Board narrowly votes against removing any parking downtown
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Bath arts center to hold concert for 4-year-old with cancer
BATH — Amie and Andy Marzen are looking forward to the day their daughter can dance again. Four-year-old Madeline Marzen of Bath was diagnosed in August with an inoperable and aggressive malignant brain tumor. Although the growth is inoperable because of its location, it can be treated through chemotherapy and radiation. To help cover expenses, the […]
Bath museum to launch World War I exhibit
BATH — Maine Maritime Museum will launch an exhibit about the impact on seafaring Maine of World War I. “Pull Together: Maritime Maine in the 1914-1918 Great War” opens Saturday, Oct. 7, and runs through May 6, 2018. The 243 Washington St. exhibit delves into the ships, personnel and resources the state contributed and lost, […]
Age-friendly communities: Bowdoinham, another success story
Community based efforts for age-friendly towns and cities are important for Maine’s future.
Letter to the editor: Act now to oppose ‘Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act of 2017’
An important bill was recently passed by the Committee on Natural Resources in the U.S. House of Representatives, but it wasn’t mentioned in local media and just barely nationwide, and yet it affects an important natural resource and it’s a prime example of what happens when majority rule is replaced by a vocal and persistent […]
Downeast Institute’s efforts in Freeport finds answers on the clam flats
Multiple experiments in Midcoast help find ways to enhance shellfish populations.
Bath Council incumbents all face competition
Three incumbents face opponents
Boothbay launched the first replica of America's cup winning ship.
The original ship, built in 1851, was recreated in Boothbay and launched in 1967.
Buying a ‘free’ house
Deals can be had, but a free house can have serious costs.
Wiscasset to hold public hearing to abolish Historic Preservation Ordinance
The ordinance, created in 2015, established the Historic Preservation Commission.