Bowdoinham is one of 53 towns across the state to receive a grant aimed at mitigating the impacts of climate change on Maine communities.
Luna Soley
Luna Soley is a Peaks Islander who now lives in Portland. She is a graduate of Bowdoin College and has written for Outside and Backpacker magazines. Luna covers Freeport, Topsham, Harpswell, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Phippsburg and the arts for the Times Record.
6 candidates vie for Freeport Town Council seats
One councilor at-large seat as well as seats for Districts 2 and 3 will be decided Nov. 7.
Topsham-area schools host active-shooter training Friday
Schools will be closed on Friday for a simulated active-shooter response training.
Climate demonstrators call for L.L. Bean to discourage fossil fuel investment
Demonstrators have been stationed outside the Freeport flagship retail store for weeks, calling for the company to discourage Citibank from investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure or to divest entirely.
Bath Iron Works partners with U.S. Army program to employ veterans
The Bath shipyard, which builds ships for the U.S. Navy, will now offer guaranteed interviews to veterans.
Transgender policy creates rift between parents, Topsham school board
A proposed policy change that would give transgender and gender-expansive students privacy to come out at school without informing parents makes some parents feel “out of the loop.” Others think it essential to student’s privacy and wellbeing.
New Topsham food truck serves breakfast sandwiches, mulled cider and more
Melanie Houston opened a food truck named after her hometown earlier this month in a repurposed camper across from Town Hall.
Freeport holds anti-hate rally after recent racist, antisemitic vandalism
Over 50 people assembled in front of the Town Hall on Friday evening to show support for targeted communities.
Phippsburg supports new grant proposal for Center Pond River fishway
The Center Pond River Herring Committee will take the next step with a grant proposal to rebuild the fishway connecting the pond with the lower Kennebec River for alewife migration.
Kennebunk municipal election will decide local and state referendum questions
On Nov. 7, a referendum question will appear on the ballot in Kennebunk to address funding for a multi-million dollar wastewater treatment technology.