uptick in the illegal removal of eggs from lobsters along the Maine coast, and are putting their heads together on ways to reduce the practice. Egg-bearing females are illegal to sell and when caught lobstermen must cut a “v-notch” into […]

PHIPPSBURG A Phippsburg man allegedly threatened to kill two family members who escaped the home to report the incident, resulting in a standoff with police for several hours. Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Office was called to 34 Rock Ledge Drive shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday for a man who threatened to kill his sister and […]

BRUNSWICK Members of the Graziano family who had to close their famous Lisbon restaurant after serving Italian cuisine for more than four decades, are bringing back Graziano’s Casa Mia for two nights only, later this month. Sorry, the pop-up restaurant evenings are full. The spaces filled up immediately. The Graziano’s Casa Mia Facebook page announced […]

BRUNSWICK The lights are back on. Thousands in the Midcoast were without power over the weekend following Thursday’s nor’easter, but no power outages were listed on Central Maine Power Company’s website by early this morning. “Our employees and contractors have put in a tremendous effort since this storm began on Thursday, restoring service to more […]

POWNAL The State Fire Marshals say the man who died in a fire early Friday morning is 65-year-old Barry Cain of Pownal. The fire broke out at the man’s home on Elmwood Road at around 1 a.m. and destroyed it. Fire investigators located Cain’s body just before dawn in an apartment located above a garage. […]