HARPSWELL — A dozen Harpswell Community School students went crashing through grass and water, unleashed by the end of the school day and a salt marsh. It was a warm afternoon June 6, and the great blue heron the kids were trying to trap was definitely not going to show up while they were there. The […]

BRUNSWICK — The Town Council on Monday unanimously decided to bring zoning ordinances in line with state guidelines and lift a 90-day moratorium on filling and earth moving in the town’s protected districts. The changes are the result of a dispute over a coastal stabilization project at Miller Point. In March, neighbors complained that clear-cutting for […]

BRUNSWICK — If the Maine Department of Transportation has its way, the Frank J. Wood Bridge – known by most in Brunswick and Topsham as the “Green Bridge” – will be torn down. In its place would be a new concrete bridge. The Topsham Board of Selectman has symbolically endorsed the plan, and the Brunswick Town Council is […]

BATH — In an age when much reading is done via digital devices, an institution built on the storage and dissemination of print materials might seem to be growing increasingly obsolete. But Patten Free Library, which has become as much a hub for community gatherings as it has a venerable edifice dedicated to literature, is […]

BRUNSWICK — Emma Nagler spends a couple days a month in a closed classroom, mediating between juveniles fighting a criminal record and their often angry parents or guardians. What may sound like a nightmare for some is actually a passion for Nagler, one she thinks might launch a career in criminal justice after college. Nagler is […]

BATH — The City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a $15.6 million budget for fiscal 2017. The panel also unanimously voted a second and final time to borrow up to $1.9 million for vehicles, equipment and infrastructure improvements. The bond issue received preliminary approval May 18. The council, which approved the budget without discussion as […]