HARPSWELL — When Cindy Baumgartner sends an email to 10-year-old Masudi, she likes to envision the journey it takes across the world to his home village of Mukono, Uganda. Baumgartner, who co-owns Glen’s Lobsters on Bailey Island, visited Mukono in 2013 on a mission trip with Safe Landings, the American extension of Noah’s Ark Childen’s Ministry Uganda orphanage. […]

HARPSWELL — The town’s three volunteer fire departments plan to ask their members and the public how they feel about adding paid staff and a new fire station. All three departments have reported a shortage of volunteers and inadequate daytime coverage, which prompted a Fire and Rescue Planning Committee to be formed in April. To address […]

BRUNSWICK — Writing a resume used to be as simple as telling your professional story. But in today’s job market, where a potential employer might use a computer to scan a pool of resumes for the right keywords, the rules of the game have changed. Now a statewide nonprofit with a location in Brunswick wants to […]

BRUNSWICK — Job growth is taking off at Brunswick Landing – at record speed. In just over five years since the former U.S. Navy air base closed, the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority has helped create 1,200 new jobs at Brunswick Landing – a total twice MRRA’s original expectations for job growth, according to June 2016 data provided at an open […]

BATH — The city closed much of Front Street Sunday, Aug. 28, to hold what may be the first of many “Open Street Bath!” events. The second is scheduled for 1-3:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25. Live music, smoothies made by blenders powered by exercise bikes, giant Jenga, sidewalk chalk art, and street basketball were among […]

HARPSWELL —  The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has denied a request to reconsider its July 19 ruling removing an easement to Cedar Beach. The Aug. 23 decision marks a clear end of the road for easement proponents, who have no remaining legal path forward. The grassroots group Cedar Beach/Cedar Island Supporters since 2012 has used the courts to fight […]

HARPSWELL — A University of Maine researcher studying the decline of soft-shell clams in Casco Bay has found an effective way to protect clam populations, but is struggling to capture the attention of diggers. Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias, is going from town to town along Casco Bay presenting […]