BRUNSWICK — State Reps. Matthea Daughtry, D-Brunswick, and Jay McCreight, D-Harpswell, will hold public office hours together Saturday, April 18, from 10 a.m.-noon at Wild Oats Bakery & Cafe on Maine Street. McCreight is serving her first term in the House and represents Harpswell, West Bath, and part of Brunswick. Daughtry is serving her second term, […]

BRUNSWICK — The Planning Board again tabled a proposal for a subdivision at the end of Boody Street on Tuesday night, but approved an amended final application for a greenhouse at Tao Yuan restaurant. The board had previously approved a sketch application for the Chamberlain Woods subdivison in February. That plan calls for an eight-lot subdivision around […]

BRUNSWICK — Teachers, lawyers, a camp director and a state forester braved the melting snow and thick mud last Saturday to set up an environmental science plot at Crystal Spring Farm. The science workshop, hosted by the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust, was held to teach educators and land trust volunteers how to set up a Forest Inventory […]

BRUNSWICK — While cigarette smokers looking to kick their tobacco habit are finding hope in the movement called “vaping,” a new downtown business hopes to help them along. Portland residents Chantile and Lester Lacombe opened Coastal Fog Vapors recently at 52 Maine St. The store is only one of two vape shops in Maine that complies […]

TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen on April 9 unanimously approved next month’s Town Meeting warrant, which includes the components making up the fiscal 2016 municipal budget. Residents will vote on the proposed $9 million spending plan, up 5.7 percent from this year, at Town Meeting Wednesday, May 20. Topsham’s current tax rate is $17.33 […]