BRUNSWICK — Kelly Wentworth has been named School Department business manager after the retirement of longtime manager James Oikle. Wentworth, a graduate of Brunswick High School and Westbrook College (now the University of New England), was director of finance and human resources in Regional School Unit 5 for the last five years. She previously spent 11 […]

BATH — The City Council next month will review a draft document for a request for proposals to develop the former YMCA property on Summer Street. The council on Wednesday also unanimously gave initial approval to adding a prohibition on electronic smoking devices in parks and recreation facilities to the city’s existing public smoking ban. […]

Arrests 10/23 at 2:35 a.m. Aaron Delano, 25, of Heritage Lane, Wiscasset, was arrested by Officer Nick Green in Woolwich on a charge of operating under the influence. 10/23 at 10:32 p.m. Gary Ripley Jr., 44, of Heath Lane, was arrested by Officer Nick Green on Heath Lane on a charge of domestic violence assault. […]

BATH — After many months of planning and labor, improvements at South End Park are complete. A new welcome sign, and perimeter fencing and gates, are among the additions to the dog-friendly park, which sits between Lower Washington Street and the Kennebec River. Among other new amenities are bait-cutting stations at the pier, expanded parking, […]

BATH — It may have been men that built the original Virginia vessel, but next weekend it’ll be all women taking a hand in its reconstruction. The third annual Women’s Shipbuilding Day, held at the 19th century Bath Freight Shed at 27 Commercial St., takes place Sunday, Nov. 6, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. […]

Arrests 10/15 at 1 a.m. Alexenia Payson, 21, of Spruce Head Road, Thomaston, was arrested by Officer Garrett Olson on the Sagadahoc Bridge on a charge of operating under the influence. 10/17 at 9 p.m. Joshua Morse, 21, of Oak Street, Boothbay Harbor, was arrested by Cpl. Jason Aucoin on Drayton Road on charges of […]

TOPSHAM — The final design for a new Mt. Ararat High School could be ready by Wednesday, Nov. 2, when the School Administrative District 75 Building Committee will next meet. By that point, PDT Architects should have tallied the results of polls conducted at meetings this month in each of the district’s four towns. Participants […]

BRUNSWICK — On Feb. 29, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services sent a letter to residents covered under MaineCare’s Section 17, which provides community support services to mental health patients. The letter informed patients of an immediate change in eligibility for coverage, and said unless they met a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, […]

Arrests 10/12 at 5 p.m. Anne Marie Bussey, 71, of High Street, was arrested by Officer Richard Ross on High Street on a charge of operating under the influence. 10/16 at 1:18 a.m. Sarah Armstrong, 38, of Woolwich, was arrested by Officer Eric Bryan on High Street on a charge of operating under the influence. […]