BATH — A handful of students are hands-on when it comes to addressing local hunger issues this holiday season. Eighth-graders at Bath Middle School this week made an assortment of wreaths, which they will sell this weekend in order to raise money to sponsor a “Food Mobile,” which provides food to those in need. The […]

TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen Dec. 3 unanimously approved spending $50,000 on a master transportation planning project for Topsham Fair Mall. The panel had on Nov. 19 tabled the Planning Office’s request to seek consulting services for the project – geared toward maintaining the viability of the mall – in order to better understand how the […]

BRUNSWICK — The Town Council on Monday amended the town’s conflict of interest policy to allow relatives of council members to serve on more council-appointed boards and committees. The conflict of interest policy currently does not allow any relatives of town councilors to serve on a board or committee that receives its appointments from the council. […]

BRUNSWICK — Town Manager John Eldridge on Dec. 7 announced the town had hired Derek Scrapchansky as its new assistant town manager. Scrapchansky was stationed at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station from 2007-09, and served 25 years as a commander in the Navy. The town has been without an assistant town manager since 2009, when then-assistant […]

BATH — The works of longtime resident and artist Sandy Crabtree, who taught at Morse High School for nearly 30 years, have been chosen a ninth time by the Pine Tree Society for its holiday card campaign. Funds from the effort, which began in 1969, go directly toward Mainers with disabilities. The cards reaped about […]