BATH — Medication collection drop boxes are now available to the public at five local law enforcement agencies. The Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department, where an announcement was made Tuesday, is one of those locations, along with the Bath, Brunswick, Topsham and Richmond police departments. Medications can be dropped off during each agency’s business hours. Identifying […]

BATH — Main Street Bath has a 50 percent chance to win this year’s national Great American Main Street Award. Based in a historic train station at 15 Commercial St., Main Street Bath is part of a program started by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. It focuses on the revitalization of traditional downtowns to […]

BRUNSWICK — On Feb. 25, farmers from throughout the area will gather at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Pleasant Street from 1-3 p.m. to help residents decide where to buy produce during the summer and fall. All farms at the fair will offer Community Supported Agriculture, where community members pay up front for weekly shares […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Work to repair a water main break on Broadway near Morse Street between Buttonwood and Carter is expected to cause traffic snarls throughout most of Wednesday. Workers from Portland Water District are expected to be at the site until about 5 p.m., according to a press release from the South Portland Police […]

Ethan Boll didn’t get to eat his doughnut alone on Saturday, Feb. 11, at the reopening of Frosty’s Donuts in Brunswick. Ethan’s mom, Anna, who said she had her first Frosty’s 15 years ago, had to have a taste while she waited in line.The reopening of Frosty’s Donuts on Maine Street in Brunswick on Saturday, […]

YARMOUTH — School Committee members have decided full-day kindergarten should still be considered, even though they’re trying to craft a fiscal year 2013 school budget that minimizes any property tax increase. When the seven-member committee concluded its second budget workshop at Rowe School on Tuesday night, much of the framework of the preliminary $20.08 million […]

FALMOUTH — An expansion of the Highland Lake boat ramp seems unlikely after town councilors indicated they do not support a proposal by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to provide more equitable access. Keeping the public hand-carry boat launch in its current configuration will also likely be the end of the department’s […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — An alpaca farm and producer of natural fiber textiles has received a $30,000 economic grant from the federal government. Suri Paco Farm was one of nearly 300 organizations across the country to share a $40 million Value-Added Producer Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The funds are earmarked to strengthen rural […]

YARMOUTH — Until last week, he was the town’s “Sultan” of searches. This week, Sultan, the first dog employed by the Police Department, is settling into retirement. The 10-year-old German shepherd was a fixture in the department for more than eight years, searching for missing people, missing property and illegal drugs. Sultan was also the […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — A task force is suggesting the 36-year-old North Yarmouth Memorial School be closed and its students moved to an expanded Greely Middle School in Cumberland. The intent of the proposal is to save School Administrative District 51 more than half a million dollars a year. But it could also provide fuel for […]