DURHAM Regional School Unit 5’s $33 million budget proposal is going to referendum with no changes to the spending proposal. Only 50 voters showed up during Wednesday’s annual budget meeting — 28 from Freeport, 16 from Durham and six from Pownal — and without debate, approved 20 budget articles within 30 minutes. The budget was […]

On Wednesday, the Mary E motored her way over to the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath from Robinhood in Georgetown, where she’d been located since launching earlier this month. The 1906 vessel was acquired by the museum in 2016, which has been working for the past year or more on restoring it. The mast stepping […]

BRUNSWICK Bowdoin College can build its new apartments. The college was given approval by the planning board on Tuesday to construct four 3,900-square-foot apartment-style buildings on Park Row, between College and South streets. These new buildings will be the first residential construction the college has undertaken since 2005, according to Matt Orlando, senior vice president […]

BATH Pam Solow, known affectionately as “Grammy Pammy,” was honored by Morse High School students with the Mainsail Award during a special school assembly on Wednesday morning. “I am so happy and honored that you selected me,” she said. “I love working with you kids. I love everything about the community.” Grammy Pammy is an […]

BOWDOINHAM Almost a year after voter approval, Bowdoinham will be adding a new, versatile vehicle to the fire department fleet. At Town Meeting last year, voters approved the new truck at a cost of up to $170,000, and selectmen approved a 10-year bond for the vehicle. The purchase of a quick-attack fire truck — a […]

BRUNSWICK Brunswick-based community development financial institution Coastal Enterprises Inc. has received $1.8 million of grant and loan capital from Wells Fargo & Co., and a solar energy subsidiary of CEI has received $1.5 million, the San Francisco-based bank said Wednesday. CEI, which helps to promote job growth and economic prosperity in Maine and in rural […]