BRUNSWICK While substance abuse appears to be dropping among students at southern Midcoast schools, the Access Health Community Health Coalition said the group is now concerned about electronic cigarette devices. Melissa Fochesato, director of community health promotion at Mid Coast Hospital, said the 2017 Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey showed that 33 percent of high […]

BRUNSWICK It all started with a leg injury. That’s how Doris Bourque’s road to an opioid addiction began, just before she turned 60. “I’m now 66 years old. Never had any kind of incidents with drugs until I was 59,” she said during a panel discussion at Curtis Memorial Library on Wednesday. “I told myself […]

BATH While the Maine Maritime Museum celebrates all things maritime, it’s neighbor to the north — Bath Iron Works — casts a long shadow. “The one thing that I heard from person after person after person (visiting the museum) was, what’s going on over there?” said Maine Maritime Museum Executive Director Amy Lent, indicating toward […]

BATH Traffic on Route 1 in Bath will continue to be affected by Maine Department of Transportation work. For the next few weeks, the ramp from High Street onto Route 1 will be closed as the department completes work that began last year. “Last year we realigned the ramp, so there’s a longer merge,” said […]