BRUNSWICK — Despite angry words and a few veiled threats, worm diggers and clam harvesters will try to work together to find common ground and allow the two groups to harvest the same flats without interfering with each other’s livelihood. The decision to work toward an agreement was reached during last week’s meeting of the […]

BATH — Small businesses in four Maine counties could receive a small marketing boost through a contest going on this spring. The Women, Work, and Community mini-grants program will award a grant of up to $400 to aid entrepreneurs in promoting their businesses through targeted marketing projects, according to a March 25 press release. The […]

HARPSWELL — A Harpswell Islands Road man was indicted by a Cumberland County grand jury on 32 counts of gross sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl. Amos Johnson, 38, is one six area residents whose indictments were handed up April 4. An indictment is not a finding of guilt, but a determination there is enough evidence to […]

BATH — The total tax assessment in Regional School Unit 1 could increase 7.09 percent next year, to $18.6 million. The increase, up from the 6 percent estimated late last month, is due in part to larger-than-anticipated health-insurance costs. The district had planned for a 4 percent hike in those costs, but now faces an […]

TOPSHAM — A proposed 47-lot housing development off Mallett Drive may go before the Planning Board next month for final subdivision approval. The board was scheduled to take up the matter Tuesday, but the applicant requested a postponement to make modifications, according to Planning Director Rich Roedner. Developer Dan Catlin – who has projects in town […]

HARPSWELL — More than two weeks after a near-fatal skiing accident, a 6-year-old girl is out of intensive care and beginning to show signs of recovery. “She’s feeding herself. She loves ice cream. She does not like apple sauce. She knows the difference and that’s very important,” Jessica Walker’s aunt, Liz Simpson, said April 5. […]