The Bath Area Family YMCA has started a $7.2 million building project to more than double its child care capacity.
Jason Claffey
Jason Claffey is a reporter covering the Brunswick and Bath area for The Times Record. He graduated from Boston University with a communications degree and started his journalism career in 2005 in the sports department of The Boston Globe. Since 2007, he has covered local, state and national news in the Northeast for several publications.
Culture change: Brunswick police want more women in their ranks
Brunswick police became the first municipal law enforcement agency in Maine to sign on to a national initiative to boost representation of women officers.
First rabies case reported in Bath area since 2019-20 outbreak
A rabid raccoon was recently killed on Sea Kiss Point in West Bath amid an uptick in rabies cases in Maine this year.
Emergency state aid for Bath elementary school damaged in fire unlikely this year
A state Board of Education committee declined to recommend emergency funding to rebuild the Dike Newell School.
3 Bath city councilors up for reelection won’t run again
Nomination papers were made available this week for the City Council seats up for grabs in November election.
Brunswick senator’s bill to require high school finance classes stalls
Sen. Mattie Daughtry sponsored a bill that would require high schoolers to take a standalone personal finance class to graduate.
Brunswick nonprofit calls for return of stolen equipment
A commercial lawnmower and trailer were stolen from the Independence Association, which supports people with intellectual disabilities in the Brunswick region.
‘Maine has a brilliant future in space,’ NASA chief says during Brunswick visit
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson promoted Maine’s growing space industry as plans for the proposed Maine Space Complex get off the ground.
State board could soon determine future of burned Bath elementary school
Bath-area school officials prefer to build a new school that would combine students from the burned-down Dike Newell School and another elementary school.
Brunswick coffee shop strike ends with potential change in ownership
The shop’s prospective new owner said he plans to reopen the shop under a new name.