BATH With an issue as complex as mental health, it’s OK not to have all the answers. That’s one of the core insights of the Midcoast Community Alliance, a group founded in July 2016 in Bath to address suicide among Midcoast youth. In the nearly two years since, the group has ballooned into an organization […]

BRUNSWICK For the first time since its inception, the Trek Across Maine bicycle course is getting a new route — one which is expected to draw thousands to Brunswick. The 35th edition of the annual bike ride in 2019 will start and finish at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station in town. Organizers unveiled a […]

LISBON Lisbon’s school budget is ready to go before voters in June. The town council approved a $16.4 million budget — less than the initial one proposed by Superintendent Richard Green. The district received insurance information since then, which increased only by 1 percent — instead of the 9 percent increase in the initial proposal. […]

BATH Former Bath Iron Works President John F. Sullivan Jr. died Sunday at Mid Coast Senior Health Center. Sullivan was named president of the shipyard in 1975, replacing Jim Goodrich, before being named chairman of the board and chief executive officer in 1981. He also served as vice president of the Congoleum Corporation, BIW’s holding […]

PHIPPSBURG Phippsburg voters approved appropriations to the tune of $2,381,301.50 at the business portion of their annual town meeting Tuesday evening — $2,184 more than the warrant called for. Changes came on two items: The town hall budget and funding for the Bath Area Food Bank. Though selectmen recommended just $12,316 for the town hall […]

BATH Bath City Council is holding a special public hearing Wednesday to discuss the upcoming fiscal-year budget, which the city’s finance director said is going down by more than $130,000. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall. Juli Millett, in a memo provided to the Coastal Journal, said the […]