BRUNSWICK — Residents and town councilors had questions and comments Tuesday after last week’s report about an unusual loan by the Brunswick Development Corp. to a business owned by the husband of a former councilor and BDC director. Last week, Councilors John Perreault and Benet Pols criticized BDC’s forgivable $247,000 loan to Brunswick Taxi, which […]

BRUNSWICK — The town is hoping to receive state funds to remove a dam on a large preserve conveyed from the U.S. Navy earlier this year. The Town Council Monday authorized an application for a $145,000 grant from the Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program to do the work. According to a memo from Marine Resources […]

BRUNSWICK — A former School Board member will go head-to-head on Election Day with the incumbent who unseated him in 2010. Byron Watson, who served on the School Board from 2008-2011, and incumbent board member Richard Ellis are both running in District 1.  As of Wednesday morning, the Ellis-Watson contest would be one of only […]

HARPSWELL — Yard signs, bumper stickers and T-shirts with the message “Save Cedar Beach” are popping up over town after advocates launched a public campaign last month to restore access to the beach. The campaign is part of an effort by the Cedar Beach/Cedar Island Supporters to build solidarity and raise funds to support two […]

BATH — The Planning Board unanimously approved two site plan requests by Bath Iron Works Tuesday, but tabled the shipyard’s contract rezoning request for one project. BIW wants to build a more than 51,000-square-foot outfitting hall, which will be connected to the south end of the existing Ultra Hall. The building would contain two, 200-ton […]

TOPSHAM — The town’s 250th anniversary is right around the corner, but planners of what is hoped to be a year-long celebration aren’t seeing the kind of public interest they expected. A steering committee has been working since last year to organize the 2014 event. It recently established a Facebook page and will hold an […]

A School Administrative District 75 bus delivers some of the first students to Harpswell Coastal Academy on Tuesday, Sept. 3. SAD 75 provides transportation for HCA, and pays tuition for each student from within the district who attends the charter school. Science teacher Micah Depper raises the flag Tuesday, Sept. 3, on the first day […]