HARPSWELL — Selectman Elinor Multor announced Oct. 13 that she will vacate her seat in March 2017, creating a second opening on the three-person board next spring. Multer, 89, will have served two years of a three-year term when elections are held at the annual Town Meeting.  “I hope a woman will be among the runners,” […]

BATH — Voters on Nov. 8 will decide whether to borrow $3.8 million to fund a construction project at the city landfill. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection nearly 15 years ago awarded the city a license to build and run a landfill. The second phase of the project is expected to be full by […]

BRUNSWICK — The Planning Board Tuesday authorized final plans for two apartment buildings between Noble Street Street and Station Avenue in the Town Center zoning district. Approval was granted on 13 conditions, a high-than-usual number that prompted Chairman Charles Frizzle to express frustration and the Board to consider tabling the application. The conditions are based on conversations the applicant […]

BRUNSWICK — After the search committee to find a new principal for Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School declined to nominate either of its final applicants for the position, the assistant superintendent announced plans Wednesday to renew the search in January. The school department is also seeking applications for an interim principal to take over for John […]

Arrests 10/7 at 9:45 p.m. Mark Westrum, 55, of Dummer Street, was arrested by Officer Mike Lever on Front Street on a charge of operating under the influence. 10/8 at 7:38 p.m. Charles Gates, 35, no address listed, was arrested by Detective Marc Brunelle on Bath Street on a probation hold, and charges of criminal […]

BATH — Following his Oct. 7 arrest on a charge of operating under the influence, the correctional administrator for Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset was placed on paid administrative leave Wednesday. After an executive session, the Lincoln and Sagadahoc Multicounty Jail Authority unanimously placed Mark Westrum of Bath, a former longtime sheriff of Sagadahoc County, […]

BOWDOINHAM — A replacement for Mt. Ararat High School could open in the fall of 2020, according to the firm that designed the new school. The new Topsham school’s cost, to be covered by the state, could run between $50 million and $60 million,  according to Lyndon Keck of PDT Architects, the school’s designers. The […]

BATH — The viaduct that carries U.S. Route 1 traffic over the heart of the city closed Tuesday for a seven-month reconstruction project. From now until Memorial Day, motorists will be diverted to “frontage roads,” such as Leeman Highway and Commercial Street, according to the Maine Department of Transportation.  The DOT and contractors will demolish […]

BATH — Mark Westrum, correctional administrator of the Two Bridges Regional Jail and a former Sagadahoc County sheriff, was charged Oct. 7 with operating under the influence. The 55-year-old Dummer Street resident was allegedly driving on Front Street with no lights on when Bath Police Department Officer Mike Lever and Sgt. Mike Lathrop arrested him […]