Arrests No arrests or criminal summonses were reported from June 17-23. Fire calls 6/21 at 8:54 p.m. Smoke detector activation on Whitney Farms Road. 6/22 at 3:30 p.m. Police assist in New Gloucester. EMS North Yarmouth emergency medical services responded to five calls from June 10-16.
Alex Lear
Staff Writer
Alex Lear is a lifelong Mainer who has spent 25 years in journalism -- the first 20 as a reporter for newspapers in Damariscotta and Falmouth, then as Opinions section editor for the Sun Journal and now a digital producer with the Maine Trust for Local News. His long-running “Learics” column won first place in the Maine Press Association’s 2023 Better Newspaper Contest. He and his wife Lauren are kept young by their 9-year-old daughter Alaina. Send feedback and suggestions to Alex.
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Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Bath aging survey reveals concern about independence
BATH — The results of a survey of residents by Age-Friendly Communities of the Lower Kennebec are eye-opening, and sometimes sad. Sixty percent of those who responded expect they will have to modify their home in order to stay. Many worry about whether they’ll even have enough funds to sustain their home, and are concerned about […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Bath seeks input on traffic changes for 2 streets
BATH — The latest in a series of proposed traffic remedies for Richardson Street and Western Avenue go to a public meeting next week. The City Hall gathering will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 26. It follows a November 2018 input-gathering workshop at which a variety of temporary traffic-calming measures – speed tables and raised […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Launch in Bath a year away for reconstructed colonial ship
BATH — Sporting a bushy gray beard, a tattoo and earrings, Rob Stevens looks the part of a man who has built a few ships in his day. He is head shipwright of the Virginia, the reconstruction of a vessel of that name built at the Popham Colony in modern-day Phippsburg in 1607-1608. For more […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster
North Yarmouth woman launches ‘retirement home’ for dogs
Laurie Dorr hopes to provide a home for as many as 15 dogs.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cumberland to move compost, brush, sand, salt operations
CUMBERLAND — The Town Council on Monday unanimously approved moving the town’s compost and brush operations, and its sand and salt sheds. Long located at the Public Works garage on Drowne Road, the uses have drawn complaints from residents of the neighboring Village Green development. The compost and brush pad will be moved to a […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Voters ratify school budgets in SAD 75, RSU 1
TOPSHAM — Voters in School Administrative District 75 and Regional School Unit 1 approved budgets Tuesday for fiscal year 2020. The four SAD 75 communities adopted the $42.1 million spending plan, 1,064 to 568. The budget passed 519-301 in Topsham, where voter turnout was 10.7%. It was also approved 197-126 in Harpswell, 123-53 in Bowdoin […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cumberland, North Yarmouth unseat incumbent in SAD 51, OK school budget
CUMBERLAND —An incumbent on the School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors was unseated Tuesday, while a former member and a political newcomer took two open seats. Voters approved the SAD 51 fiscal year 2020 budget, 1,534 to 582. The spending plan passed 1,339 to 522 in Cumberland, and 195-60 in North Yarmouth. A second […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cumberland elects Edes, Vail to Town Council
CUMBERLAND — Incumbent Mike Edes and Bob Vail secured the most votes Tuesday in a four-candidate election for two seats on the Town Council. Edes, a councilor for six years, earned 991 votes; Vail had 827. Candidates Geoffrey Michalak and Brian Cashin received 722 and 674 votes, respectively. Voter turnout was 28.3%, according to the […]