Arrests No arrests or criminal summonses were reported from Nov. 13-19. Fire calls 11/12 at 4:27 p.m. Carbon monoxide alarm on Bauer Lane. 11/12 at 10:59 p.m. Fire alarm on Topsham Fair Mall Road. 11/13 at 3:30 a.m. Mutual aid to Bath. 11/13 at 2:51 p.m. Fire alarm on Academy Lane. 11/14 at 3:12 a.m. […]

Arrests 11/13 at 3 p.m. Richard Hamilton, 57, of Baker Drive, Woolwich, was arrested by Detective Sgt. Andrew Booth in Woolwich on a charge of violating a protection from abuse order. 11/13 at 4:30 p.m. David Reali Jr., 31, of Brentwood Circle, Saco, was arrested by Officer Richard Ross on Water Street on a charge […]

BRUNSWICK — After nearly four hours of discussion that included a challenge from commercial fishermen, Mere Point Oyster Co.’s application for a 40-acre oyster farm remained on hold after a Nov. 19 hearing. The Department of Marine Resources hearing will extend to a third session, when the Concerned Citizens of Maquoit Bay, also known as […]

TOPSHAM — With his department four people shy of its full complement of officers, Police Chief Chris Lewis is working with town officials on ways to make his agency more attractive to applicants. For now, that includes $2,500 incentives to the department’s two newest officers, as authorized 4-1 by the Board of Selectmen on Nov. […]

TOPSHAM — A Sabattus man was reported in fair condition after being accidentally shot Nov. 19 during a hunting trip. Joshua Stark, 25, was walking along a power line off Cathance Road with three others around 7:30 a.m. when his girlfriend – Sasha Leslie, 21, of Sabattus – slipped and fell on the ice, causing her shotgun […]

BATH — A group geared toward making Bath and neighboring towns more friendly to seniors is looking for input through a survey and hosting a forum on maintaining social connections. The Lower Kennebec River Livable Communities group, which has been meeting for nearly a year, issued its Livable Community Assessment Survey in time for Election Day […]

BRUNSWICK — Backed by strong community support in a recent survey, the Brunswick School Department is making plans to launch its pre-kindergarten program in 2020 in a newly completed elementary school. The town’s Recreation Department has run a fee-for-service pre-K program “for many years,” but this is the first time the schools would offer one […]

BATH — Maine’s first snowstorm of the season arrived last week, and St. Nick is soon to follow. The City of Ships will ring in the holiday season Saturday, Nov. 24, by decorating the Christmas tree inside Library Park gazebo, 33 Summer St., from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. People can make ornaments during that time or […]

BRUNSWICK — Residents continue to push back against proposed changes in the zoning ordinance that would allow expanded homeless shelters in the northern part of downtown. During the second workshop held on zoning and defining homeless shelters, planners on Tuesday also discussed recommendations made by the Shelter Task Force. The part of town under consideration […]