BATH — In a straw poll Monday, all but one of approximately 160 voting-age residents supported the concept design and budget for a new Morse High School. The show-of-hands vote, held at Bath Middle School, marked the 12th step in a 21-part, state-mandated process necessary before the project is approved. Despite the favorable decision, several residents […]

HARPSWELL — The consensus among some town staff and committee members is that an aquaculture company has lost interest in building an indoor salmon farm at Mitchell Field. “To the best of my knowledge, there’s no fish on the line,” Town Planner Mark Eyerman told the Mitchell Field Committee during a Monday discussion about updating […]

BRUNSWICK — The car owned by an openly gay town councilor was targeted with an apparently homophobic flyer Monday morning while she attended a public 9/11 memorial on the Town Mall. At-Large Councilor Kathy Wilson said “there’s no way of knowing” whether the perpetrator knew the car belonged to her or acted in response to a […]

BATH — In June 2015, about two weeks before the city’s biggest annual event, 23-year-old Jake Korb became director of the Main Street Bath organization. Now with three successful Bath Heritage Days celebrations under his belt, Korb is returning to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His final day with MSB is Friday, Sept. 15. The next day, he […]

BATH — United Way of Mid Coast Maine hopes to raise $1.8 million in this fall’s campaign, about $50,000 less than the organization sought last year. The organization’s campaign, called “Moving Forward Together,” launched Tuesday, Sept. 12, at Maine Maritime Museum. It runs through Nov. 9. More information is available at uwmcm.org. “We know that […]