BRUNSWICK Marijuana operations in Brunswick have been blunted yet again, with one more 180- day moratorium approved this week. The town council approved the final extension of the delay that applies to retail marijuana stores, facilities, social clubs and medical cannabis storefronts. Last week, the Maine Legislature overrode Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of a bill […]

BRUNSWICK Starting in July, it will cost twice as much for a pay-as-you-throw trash bag in Brunswick. After 11 years without an increase, councilors decided Monday to raise the retail cost of the bags. The hike was recommended by both the Recycling and Sustainability and Finance committees. The town began its pay-as-you-throw program in 2007. […]

LISBON There will soon be more security cameras in Lisbon’s school. The school committee has approved more than $27,000 to upgrade and replace some security cameras in the high school, the final installment in a five-year update plan. “It’s long been a part of our capital improvement plan for a while,” said Superintendent Richard Green. […]

BRUNSWICK Long-term parking on Union Street will stay at $2 per day — for now. Brunswick councilors adopted a fee increase to $5 last August, but reduced it back to $2 following public outcry. It was slated to change to $5 on May 1, but debate at a recent meeting halted the change again, opting […]

FREEPORT Dorris Farrar, Maine’s oldest person, has died at 111. Farrar was born in 1906, the same year of the great San Francisco earthquake and of President Theodore Roosevelt being awarded the Nobel Prize for helping end the Russo-Japanese war. An official at the Hawthorne House in Freeport told The Associated Press she died Monday. […]

BATH — Bath’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee and the national League of American Bicyclists is organizing Bike to Work Week May 14-18. Both organizations encourage folks to bike to work or try cycling for fun and fitness. The Bath Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee will be hosting two events. Members of the Bath Bicycle and Pedestrian […]

BRUNSWICK — Maine State Music Theatre Artistic Director Curt Dale Clark has been elected as Vice President of The National Alliance for Musical Theatre, a not-for-profit organization serving the musical theatre community. “NAMT is excited to welcome Curt to the role of Vice President,” National Alliance for Musical Theatre Executive Director Betsy King Militello said. […]

AUGUSTA Candidates hoping to succeed term-limited, Republican Gov. Paul LePage have reported more than $2 million in campaign contributions this year as Mainers prepare for an onslaught of political ads ahead of the primary. Voters in June will select which Democrats and Republicans will vie for governor, state Senate and state House this fall. Republicans […]

SCARBOROUGH The town’s voters decided overwhelmingly Tuesday to remove three school board members from office in the town’s first-ever recall election after months of controversy involving the superintendent and the high school principal. Turnout was steady and strong throughout the day, and ballots were hand-counted well after midnight, with about two-thirds of voters deciding to […]