BATH — Maine Department of Transportation contractors reported Tuesday that construction of a new viaduct to carry traffic over the heart of Bath is ahead of schedule. The work is about three weeks ahead of schedule, DOT Resident Engineer Glenn Philbrook estimated in a Tuesday press release from the agency. Out of 19 pier columns, […]

HARPSWELL — The town hired Ray Schlotterbeck of Lewiston Dec. 29 as the new alternative animal patrol officer, following the departure of Officer Judith Arnt in early fall. Schlotterbeck is a reserve APO for the town of Lisbon, and will fill in for the town’s full-time APO, Gail Federico, when she is unavailable. Schlotterbeck will be paid […]

BATH — City officials expressed shock and sadness Tuesday morning at the sudden death over the weekend of Leverett “Tink” Mitchell, a city councilor and former fire chief. Mitchell, 68, died Dec. 30 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. The cause of death was not disclosed. Mitchell was born in Bath, graduated from Morse High […]

ARROWSIC — About once a month, a group of fired-up grandmothers from the Brunswick and Bath area gather around a kitchen table and talk about reproductive rights. They sound like college students – if college students could remember a time when birth control wasn’t widely available; when safe and legal abortion didn’t exist; when a girl from […]

Arrests 12/22 at 12:54 a.m. Damon Peacock, 18, no address listed, of Asheville, North Carolina, was arrested on Washington Street by Officer Nick Green on charges of theft by unauthorized use of property, failure to stop for police, operating without a license and illegal possession of alcohol by a minor. Summonses 12/20 Michael Porter, 20, of Lark Street, […]

Arrests 12/22 at 1:06 a.m. Stefan McIntyre, 27, no address listed, of Biddeford, was arrested on Bath Road by Officer Daniel Herbert on charges of operating under the influence, violating conditions of release and refusing to submit to arrest or detention. 12/23 at 1:28 a.m. Theodore Yates, 31, of Beaver Pond Road, was arrested on Beaver Pond Road […]

BRUNSWICK — Bob Metivier is working on a series of ceramic mugs that involves collaborating with another Brunswick potter – one who lived more than 2,000 years ago. Metivier, who works under the brand Dust of the Earth Pottery, is combining art and history in a series of mugs that borrow their design from a piece of […]

BRUNSWICK — The Planning and Development Department will hold a series of forums to discuss how changes in a new draft of the town’s zoning ordinance will affect specific neighborhoods. The Cooks Corner area will be discussed at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9, at the L.L. Bean Learning Commons and Health Science Center at Southern Maine […]

BRUNSWICK — A decision about whether the Frank J. Wood Bridge is added to the National Register of Historic Places is expected to be delayed until spring.  But the delay will provide more time for work by a Brunswick-Topsham committee charged with making design recommendations for a potential replacement bridge, Linda Smith, Brunswick’s manager of economic and community […]

BRUNSWICK — The town is looking into what it would cost to build a road linking Gurnet Road and Admiral Fitch Avenue, in an effort to provide easier access between Brunswick Landing and Cooks Corner. Town Manager John Eldridge told the Town Council on Dec. 19 that Portland-based consulting firm Milone & MacBroom will conduct a study […]