Former Bath city councilor and lawyer David Sinclair is running against author/musician Peter Macdonald Blachly to finish the remainder of Bath state Rep. Sean Paulhus’ term.
2023
Buescher, Byron reluctant favorites for Cup Series playoffs
Chris Buescher has three wins in the last five races, including Saturday night’s regular-season finale at Daytona, and William Byron has a series high five wins.
Longtime Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust director leaving post
Angela Twitchell, who oversaw 60 conservation projects to preserve nearly 3,000 acres, is leaving to become program director of the Maine Land Trust Network.
Midcoast residents ask state to turn unused railroad into recreation trail
The proposed Merrymeeting Trail would connect Brunswick to Augusta via a 34-mile unused railroad corridor that links with the Kennebec River Rail Trail.
House impeachment inquiry of President Biden is ‘natural step forward,’ Speaker McCarthy says
Some House Republicans are eager to go after Biden over claims of financial misconduct involving his son Hunter, but the Democratic president has not been shown to have done anything wrong.
‘Gran Turismo’ and ‘Barbie’ are neck-and-neck at the box office
Sony Pictures reported that ‘Gran Turismo’ opened with $17.3 million over the weekend, while Warner Bros. estimated that ‘Barbie,’ in its sixth week of release, took in $17.1 million.
Tropical Storm Idalia forms in Gulf of Mexico on possible track toward U.S.
Forecasters said they expected Idalia to become a hurricane on Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico and then curve northeast toward the west coast of Florida.
Racist shooter in Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store identified: ‘This guy is a bad guy’
Before the shooting, the man was denied entry to a historically black college by a security officer, and local law enforcement was alerted.
Hallowell tax rate for 2023-24 lower than officials had anticipated
At $23.05 per $1,000 in assessed valuation, the new tax represents an 85-cent increase to the previous rate, and will add $170 to the tax bill for a property valued at $200,000.
Ukraine investigates incident that killed 3 pilots while Russia attacks with cruise missiles
Ukraine’s Air Force spokesman Yuri Ihnat told Ukrainian television on Sunday it wasn’t immediately clear how long the probe would take.