TOPSHAM — The Government Improvement Committee heard support for its work from the small crowd that attended a public input session Monday night, Chairman John Rensenbrink said. After a year’s worth of work, the committee completed its draft report on ways to improve participation and attendance at town meetings. There are also recommendations for ordinances governing […]

BATH — InspireME Personal Fitness Training will sponsor a 5K (3.1-mile) run/walk in Bath on Saturday, Jan. 30, to benefit victims of the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti. Participants may register the day of the event from 8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. at InspireME, 30 Front St. The run/walk begins at 9 a.m. In lieu of […]

BRUNSWICK — Habitat for Humanity/7 Rivers Maine partnered with a foster family early this month to bring a local clothing exchange closer to fruition. Tammy Cutchen and her husband, Stephen Leeman, plan to open a free clothing and resource exchange for area foster children and their families at their Noble Street home. Clothing and personal hygiene […]

TOPSHAM — The company that wants to build a 103-foot cellular communications tower in Topsham Heights missed last week’s deadline to submit documentation for the Tuesday, Feb. 2, Planning Board meeting, but expects to be in time for the first March meeting. Mariner Tower approached the board at a public hearing last June about building the monopole tower […]

TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Jan. 21 to halt the sale of a town-owned lot. Bids for the 3.1-acre property, near Route 196 and Robert Hill Road and bordered by two gravel pits, were due by Dec. 30 and were originally going to be opened at the board’s Jan. 7 meeting, which was […]

FALMOUTH — The town is once again weighing tighter natural resource protection rules against the potential cost to property owners. The issue came before the Town Council Monday night, Jan. 25, with the town’s Long Range Planning Advisory Committee’s presentation of highlights from its 84-page final report. It was followed by a public hearing and […]

BRUNSWICK — A renovation project billed as a local stimulus project will be more regional than anticipated. The Town Council learned Monday that a $780,000 project to retrofit an 1854 building on Union Street to accommodate local retirement services provider People Plus will involve several subcontractors from the surrounding area, but only one from Brunswick. […]

HARPSWELL — The Board of Selectmen voted Jan. 21 to change Town Meeting from March 13 to March 20. The vote follows a recent decision by School Administrative District 75 to schedule a March 9 referendum on the closing of the West Harpswell School. The move by selectmen will allow the town clerk to prepare […]

NORTH YARMOUTH — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Tuesday evening to allow weekday turkey hunting this May at Old Town House Park. The board’s decision echoed a recommendation by the Recreation Commission earlier this month, but doesn’t go far enough to appease residents who want Town Meeting to relax hunting restrictions on all land purchased by […]

FALMOUTH — The Republican Town Committee will caucus at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6 in the council chambers of Falmouth Town Hall. Elections will be held for delegates to the GOP state convention and a straw poll will be taken for GOP gubernatorial candidates. For more information, call Bill Gardiner at 878-8968.