BRUNSWICK — It may have been cold and rainy outside, but inside a second-floor room at Southern New Hampshire University representatives from 38 social services agencies were furiously recruiting April 11.  They were hoping to fill a void left by Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates, the care provider with nearly 200 employees that closed down unexpectedly April 4. […]

Tony’s Dance Studio on Centre Street in Bath became a community art studio on Sunday, April 10, where families could create public art to be displayed during the 12th annual Banners Over Bath event organized by Main Street Bath. Banners will be hung downtown from mid-April through early June. (Keith Spiro / For The Forecaster) […]

BATH — The city has transferred ownership of the 74-year-old John E.L. Huse Memorial School to Bath Development Corp. The transfer will allow an environmental remediation of the former school building. The Andrews Road property will then be turned over to the Szanton Co., which plans to develop nearly 60 mixed-income residential apartments, with almost […]

BATH — Strong opposition from the public Wednesday prompted the City Council to indefinitely postpone a vote a mass gathering ordinance. The decision was a reversal from the council’s first vote March 2, which drew no public comment. Councilors unanimously approved the proposed rule at that meeting, which followed a Feb. 17 public workshop on […]

BRUNSWICK — Town councilors thought they’d reached an amicable resolution Monday in a dispute over the town’s role in allowing a coastal stabilization project on Miller Point. But things blew up Tuesday evening when neighbor Richard Knox, of Simpson’s Point Road, sent photos to town councilors and staff of work being done on the property without […]