BRUNSWICK — In a week that Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program Executive Director Karen Parker described as “tumultuous,” the Shaw’s supermarket in Brunswick cut off, then reinstated, donations of food nearing its sell-by date to the food pantry and soup kitchen. What started as a local scuffle ended with a letter to the company from U.S. Rep. […]

BRUNSWICK — The Androscoggin River used to host one of the most prolific runs of Atlantic salmon on the East Coast. A 1673 account from a commercial fishing operation in Brunswick reported fishermen pulled out 40 barrels of salmon in three weeks, according to the nonprofit group Maine Rivers. The only reason the anglers stopped was […]

BRUNSWICK — Once famous for the stench of industrial waste wafting off the Androscoggin River, the town is becoming known for a different kind of aroma. People walking down Maine Street on a Saturday night are bound to smell a lot of different things: the scent of simmering curry drifting out of Shere Punjab, or brewing […]

BATH —  Improvements to South End Park are expected to be completed next spring. The Planning Board in August unanimously approved a site plan amendment for the Washington Street riverside park, which previously was owned by Bath Iron Works. The approval followed a straw vote of support in May by the City Council for the improvements. […]

BATH — Like walking into a scene from a classic Christmas movie or a Norman Rockwell painting, last weekend’s Holiday Open House Tour of five bed and breakfasts brought the past into the present. Along with showing how well the five businesses could deck the halls of some elegantly ornate 19th century architecture, the three-hour Dec. […]

BRUNSWICK — Town administrators eliminated an assistant town clerk position this month to free funds to hire a new assistant town manager for nearly $86,000. Town Manager John Eldridge announced Dec. 7 that the town had hired Derek Scrapchansky, a former U.S. Navy commander who was stationed for two years at the Brunswick Naval Air Station, […]