A rogue wave catches photographers by surprise Sunday afternoon at Land’s End on Bailey Island, Harpswell, where people gathered to watch the surf created by Hurricane Bill.

BRUNSWICK — Divers from the Maine Warden Service on Aug. 22 recovered the body of a man who went missing Aug. 20 after reportedly attempting to swim across the Androscoggin River.  The body of Brian Jewett, 30, of Pownal, was found above the hydroelectric dam. Brunswick police said last week that witnesses saw Jewett attempting to […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Drivers traveling through South Portland should expect increased patrols and sobriety checkpoints between Friday, Aug. 21 and Sunday, Aug. 23. The increased enforcement of Maine’s drunk driving laws during the summer months is a result of grant funding for the city from the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety. Maine’s drunk driving laws prohibit […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The first annual Deb Cole Memorial Motorcycle Ride will take place Saturday, Aug. 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is in honor of Cole, a career firefighter and paramedic who passed away June 11 after collapsing while on duty at the Western Avenue station. She was a firefighter in South […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — After 25 years of using the Maine Educational Assessment to test students in grades 3 through 8, the Department of Education will begin administering a new test this year. The New England Common Assessment Program is a regional test that is used in New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, and now Maine. David […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council voted 4-2 to maintain its health care benefits Monday night, and will continue to receive a $3,000 stipend. The issue will not be a referendum question in November, and the City Charter will remain the same. The heath care discussion surfaced about a month ago, when councilors decided the voters […]

TOPSHAM — This year’s Mt. Ararat High School sophomores will be the first to embark on the Capstone project, an endeavor that will culminate their senior year, the final touch on four years of high school education. This project will take the form of a research-driven exhibition at the end of the high school career which […]

As the state casts the final curtain call on the Maine Educational Assessment, it reports that Mid-Coast schools fared well in the 2009 round of testing, meeting achievement level standards in nearly every grade and subject. The Maine Department of Education announced Aug. 13 that the percentage of students meeting the standards rose in almost […]

BATH — To prepare people for a potentially harder-hitting influenza season, the Sagadahoc County Emergency Management Agency has created a public relations task force, H1N1 Community Partners in Flu Preparedness. Among the points that the task force wants to get out to the public this month is the importance of individual and family preparedness, according to […]

BATH — Habitat for Humanity/7 Rivers Maine is leading an effort this fall to boost the energy efficiency of 100 homes belonging to Mid-Coast residents. The organization is accepting applications for its Step One Weatherization Program, for which low-income residents in Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties as well as Brunswick are eligible. The free service will take […]