TOPSHAM — Approximately two dozen jobs are at risk in a $33.4 million budget approved by the School Administrative District 75 Board of Directors. The board voted 11-1 on April 26 for the proposed fiscal 2013 budget. A public hearing will be held at Mt. Ararat High School at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 10, followed […]

BATH — A company that tried unsuccessfully to install a 75-foot cellular communications tower in Topsham is now interested in erecting a taller one in Bath. The Bath Planning Board held a pre-application workshop Tuesday with Mariner Tower. The process is voluntary, and the company requested the workshop to hear concerns from the community and […]

BRUNSWICK — Every Wednesday at 7 p.m., two different groups gather on the second floor of a commercial building at 119 Bath Road. Everyone who enters the building walks up a flight of stairs. At the top, those who turn right attend a service in a space leased by the local Pentecostal church, where the […]

BRUNSWICK — The Town Council has received a budget proposal from Town Manager Gary Brown that would increase the tax rate by 6.21 percent, and take a million dollars from the town’s general fund. “That is the largest increase in a budget that has been presented to the council in quite some time,” Brown told […]

FREEPORT — Property owners will see a 30-cent increase in the tax rate if the proposed municipal and Regional School Unit 5 fiscal 2013 budgets are approved. On Tuesday, town councilors scheduled a public hearing for 7 p.m. on May 15 to discuss the $8.77 million municipal budget. About 25 percent of the projected tax […]

FALMOUTH — Four candidates are competing to replace two town councilors in the June election. Monday, April 30, was the deadline for candidates for the Town Council and School Board to submit nomination papers to appear on the ballot. Councilors Fred Chase and Will Armitage are leaving; Chase decided not to seek re-election, and Armitage […]

CUMBERLAND — Incumbent Karen Campbell faces a challenge in June from Jeff Porter for her seat on the School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors. Nomination papers for candidates for the School Board and the Town Council were due back by the end of the day Tuesday. Three council races are uncontested. Incumbents Shirley Storey-King […]

FREEPORT — Ralph and Lisa Turner have owned Laughing Stock Farm on Wardtown Road since 1984, and have sold their produce commercially since 1998. Less than half a mile away, husband and wife Steve Burger and Sarah Wiederkehr have managed Winter Hill Farm for less than a year, and have expanded the operation from raising […]

YARMOUTH — While short on contested elections, the June 12 ballot for local offices is long on changes for the Town Council. Veteran Councilors Carlton Winslow and Erving Bickford did not file to run for new three-year terms, ending a combined 32 years of service on the council. Councilor Tim Sanders will resign next month […]

FREEPORT — As Town Council workshops go, this one was tasty. With a crock-pot of chowder simmering on a side table, Shellfish Commission members presented councilors with the elements of a long-term plan designed to preserve shellfish beds while expanding the range of species to be harvested. Last month, councilors agreed to set aside $100,000 […]