BRUNSWICK — The Town Council will swear in two new members and choose its leadership during a Jan. 4 inauguration ceremony at Maine Street Station. Suzan Wilson, representing District 3, and John Perreault, of District 4, will join the nine-member board for the first time. At-large Councilor Joanne King will be sworn in for her […]

PORTLAND — Casco Bay Lines announced this morning it has hired a new general manager. Henry ‘Hank’ Berg will take over management of the ferry service, which provides transportation to Peaks, Cliff, Great Diamond, Little Diamond, Long and Chebeague islands. Berg for the past 9 years has been chief operations officer and president of the […]

CUMBERLAND — The Town Council voted unanimously on Monday to prohibit heavy commercial trucks from using Mill Road. Town Manager Bill Shane said the change to the town’s traffic ordinance was borne from the rezoning along Route 100 several years ago to allow more commercial development. The change prompted concern from area residents that it would […]

Recent National Book Award winner Philip Hoose of Portland, with his wife Sandy St. George, turns a reading of his book “Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice” into a sing-along on Saturday, Dec. 19, at Gulf of Maine Books in Brunswick.

BATH — Police arrested a Michigan man Sunday night following a string of burglaries, a car chase and a leap into the Kennebec River. Dariahne Thornton, 20, of Detroit, Mich., was arrested on charges of burglary, unauthorized use of property (for a stolen vehicle), driving to endanger, leaving the scene of a property damage accident, and […]

BATH — Police are on the lookout for two suspects in a Saturday night robbery at Cumberland Farms, one of whom allegedly threatened the clerk with a knife. The incident occurred at the Route 1 convenience store shortly before 9 p.m. on Dec. 26. Both suspects are described as white males. The one who carried […]

TOPSHAM — While the town has major work that needs to be done in its Bay Park neighborhood and on its many miles of roads, Topsham, like many Maine communities, faces the challenge of meeting its needs in the shadow of tough economic times. Voters could decide at the Town Meeting in May whether the first […]

BATH — The Regional School Unit 1 superintendent said last week that a projected 84 percent cut in state subsidy in the next few years might actually be optimistic. The $7.7 million RSU 1 received for fiscal 2010 may dwindle to $1.2 million at the start of the fiscal 2014 budget year, Superintendent William Shuttleworth told […]

FALMOUTH — The Falmouth Middle and High School cross-country ski teams had to scramble this season to come up with a place to practice. Construction on the new elementary school rendered the trails on the schools’ campus off limits, Falmouth Middle School co-coach Cindy Talbot said. And practicing at Twin Brook in Cumberland or at […]

FALMOUTH — Some people might think Falmouth High School senior Carson Hooper went about things backwards. After all, a lot of seniors scramble during the final months of their last year of high school to find the perfect “Independent Project,” a graduation requirement that challenges students to answer the question, “Who am I and what […]