BRUNSWICK — Construction is ending at the intersection of Maine Street and Route 24, and the Cedar Street park-and-ride lot is open again. Contractor H.C. Crooker & Sons has completed drainage work and tree stump removal at the Maine Street intersection, according to the Maine Department of Transportation. Work will resume in the spring to […]

BATH — Bath Iron Works was awarded a $14 million contract extension to provide logistic support for the construction of the DDG-1000 class of ships. U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, announced the award Tuesday. “This contract helps keep workers on the job and work moving forward on […]

HARPSWELL — West Harpswell School will remain unused this winter unless community groups can show they’ll occupy 30 percent of the building on a regular basis. That threshold is important because it would allow the town to replace it’s insurance policy on the vacant building, which costs $13,000, with a policy that would cost less […]

TOPSHAM — A waterfront park for the town could be getting closer to fruition as a site suitability study nears completion. Town Planner Rich Roedner was scheduled to update the Board of Selectmen on a draft waterfront access study report at the board’s meeting on Thursday, Nov. 3. The board was also expected to decide […]

HARPSWELL — In Joe Grady’s science class, feeding the turkeys is much more than just a farm chore. As six home-schooled students pulled wagons of feed and dragged fences through the field at Two Coves Farm, where Grady and his wife, Laura, grow organic vegetables and raise livestock, he prompted them to think about what […]

BRUNSWICK — Two at-large candidates for the Town Council have spent more than four times more than anyone else in next week’s town elections. Finance reports filed with the town clerk on Oct. 28 show that current District 7 Councilor Benet Pols and William Dana spent $2,480 and $2,323, respectively, on their campaigns. The third […]

BRUNSWICK — The Planning Department will host a brown-bag lunch on Friday, Nov. 4, to discuss the town’s walkability. The town received a $25,000 technical assistance grant to study bicycle riding and walking in downtown, and to assess how the new traffic signal on lower Maine Street has affected traffic flow. The lunch is an […]

BATH — Ordinance language regulating wireless communications facilities may go before the City Council next month or in January 2012, City Planner Andrew Deci said Wednesday. The Planning Board, which has been reviewing the language for months, voted unanimously Tuesday after almost no discussion to recommend passage to the City Council, Deci said. The language […]

BRUNSWICK — Occupy Wall Street is coming to town. Protesters plan to gather on Saturday, Nov. 5, at 10 a.m. on the Brunswick Mall to make signs, drink cider and eat doughnuts. Then, at 11 a.m. the group will march to Bank of America on Maine Street and protest in front of the bank, spokeswoman […]

FALMOUTH — The Planning Board gave final approval Tuesday night to Walmart’s plans to expand at 206 Route 1. The new design will expand the existing 92,000-square-foot store to a 124,000-square-foot Walmart Supercenter. The site plan includes a large garden section, pharmacy, and grocery store, and will require demolition of the existing Regal Cinemas. A […]