TOPSHAM The public is invited to attend the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new Mt. Ararat High School. The event will be held on June 7, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. on the football field at the current high school. The groundbreaking event will include the ceremonial first dig by those who worked on the project, including […]

CURRY COLLEGE Calvin Stroud of Freeport, received a Bachelor of Arts degree on May 20 from Curry College WPI Andrew Schade of Phippsburg was awarded a bachelor of science degree in computer science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Jordan Grotz of Freeport and Benjamin Schade of Phippsburg were named to the WPI dean’s list for the […]

BATH A multi-billion-dollar defense bill that includes funding for ships being built at Bath Iron Works cleared a couple of key hurdles this week. On Thursday the House passed the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act — a $717 billion bill that funds the Department of Defense. The bill will now go to the Senate, whose […]

The Wells High School Mascot Advisory Committee will recommend discontinuing the use of Native American imagery while keeping the Warriors nickname, based on the results of Wednesday’s secret ballot. If the recommendation is approved by the Wells-Ogunquit school committee at its June 6 meeting, Wells would become the latest Maine high school to drop Native […]

State child protective workers failed to follow policies and procedures in assessing the placement of a young girl who died as a result of abuse last winter, the Legislature’s watchdog agency concluded in a review released Thursday. In the case of a second girl’s death, there were widely scattered reports of potential abuse or neglect, […]

MILWAUKEE The Milwaukee police chief has apologized to Sterling Brown and says officers have been disciplined for acting “inappropriately” after the Bucks player was zapped with a stun gun during his arrest for a parking violation in January. Brown, who is African- American, said in a statement Wednesday that the incident was “an attempt at […]