BRUNSWICK Torry is just shy of 10 years old — and while he looks a bit nonplussed in his picture, he is very sweet and will make a wonderful pet! He is low-key guy that loves to lounge, who has been an indoor cat all his life. He loves people, but does enjoy his quiet […]

LISBON The Hair Loft is relocating in Lisbon, thanks to an assist from the town. The Lisbon Town Council announced the approval of a commercial loan for the business at its meeting Tuesday. The loan will help the Hair Loft relocate from its current site at 689 Lisbon St., which has been sold. The financial […]

TOPSHAM The Topsham Public Library has announced that this year’s Sarah Whitten Award will be presented to Don Sanders. Sanders is a bus driver for MSAD 75, the president of the Merrymeeting Employees Association and the originator of the Bus Book Bags program at Topsham Public Library. In 2015, Topsham Public Library’s Board of Trustees […]

WESTPORT ISLAND The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust invites the public to explore the Carl and Barbara Segerstrom Preserve at Squam Creek on Westport Island for owls on Friday, Jan. 19 at 6 p.m. Led by Maine Master Naturalist Kit Pfeiffer, participants will walk the habitats of the preserve scouting for owls. This walk is appropriate […]

BRUNSWICK — The Midcoast Charitable Foundation of Maine, a subsidiary of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, recently announced the award of $12,500 in grants to eight local organizations. These funds are earmarked for projects that strengthen community organizations and services to improve the quality of life, economic viability and sustainability of the communities and not […]

BRUNSWICK (AP) — A Maine marine biologist says footage of her swimming with a humpback whale shows the large mammal protecting her from a tiger shark. Nan Hauser, president of the Center for Cetacean Research and Conservation and a Brunswick resident, says she uploaded footage of her encounter Monday and it quickly spread across the […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — Maine’s governor still hasn’t approved new rules that allow pharmacists to dispense the overdose antidote naloxone without a prescription, despite regulators approving the policy five months ago. A spokeswoman for Republican Gov. Paul LePage told The Portland Press Herald Friday the rules are still in the governor’s office. She did not […]

(AP) Parts of New England are looking at some balmy weather, relatively speaking, this week. The extreme cold has begun loosening its grip and some parts of Maine and New Hampshire are expected to see the temperature rise above freezing for the first time in about three weeks on Tuesday. Andy Pohl from the National […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Portland officials say an October rainstorm that helped the area recover from a drought also contributed to millions of gallons of raw sewage and stormwater flowing into the Casco Bay. The Portland Press Herald reports close to 69 million gallons of polluted runoff flowed into waterways during the 2016 storm Oct. 21 […]

BANGOR (AP) — The weeks-long deep freeze is keeping Coast Guard ice breakers busy on the New England coast. The Coast Guard says ice-breaking tugs have been at work on the Penobscot River since last month and that ice has begun forming elsewhere in rivers and harbors. Capt. Michael Baroody, commander of the Coast Guard […]