Arrests 12/17 at 6:54 p.m. Russell Trinka, 32, transient, was arrested by Sgt. Robert Ramsay on Elm Street on charges of violation of conditional release, and domestic violence assault. 12/23 at 10:24 a.m. Deamonte Stupinski, 21, of Goldeneye Drive, was arrested by Officer Lucas Shirland on Goldeneye Drive on charges of domestic violence aggravated assault, […]

Arrests 12/15 at 12:48 a.m. Michael Cline, 60, of Burden Lane, Phippsburg, was arrested by Cpl. Jason Aucoin at an undisclosed location on a charge of operating under the influence. 12/22 at 10:11 p.m. Connor Toothaker, 25, of State Road, West Bath, was arrested by Officer Nick Green on Windjammer Way on charges of domestic […]

BATH — Lily Wright will wrap up 2018 raising money to battle a disease confronting two people near and dear to her. When tasked with choosing an advocacy project for her health class at Bath Middle School, the Woolwich seventh-grader chose to tackle Parkinson’s disease. Two of Wright’s grandparents – Jenny Wright of Bath and […]

TOPSHAM — A local man’s 25 years of experience has culminated in his appointment to head the state Department of Transportation. Gov.-elect Janet Mills’ announced her nomination of Bruce Van Note, a Topsham resident who was born in Houlton and grew up in Bath, as DOT commissioner Dec. 20. He will succeed David Bernhardt and […]

HARPSWELL — Creating award-winning works of art by painting with toothpicks wasn’t what John Mishler imagined for his future. The retired medical scientist, who now lives on Great Island, was plagued with writer’s block in the late 1970s after he signed a year-long contract with Oxford University Press to pen his first book on the […]

TOPSHAM — Christmas came a few days early this year for the Topsham Public Library, in the form of what is likely its greatest gift ever. The  literature and multimedia hub on Dec. 19 announced it had received a $770,000 bequest from the estate of Janice Solomon, a former Topsham resident who lived at the […]