BRUNSWICK — Caught between a need to ease anxiety about the closing of Brunswick Naval Air Station and protecting the identity of prospective tenants at the base, the commissioner of the state Department of Economic and Community Development on Monday called for new communication “protocols” between the base redevelopment authority and the Town Council. Commissioner […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — More than a dozen residents attended Monday’s City Council workshop to discuss the fate of the former Maine Army National Guard Armory on Broadway at the foot of the Casco Bay Bridge. The workshop was prompted by a Cape Elizabeth resident’s proposal to convert the 1940s-era building to a one-stop shop for […]

TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen voted 3-2 June 18 against asking the Maine Department of Transportation to reduce the Middlesex Road speed limit. However, the board voted unanimously to have town staff look into safety improvements, such as a new crosswalk, intersection signs and cutting shrubs along the road to improve visibility. The discussion was […]

TOPSHAM — The Government Improvement Committee is reviewing surveys from more than 100 people at Town Meeting last month and hopes to survey a broader spectrum of residents. Committee member John Rensenbrink said on Monday that the Town Meeting surveys were a first step, while a modified version has gone home to parents of students and is […]

Jordan Denning, brother of the late Hanley Denning, founder of Safe Passage, places a small stone inscribed with Hanley’s name on it on a new memorial bench at Yarmouth High School on June 18. Friends and relatives of Hanley Denning helped dedicate the memorial and shared stories of her courage, compassion and spirit. The project, […]

BATH — Improvements to Commercial Street could begin by mid or late July, after the City Council and Maine Department of Transportation have approved a contractor to conduct the work, City Planner Jim Upham said Wednesday. He said three contractor bids were opened Wednesday morning, and Harry C. Crooker & Sons had the apparent low bid. […]

BATH — Patten Free Library Director Anne Phillips has resigned, effective Aug. 21. The library announced on Friday that Peter Goodwin, manager of the facility’s Sagadahoc History and Genealogy Room, has been appointed interim director as of July 13. The library board of trustees accepted Phillips’ resignation on June 18 and said a committee of […]

BRUNSWICK — Gov. John Baldacci last week reassured officials from Brunswick, Freeport and Bowdoin College about his commitment to the Amtrak Downeaster and the proposed extension of the passenger service. The meeting with Baldacci was sparked by concerns that the governor’s support for the Downeaster was wavering amid state transportation budget pressures. Baldacci did not […]

BRUNSWICK — The U.S. House of Representatives this week was expected to hear a bill sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, that could help speed redevelopment of Brunswick Naval Air Station. Meanwhile, a nearly identical bill sponsored by Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, is making its way through the U.S. Senate. The two bills will have to […]