BRUNSWICK It’s time for Brunswick veterans to start raising some money. Brunswick councilors gave the unanimous go-ahead Tuesday to move forward on plans for a veterans memorial plaza on the north end of the Town Mall that will incorporate an existing memorial there. The council also voted to allow veterans groups to move forward with […]

TOPSHAM A forum will take place at Woodside Elementary School on Friday evening to discuss the evacuation that took place last week. The school’s parent-teacher organization has the community forum event, which will start at 5:30 p.m. at the school, posted on its Facebook page. According to the event page, Principal Rick Dedek will host […]

BATH The city of Bath is asking the state Legislature to step in and validate a $2.8 million bond referendum after “human error” put the bond on murky legal ground. In November, Bath residents overwhelmingly voted in favor of a bond to finance sidewalk and street construction and repair. With 78 percent of voters approving […]

A pair of men from the Midcoast are facing charges of smuggling elvers in New Jersey. Joseph Kelley of Woolwich and James Lewis of West Bath have both been indicted in New Jersey for the a conspiracy to smuggle elvers and violated the Lacey Act, as first reported by the Bangor Daily News. According to […]

GEORGETOWN The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust recently completed a restoration project that may help restore the health of the Little River salt marsh in Georgetown. A causeway for an old, abandoned logging road that crossed the marsh, blocking water from freely flowing, was removed on Feb. 7. The Little River wetland sits between Indian Point […]