Arrests 3/1 at 3:30 p.m. Kristian Flanagan, 44, of Walnut Street, Oxford, was arrested by Officer Mark Steele on Elm Street on an outstanding warrant from another agency. 3/1 at 6:40 p.m. Benjamin Hamilton, 32, of Noble Avenue, was arrested by Officer John Dietlin on Noble Avenue on a charge of domestic violence assault. 3/3 […]

BRUNSWICK — The town’s Human Rights Task Force is trying to determine the role of municipal government in confronting a reported uptick of harassment, discrimination, and general anxiety over civil liberties since the presidential election. “A lot has happened since we last met,” committee Chairwoman Sarah Brayman told community leaders at a March 1 meeting – the […]

BRUNSWICK — Metro Breez bus service will extend to Brunswick in late August. The Town Council voted 6-3 Monday to green-light a two-year pilot program that would shuttle commuters to Freeport and Portland. The approval came after the cost of joining a three-year pilot program dropped significantly since it’s initial proposal. “I just want to say […]

BRUNSWICK — The Town Council put off a vote Monday on an ordinance that would ban single-use plastic bags at local retailers.  Councilors later approved funding for a $2 million stormwater drain reconstruction project this year on Union Street and Mill Street, and formed a task force to explore the future of the town’s fire and […]

BRUNSWICK — A pharmacy and two new medical office buildings are slated for Brunswick Landing. The Planning Board approved a mixed-use commercial development sketch plan Feb. 28 for Priority Real Estate Group of Topsham to develop three buildings on a 5-acre parcel off Bath Road and Admiral Fitch Avenue. Planning Board member Richard Burgess recused himself […]

TOPSHAM — A new Mt. Ararat High School will become a reality, after voters approved two referendum questions Tuesday. Residents in the four School Administrative District 75 towns voted to build a new school, with an artificial turf field, to replace the 44-year-old structure on Eagles Way. Voters first were asked to approve the base […]

BATH — The company redeveloping the former John E.L. Huse Memorial School will showcase its first completed apartment Wednesday, March 15. Nathan Szanton of Portland-based Szanton Co., which acquired the 39 Andrews Road building from the city last August, is working with fellow developer Robert Monks to develop 59 mixed-income apartments, nearly half of which […]

HARPSWELL — After eight years on the Board of Selectmen, Elinor Multer will step down from her post after Town Meeting this Saturday. She announced in October she would not complete the final year of her third term, citing personal reasons. “It’s been a privilege to be a selectman,” she said on recent foggy day, sitting […]

BATH — Originally expected to wrap up by Memorial Day, reconstruction of the viaduct that carries U.S. Route 1 traffic over the heart of the city could conclude about two weeks ahead of schedule. If the weather cooperates, the viaduct could reopen May 10, Maine Department of Transportation Resident Engineer Glenn Philbrook said in an […]

BATH — Morse High School was the first school to host the annual Maine Principals Association One-Act Festival in 1932. But this weekend’s event will possibly be the final one held at Montgomery Theater because, if eventually approved by voters, a new school could be constructed at Wing Farm Park in 2020. “This is our […]