PORTLAND — School districts across Maine are experiencing an acute shortage of bus drivers. So the Department of Education and Department of Labor are joining forces on a new program designed to encourage military veterans to fill the gap. Through the Labor Department’s Hire-A-Vet campaign, bus driver training will be offered free to interested veterans. […]
Coastal Journal
Midcoast news from The Forecaster.
Limited Permits for Aquaculture solve a mystery at Mere Point
Wonder what a particular float or waterborne structure is? Check out the LPA.
Food and spirits in Damariscotta to raise money for Friends of Thai Daughters
Friends of Thai Daughters, founded in 2010 by Boothbay residents Jane McBride and Patricia Zinkowski, is a safety-net organization that assists at-risk girls living in extreme poverty to flourish and become educated, successful adults.
Solo Bistro to close Labor Day
After 13 years in downtown Bath, the restaurant will be sold this summer.
Skid row: Do not go there
Skid Row was, and I guess still is, a sort of mythical place somewhere, anywhere, that isn’t exactly Beverly Hills, although Beverly Hills people can also end up there, I hear.
Letter to the editor: Call it what it is instead of using euphemisms
“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable.” ~ George Orwell “You can’t be afraid of words that speak the truth, even if it’s an unpleasant truth … I don’t like words that hide the truth.” ~ George Carlin Who told the first lie? No one can ever know who, when, […]
Update: Oasis Free Clincs … a year later
The dental clinic recently turned one year old.
Restoration of Halfway Rock Lighthouse underway
In 2014 Ford Reiche bought a dilapidated lighthouse on a wave-swept spit of rock. Three years later, he’s made significant progress to restore and preserve it.
Bath faces worse-than-average housing affordability
A limited housing supply and a worse-than-state-average rate of affordability have lead to long wait times and housing issues for Bath’s renters.