BRUNSWICK Brunswick Landing Venture is touting its plans to convert rental units to for-sale condos and adding more rentals to its offerings as a boon for the local housing market. The plan to sell 147 of its units — single-family ranches for $150,000 and condos for up to $250,000 — and open 190 units for […]

AUGUSTA A Maine man confessed to a friend after shooting a sheriff ’s deputy in the head last week, investigators said in documents made public Monday. A state police affidavit was filed as 29-year-old John Williams made his initial court appearance on a murder charge. Williams, who was ordered held without bail, is charged with […]

FREEPORT Town Manager Peter Joseph and Finance Director Jessica Maloy are scheduled to present the operating and 2018-19 tax increment financing budget to councilors tonight. The town is proposing $10 million in spending, a $295,393 or 2.9 percent increase that would increase taxes by $32,643. The current property tax rate is $14.95 per $1,000 of […]

TOPSHAM — The Orion Performing Arts Center’s fundraiser, “Dining for a Cause,” will be held at the 99 Restaurant on Topsham Fair Mall Rd. The 99 Restaurant will donate 15 percent of a patron’s bill to the Orion’s capital needs fund when presented with a voucher to either lunch or dinner. Vouchers are available at […]

BRUNSWICK — Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education will host Carrie Werner and Melanie Clarke as their guest speakers at their Brunswick Lyme Support meeting Wed May 2 from 6- 8 p.m. at Mid Coast Hospital. This meeting is free and open to the public. Werner and Clarke will discuss their new clinic, Riverside Healing […]

TOPSHAM Hannaford’s Topsham location says some of its lean ground beef purchased last week could have metal fragments in it and should not be eaten. According to a Friday news release, packages of the 80 percent lean ground beef purchased at the store Monday, April 23 with an April 24 sell-by date, “may contain metal […]

BRYANT UNIVERSITY Eliza Hodge of Topsham has been named to Bryant University’s Deans’ List for the fall 2017 semester. BALDWIN UNIVERSITY Mallory Goodine of Bath was named to the Fall 2017 Honors List at Mary Baldwin University ELMIRA COLLEGE Courtney Tibbetts of Woolwich has been named to the Elmira College Dean’s List for the Winter […]