Maine’s vaccination coverage for students entering kindergarten worsened in 2017-18, making outbreaks of preventable diseases like measles, chicken pox and pertussis more likely. Five percent of kindergartners — about 600 students of the 12,500 in that grade — attended school this year without getting required vaccines because their parents opted out on philosophic or religious […]

BRUNSWICK Communities across the nation and in the Midcoast on Monday will honor those who died while in service of their country with a mix of festive parades and solemn services. The Brunswick-Topsham Memorial Day Parade will have a full lineup. An observance by the Topsham town office starts at 8:45 a.m. The 2.5-mile parade […]

BATH Bath police say a 29-yearold Bath man was accidentally shot in the leg Wednesday evening. Officers responded to 100 Union St. at 7:19 p.m. for a report of a gunshot injury. Police say the victim was found outside the residence with Anthony Alvarez, 22, of Bath. Police say the two are acquaintances. “Neither the […]

BRUNSWICK While still recovering from a grueling legal battle with the governor over the distribution of allocated federal funding, Coastal Counties Workforce Inc. learned this week that it will likely face cuts in its federal funding in the next fiscal year. The nonprofit is one of three workforce boards in Maine that provides resources and […]

BATH Carolyn Lockwood was sitting in her house earlier this year when she had an epiphany that led her to run a nonprofit organization that helps people in need feed their pets. Lockwood, a former Bath councilor, former director of Main Street Bath and former designer at Bath Iron Works, started Dogwill Inc., in February […]

BRUNSWICK A New York man was transported to Maine Medical Center in Portland Thursday morning after his car collided with a pickup truck on Route 1. The crash was reported at 9:16 a.m. just east of the Route 196 on-ramp. Brunswick Police Cmdr. Tom Garrepy said Theodorus Verheyen, 83, of Tarrytown, N.Y., was driving a […]

BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College will hold its 213th Commencement ceremony at 10 a.m., Saturday, conferring bachelor of arts degrees on the Class of 2018. College President Clayton Rose will preside over commencement and award degrees on the terrace of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. In the event of very severe weather, the event will […]

BRUNSWICK Brunswick High School Valedictorian Kyra Teboe’s talents are music to the ears — literally. The 17-year-old learned a lot through the school’s music program, to which she’s also given back. Teboe accompanies the high school chorus on piano and oversees the orchestra musicians as pit director during school musicals. Sitting at a piano with […]