BATH — In the latest in his series of Town Hall-style forums, this time packing the seats at Morse High School March 10, Gov. Paul LePage tackled a slew of issues facing Maine, and questions from local residents. Responses from the audience, which the often-controversial governor faced from the Montgomery Theater stage, ran the gamut […]

BRUNSWICK — Assistant Superintendent Pender Makin informed the School Board Wednesday night that the federal and state departments of education have threatened to pull school funding if the district does not meet a 95 percent participation rate in upcoming Maine Education Assessment standardized tests. Maine DOE received a “letter of concern” from the federal education department […]

BATH – Morse High School students drew accolades for their work March 4 and 5 at the regional competition of the Maine Drama Festival. Competing against four other Class A schools at Windham High School, the Morse production of “Underground” earned a Judge’s Commendation for Student Playwright for Olivia Shipsey.  Alizhay Gagnon, Marisabel Rodriguez and Aidan Smart were […]

U.S. Sen. Angus King was at SaviLinx, a contact center based at Brunswick Landing, March 11 for the announcement that the company would be hiring 200 new employees at its Brunswick call center. Above, King pets ‘Linx,’ the office cat.

BRUNSWICK — U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King announced in a joint statement March 7 that the National Science Foundation has awarded a nearly $600,000 grant to Bowdoin College. The award was made to an ongoing plant physiology project led by Bowdoin Professor Bruce Kohorn. Some of the grant will be used to fund undergraduate student […]

BRUNSWICK — As a March 21 public hearing on a proposed polystyrene foam ban approaches, not much opposition from businesses that would be affected by the ordinance has showed up. At a March 3 meeting at the town offices meant to give information on the ban to local businesses – the third and final of such […]

BRUNSWICK — What started as a party at a Bowdoin College apartment one night in February was, by early March, being discussed on the opinion pages of a national newspaper. College students’ and officials’ responses to a “tequila”- themed party have struck a deep nerve, igniting a debate over cultural appropriation and how an academic institution […]