BATH Following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, where a lone gunman killed 17 people with an AR-15, there has been no shortage of proposals to prevent further massacres. While some, including survivors of the shooting, have called for a ban on weapons like AR-15s, the president and others have called for the arming of […]

BRUNSWICK The public can soon have its say on whether food trucks can park overnight on the Brunswick Mall. The town council will convene a hearing Monday on the proposal. Food truck vendors are allowed to park overnight only six times during the season, but say changing the town’s ordinance will be an added convenience. […]

BRUNSWICK The owner of a small camper van and his dog are safe after their vehicle was consumed in a fire in a Brunswick parking lot on Thursday morning. The man was inside the Goodwill store at 21 Gurnet Road when the van ignited just before 10:30 a.m. Brunswick Fire Chief Ken Brillant said a […]

TOPSHAM He is known as the “First Ladies man.” The Topsham Public Library hosted author and television host Andrew Och Thursday night to talk about his time studying the country’s first Ladies. Och spent more than a year traveling the nation, visiting locations that would help tell the stories of each First Lady of the […]

Excerpts from Bath Historical Society Newsletter #30, Times of Bath October 1992, June 1994. Owen History of Bath Maine. The movement for a bridge over the Kennebec was started in 1920 by business interests east of the river who were most affected by the ferry situation. In 1927 the bridge over the Kennebec superseded the […]

Bald Mountain is perhaps the best short mountain hike in central and mid-coast Maine. One of several Bald Mountains in the state, this one is located between Ragged Mountain and Mount Megunticook in the Camden Hills Range. Not as well known as its slightly taller counterparts, Bald is something of a well-kept secret. From the […]