The blaze in the 1850 Cape-style home started when two occupants were trying to thaw frozen pipes with heating equipment, officials say.
Coastal Journal
Midcoast news from The Forecaster.
Harpswell Police Beat: Dec. 29
No arrests or summonses were reported from Dec. 20-27.
Brunswick Police Beat: Dec. 29
Arrests 12/20 at 6:44 p.m. Raymond C. Miller, 32, of Lisbon Road in Lisbon, was arrested near the town line on River Road by Officer Brandon Curtis on an outstanding warrant from another agency. 12/21 at 8:53 p.m. Alan W. Donahue II, 38, of South Bristol, was arrested at Walmart on Tibbetts Drive by Officer Kerry Wolongevicz […]
Bath Police Beat: Dec. 29
Arrests 12/15 at 3 p.m. Michael Zekovitch, 38, of Browns Point Road, Bowdoinham, was arrested by Officer Richard Ross on Front Street on charges of violation of bail and operating with a suspended license. 12/20 at 11:16 p.m. Jason Baucom, 34, of High Street, was arrested by Officer John Dietlin on Dikes Landing Road on […]
Yellowfront Grocery facing uncertain future
Co-owner Jeff Pierce said the store will continue, but not under the family that’s owned it for nearly a century
VIA PRESS HERALD: Woolwich man stabbed in neck in Bath
Police say Clancy Morton was stabbed during a fight with two acquaintances inside an apartment at Green Acres Estates.
2017 in photos
We grabbed some of the photos we liked, or thought were significant, from the past 12 months.
Brunswick vigil brings homelessness to light
BRUNSWICK — In freezing temperatures on the winter solstice, a group of residents gathered with candles on Pleasant Street to remember the homeless Brunswick people who died this year. The candlelight vigil was part of a larger memorial service for the homeless organized by Tedford Housing, which runs two shelters in Brunswick. Before the vigil, attendees […]
New director brings passion for advocacy to Brunswick humane society
BRUNSWICK — Helping others has always been part of the fabric of Trendy Stanchfield’s working life. Next week, the longtime nonprofit agency official will begin work as the new executive director of the Coastal Humane Society and Lincoln County Animal Shelter. “I’ve pretty much spent my entire career on the nonprofit side,” Stanchfield, most recently senior […]
Harpswell taps Howe to manage emergencies
HARPSWELL — Less than six months after he became Harpswell’s first fire administrator, Art Howe will assume yet another role for the town next week: emergency management agent. Howe said the job is broad-based and will involve creating plans for and responding to any type of “nontraditional” emergency, in addition to his duties overseeing the volunteer Fire […]