BATH Children at Patten Free Library Saturday got a real hands-on learning experience. They wasted no time dipping their hands in a pool of water and seaweed, pulling out starfish, sea urchins, muscles, snails, crabs and other rocky shore critters they held in their hand one-by-one at the “I Spy Camouflage” event. The intertidal program […]

BRUNSWICK The Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick will host a series of afternoon and evening lectures on gardening. These programs are free and open to the public. The series is as follows: • Tuesday, March 6, 6:30 – 8 p.m. “Edible Insects.” Insects are a diverse and valuable source of green protein. Entosense will share […]

LISBON Lisbon has cleared one hurdle in its quest for a grant to aid development. The town submitted its Community Development Block Grant bid for the Lisbon village area in January, seeking the maximum value of $300,000. The grant is awarded by the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development. At the end of January, […]

FREEPORT Having abandoned a plan to have its own aquaculture leasing program, Freeport is working to set criteria for people wanting to take part in one run by the state. The town’s Ordinance Committee will review an amendment to the town’s Shellfish Conservation Ordinance at its 5:30 p.m. meeting Tuesday. According to an email from […]

PORTLAND State entomologists say it’s time for Maine property owners to remove a species of invasive caterpillar from trees where they can be reached. The state has worked to control the spread of browntail moth caterpillars, which cause a rash that resembles poison ivy. The caterpillars spend winter webbed in leaves on oak and apple […]

GARDINER (AP) — A Maine company says 300 employees will receive bonuses following changes to the federal tax code enacted at the end of 2017. Everett J. Prescott Inc., a Gardiner-based waterworks materials company, says the bonuses will arrive Monday. The Kennebec Journal reports CEO Peter Prescott said Friday that many employees will receive a […]

FALMOUTH (AP) — Police say two trains narrowly missed a stolen front-end loader that was being operated on and near railroad tracks outside of Portland. Falmouth police say the first train was Amtrak’s Downeaster and the second was a freight train that made an emergency stop. Train traffic was halted Saturday morning so the tracks […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A state report finds that Maine missed key steps in multiple child welfare cases. Maine Public reports that Maine’s Child Welfare Services Ombudsman Christine Alberi last year found the Department of Health and Human Services failed to follow proper procedure in cases involving highly vulnerable children. Her report found the department in […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — State education officials are proposing to roll back Maine’s proficiency based diploma law, which was one of the first in the nation. The Maine Sunday Telegram reports that Department of Education officials are proposing the elimination of a key tenet of the law: Students would no longer have to attain a standard […]