BATH — Patten Free Library will celebrate the 125th anniversary of its founding with a fundraising open house and raffle Friday, Dec. 30. The 33 Summer St. library will close at 1 p.m. and re-open for the 5-8 p.m. event, with music by Jud Caswell, sweets and a cash bar. Only 125 tickets, at $25 […]

HARPSWELL — Dianna Haller wants her life to end the way it started: on Orr’s Island. Her mother’s side of the family landed on Orr’s Island in 1758, “but my father’s side were latecomers – they came over in the mid-1800s,” she said in an interview Monday, recalling also her grandmother’s corner store on Route 24, […]

BRUNSWICK — The School Board facilities committee is exploring ways to raise funds for a new track at the high school, which a study found would cost about $860,000. The committee has formed a subcommittee to devise a plan – although a Tuesday night meeting lacked representatives from the Town Council and recreation commission, groups that at least one […]

BRUNSWICK — The town’s Human Rights Task Force is planning public meetings to deal with hateful speech and confrontations in the wake of the Nov. 8 presidential election. “There was a consensus (that) if something occurs, we need to speak up,” said Councilor Jane Millett, who sits on the task force with Town Council Chairwoman Sarah […]

Arrests 11/21 at 12:30 a.m. Joseph Kelley, 39, of Hall Road, Woolwich, was arrested by Officer Eric Bryan on Water Street on a charge of criminal mischief. 11/23 at 10 p.m. Gary Murray, 53, of Central Avenue, was arrested by Officer Garrett Olson on Central Avenue on a charge of disorderly conduct. Murray had been […]

No arrests or summonses were reported from Nov. 21-28.

Arrests 11/27 at 2:18 a.m. Ana M. Wallace, 40, of Hill Road, West Bath, was arrested on U.S. Route 1 by Officer Cory Iles on a charge of operating under the influence. 11/27 at 3:08 p.m. Lawrence J. Diglio, 49, of Harpswell Road, was arrested on Bath Road by Officer Justin Dolci on a charge of operating […]

BRUNSWICK — Early Monday morning, Harpswell Coastal Academy junior Karli Clark was peeling onions and chopping garlic for a stir fry that would feed 50 of her classmates. Clark is a paid intern at New Beet Market’s school lunch program, a low-profit cafe that partners with HCA to provide locally sourced, healthy lunches to the charter school’s […]

BRUNSWICK — The Planning Board voted unanimously Tuesday to send the first new draft of the town’s zoning ordinance in nearly 20 years to the Town Council. The board presented the draft at a public hearing on Nov. 1, but tabled the decision to approve the document that night to allow more time for the public to […]

The Brunswick High School choir sings carols at the 2016 tree-lighting ceremony in downtown Brunswick on Nov. 26. (Jim Creighton / For The Forecaster) Bath’s traditional Santa Walk to City Hall helps launch the 12 days of Christmas celebration on Saturday, Nov. 26. (Keith Spiro / For The Forecaster)