CAPE ELIZABETH — The Jan. 18 School Board finance meeting, with a few adjustments, was a repeat of the Nov. 23, 2009, discussion on how to cope with a $621,000 loss in state funding for the current school year. Superintendent of Schools Alan Hawkins presented his budget adjustment proposal once more to a dozen residents, the […]

TOPSHAM — The Cathance River Education Alliance will host a February Vacation Fun program for third-, fourth- and fifth-graders from Tuesday, Feb. 16, to Thursday, Feb.18. The program will be held each day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cathance River Ecology Center at Highland Green. The camp will combine outdoor activities, winter exercise […]

BATH — Regional School Unit 1 is nearing completion of a fundraising initiative to teach all third- and fourth-graders to swim. The program led by a committee of volunteers tapped by RSU 1 Superintendent William Shuttleworth has raised about 75 percent of the funds necessary to begin swim lessons for the students. The campaign began about […]

WEST BATH — The group examining pollution in the New Meadows River watershed will hold a forum to discuss the impacts of restoring the tidal flow to the region’s corresponding lakes. The forum will be held Feb. 4 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the West Bath Fire Hall, 192 State Road. The discussion […]

BRUNSWICK — The Town Council will consider increasing building construction fees and a liquor license for a new pub at Maine Street Station when it meets Jan. 25. The new fee structure was proposed in November and covers building, renovation and electrical permits. A revised proposal includes increasing the minimum fee for building permits from […]

BATH — The company that will provide aircraft fuel and maintenance services at Brunswick Naval Air Station is the same one performing those duties at Norwood Memorial Airport in Massachusetts. FlightLevel Aviation will become the fixed-based operator at BNAS, pending the transfer of the airport property to the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority by the U.S. […]

TOPSHAM — After completing a draft report on ways to improve attendance and participation at town meetings, the Topsham Government Improvement Committee is looking for public input at a meeting next week. The meeting will be held in the ground-floor meeting room of the Topsham Municipal Building, starting at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 25. The 97-page […]

BATH – Bradley Krehel lives by the adage that a person should “leave more than you take,” and he is exercising that notion through the Bath Iron Works Karate Club. Krehel, a certified instructor, founded the club as a means of sharing his decades of martial arts experience with his fellow BIW employees and their […]

BATH — A new slate of officers of Bath Iron Works’ largest union is expected to take total control of the local’s operations. John Carr, spokesman for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the parent union of BIW’s Local S6, said last week that the new officers were elected last October. While the parent […]

FREEPORT — Community Services will host a forum on domestic violence on Wednesday, Jan. 27. Local schools, businesses, non-profits and teenagers are collaborating in the forum, which will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Freeport Community Center. Add Verb Productions will perform “You the Man,” a nationally touring 30-minute play about domestic and teen violence. […]