Times Record Staff TOPSHAM Topsham firefighters rescued a 13- year-old boy stuck on an island in the Androscoggin River on Monday night. A resident on Eastern Terrace Lane, off Foreside Road, watches the boy after school, according to Topsham Police Sgt. Robert Ramsay. The boy normally plays in the woods near the home, Ramsay said. […]

AUGUSTA Two new scientific studies are highlighting the current and future impacts that rising ocean temperatures will have on lobster, clams and other important commercial fisheries in the Gulf of Maine. Research on nearly 700 North American fish species predicts Atlantic cod habitat could shrink by as much as 90 percent by century’s end and […]

BATH Regional School Unit 1 will conduct the first step in setting its 2018- 19 budget next week. The district budget meeting will take place Tuesday, giving taxpayers a chance to weigh in on the spending plan. “It’s a district budget meeting that we’re required to have by law,” said Manuel. “Anybody from the four […]

DURHAM Durham, Pownal and Freeport residents will vote on the Regional School District 5 this evening during a town meeting-style proceeding. The school board is proposing a $33.05 million budget, which is a $747,339 — or 2.31 percent — increase in spending. All three towns would see a tax rate increase:  Durham’s tax rate […]

HARPSWELL Mitchell Field’s pier is halfway through being demolished, while the water tower’s status remains up in the air. While the town received three bids to take down the water tower, selectmen took no action Thursday, opting to wait for more information. The bids were opened May 14, with a low bid from Iseler at […]

VASSALBORO Several local police officers graduated from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro. The officers spent eighteen weeks in study and training and most will begin patrolling immediately, in time for Memorial Day weekend enforcement efforts. Bucksport Police Chief Sean Geagan, president of the Maine Chiefs of Police Association, told graduates, “Never betray, always […]

GEORGETOWN — The Georgetown Democratic Committee is hosting its Pre- Primary Party on Sunday, June 3 from 2-4 p.m. at the Georgetown Community Center. Voters from Arrowsic, Georgetown and Woolwich are invited to attend. Democratic gubernatorial candidates Adam Cote, Donna Dion, Janet Mills, Diane Russell and Betsy Sweet are expected to attend either in person […]