TOPSHAM — They may be separated in age by nearly 50 years, but Donald Russell and James Morris expressed similar thoughts on several questions posed to them during a public forum on Wednesday, including their opinions on two controversial state referendum issues. The one-hour forum, held at the Topsham Municipal Complex and hosted by the League […]

BATH — Police are looking for the man who robbed a Route 1 convenience store Monday night, Oct. 19. Officers responded to an alarm at Cumberland Farms at 10:30 p.m. They said the suspect is a white male in his 40s and between 5 feet 9 inches and 6 feet tall, with a slender build. He […]

TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen unanimously approved amended language Oct. 15 for a multi-purpose warning sign that will stand near the Swinging Bridge to discourage swimmers. Initial draft language, provided by Nancy Randolph, secretary treasurer of SaveOurSwingingBridge.Org, stated that “It is unsafe to swim in the waters between the hydroelectric dam and the black bridge. […]

CUMBERLAND — The Planning Board voted Tuesday sent a new draft Comprehensive Plan to the Town Council “with enthusiastic recommendation,” Town Planner Carla Nixon said. A few changes are still to be incorporated into the document, such as the encouraged use of alternative energy, Nixon said. The board has seen the amended language, which the Comprehensive […]

Caroline Davis and Thomas Bartlett, both 2, of Falmouth, take a “test drive” on a John Deere tractor during the Family Fall Festival at Wolfe’s Neck Farm in Freeport on Saturday, Oct. 17.

Mae Causey, 7, left, and her sister Ada, 9, show off their finger knitting skills on Saturday, Oct. 17, Textile Day at Falmouth Memorial Library.Finger knitting, close up, at Falmouth Memorial Library.

FREEPORT — Voting will end Saturday, Oct. 24, in the second annual Voice Your Choice campaign to award a local environmental group up to $2,500 in grant money. Freeport’s Patagonia store is one of the 23 stores nationwide participating in the event to support environmental organizations. This year the three organizations nominated include Maine Rivers, Friends […]

BRUNSWICK — A short legislative session, combined with state lawmakers’ aversion to bills with fiscal notes, has all but doomed a proposed bill to aid Southern Maine Community College’s new campus at Brunswick Naval Air Station. The Legislative Council last week denied acceptance of a $4 million bond proposal that would fund SMCC’s planned Advanced […]

BRUNSWICK — Auburn developer George Schott said this week that he could be forced to turn all of the 702 military housing units at Brunswick Naval Air Station into rentals, including those on McKeen Street, if he doesn’t get assurances that he’ll soon own the land beneath them. Meanwhile, the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, the […]

BRUNSWICK — The Town Council on Monday voted 8-1 to allow some downtown residents to keep up to six backyard chickens. The council on Monday also unanimously voted to ask town staff and the Recycling and Sustainability Committee to create a policy statement on municipal and school activities contributing to climate change.  The council, Planning […]