BATH — Approximately 100 residents of Regional School Unit 1 on Tuesday unanimously supported building a new Morse High School at the Wing Farm business park. The show-of-hands vote was the first straw poll, and sixth step, a 21-part, state-mandated process necessary before the project is approved. A second straw vote must also be held on the […]

BRUNSWICK — The School Department is seeking families to host Chinese exchange students for one or two weeks in July. The students, from schools in the Hunan Province, are part of a new exchange program with Brunswick High School; the summer homestays are part of the district’s effort to recruit Chinese students for an entire […]

BRUNSWICK — The community is rallying to raise $20,000 to save Cub Camp, a summer academic intervention program for incoming kindergarten students. The schools launched the five-week program last summer, but lacks the grant funding to continue. Blending elements of the classroom and summer camp, Cub Camp eases classroom entry for 4- and 5-year-olds who […]

BRUNSWICK — The founder of the Midcoast Youth Theater, who was a former part-time teacher at St. John’s Catholic School, faces two additional charges in Cumberland County for allegedly sexually abusing children at his Topsham home. Henry Eichman, 56, pleaded not guilty to 16 counts of molesting children in West Bath District Court in January. […]

BRUNSWICK — Maine State Police arrested a 62-year-old former Brunswick man Friday in Farmington and charged him with the murder 38 years ago of his 4-month-old son. Burton “Ben” Hagar was arrested at his Marvel Street home in Farmington, following his indictment on murder charges by a Cumberland County grand jury. Hagar is being held […]

BATH — A local land trust’s harvesting of 63 acres of the Sewall Woods Preserve is serving as a demonstration forest project. The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust is working with Barrie Brusila of Mid-Maine Forestry, who a created a management plan for the harvest with an eye toward sustainability, according to a March 30 KELT […]

BRUNSWICK — The School Department is trying to develop a fiscal 2018 budget while facing an uncertain amount of state reimbursement. Unsure of whether it will need to compensate for all of a potential $1.1 million shortage in state revenue, Superintendent of Schools Paul Perzanoski floated a tiered set of administrative costs Wednesday at a School Board […]

BATH — The City Council on Wednesday approved an application to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for $8.5 million in loans or grants to complete a wastewater system upgrade. The council also hired a contractor for a construction project at the city landfill. Voters in November 2015 approved a $9.8 million wastewater infrastructure improvement bond, […]