HARPSWELL — Decisions involving Mitchell Field and the West Harpswell School top a list of goals the Board of Selectmen set for itself for the upcoming year. “It helps the staff direct their focus, to know that these are things you want to accomplish in the coming year, so we find it helpful,” Town Administrator […]

HARPSWELL — Town employees will receive a 2 percent wage increase after a unanimous vote of the Board of Selectmen on May 10. The board will also consider giving merit-based increases in future years. Town Administrator Kristi Eiane recommended the 2 percent hike after a series of meetings with department heads. “In all cases, the […]

TOPSHAM — The School Administrative District 75 budget for fiscal 2013 goes to the first of two district-wide votes on Thursday, May 24. The $33.4 million spending plan, approved by the School Board April 26, is down $817,000, or 2.4 percent, from this year. It eliminates almost 25 jobs. The amount to be assessed through […]

BATH — The Regional School Unit 1 Board of Directors unanimously approved a $26 million budget Tuesday for fiscal 2013. The spending plan will go to two district-wide votes next month. The board postponed a vote a week ago to allow administrators to find reductions that would mitigate impacts on RSU 1’s five communities. Nearly […]

BATH — The proposed fiscal 2013 municipal budget could increase about $633,000 to nearly $14.1 million, Finance Director Juli Millett said Tuesday. A public hearing on the budget will be held at the City Hall auditorium at 5 p.m., Wednesday, May 23. The City Council is expected to vote on the budget June 6. Taxes […]

BATH — The city will celebrate Arbor Week by planting two Lincoln honey locust trees that are direct descendants of the “Witness Tree” under which President Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address in 1863. One sapling will be planted on the lawn of the historic Customs House on Front Street during a ceremony at 11:30 a.m. […]

BRUNSWICK — An armed robber held up the Days Inn at 224 Bath Road in Brunswick early Tuesday morning. Police reported that a man brandishing a handgun entered the Cooks Corner hotel at about 12:15 a.m. and demanded money from a front-desk employee. The suspect was approximately 5 feet 11 inches tall and was wearing […]

PORTLAND — One of three finalists for the school superintendent position soon to be vacated by James C. Morse Sr. spoke to members of the public in an open forum Tuesday evening. Marguerite Vanden Wyngaard, deputy superintendent of the Paterson, N.J., school system, was introduced by School Board member Sarah Thompson to a gathering of […]

PORTLAND — Voters approved a $94.2 million school budget for fiscal 2013 by a 2-1 margin in Tuesday’s referendum. A record low number of voters turned out, even though the budget is an increase over this year school spending and raises the city’s property tax rate. There was only one question on the ballot Tuesday: “Do […]

PORTLAND — The India Street neighborhood could be a hotbed of construction by the end of the year if negotiations between the city and developers of three major projects go smoothly. The projects include the long-delayed Bay House development at the site of the former Village Cafe at Newbury, Hancock, and Middle Streets; a condominium […]