Payal Gangishetti

Times Record

Payal Gangishetti covers Lisbon, Topsham, and Bowdoinham for The Times Record. Payal is a 2020 graduate of the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut, where she earned her Master’s degree in Global Media and Communication Studies. Before beginning at The Times Record, Payal interned with The Nonprofit Organization News in Pennsylvania.

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Published
June 16, 2021

Freeport council adopts $12.3 million budget

The approved budget will increase the tax rate to $14.56 per $1,000 of property value.
Published
June 15, 2021

Bowdoinham Farmers Market brings in vendors from near and far

The market is open from 8:30 a.m. to noon each Saturday through October.
Published
June 13, 2021

Mt. Ararat seniors graduate in fairgrounds ceremony

‘We have been put through so much, but we made it,’ class president Eliza Libby said.
Published
June 11, 2021

Mid Coast Hunger Prevention opens mobile food pantry in Bowdoin

The mobile food pantry, run by Mid Coast Hunger Prevention, officially opened this week.
Published
June 10, 2021

Bowdoin College Museum of Art to reopen in July with 4 new exhibits

The museum will be open to the public starting July 1 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday.
Published
June 9, 2021

Topsham residents approve $47.3 million school budget

Residents living in Maine School Administrative District 75 approved a $47.3 million school budget on Tuesday. The school budget was approved with 72% votes, 199-77. The budget is an 2.4% – or- $1million spending increase over the current year and it comes with a 1.4% hike in the school tax levy. According to the budget […]
Published
June 9, 2021

Lisbon residents approve $18 million school budget

Lisbon voters on Tuesday approved a $18.1 million school budget by a vote of 126-90, which will raise local taxes by estimated 3%. Overall, the budget represents a $448,345 increase compared to the previous year. Of the voters who opposed the school budget, 87 indicated that it was too high, while 13 argued the budget […]
Published
June 8, 2021

Midcoast hotel bookings on the rise as travel demand picks up

After a year of empty hotel rooms as many would-be travelers stayed closer to home as possible due to pandemic, Midcoast hotels, motels and vacation rental businesses are seeing a surge in bookings for summer With the Pine Tree State welcoming travelers from all states without restrictions, many dates across Midcoast hotels have already been […]
Published
June 6, 2021

COVID-19 leaves big gaps in learning

The switch to remote and hybrid learning has set back some kids’ education more than others.
Published
May 31, 2021

Androscoggin River swinging bridge receives needed repairs

Repairs to the Androscoggin River pedestrian swinging bridge, including the tower on the Brunswick side, wrapped up last week. The cost of the repairs was just under $60,000. While the town footed $41,000, the rest of the expenses was covered by Save Our Swinging Bridge, a nonprofit dedicated to saving the bridge, said the group’s […]