BATH — One of the city’s social hubs for young people faces a variety of fates, including renovation or construction of a new building. City Manager Bill Giroux presented the City Council with several alternatives for the Bath Youth Meetinghouse and Skatepark on Wednesday. Public forums will be held next month for the city to gather […]

TOPSHAM — The School Administrative District 75 Board of Directors is criticizing a requirement to report incidences of prohibited student behavior to the state. Directors said they will try to enlist support from other school districts willing to resist providing Augusta with the names of student perpetrators and victims. SAD 75 Superintendent Mike Wilhelm said the […]

BRUNSWICK — While controversy hovered over Robert E. Peary’s 1909 trip to the North Pole, his alma mater is planning to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his Arctic quest.   Beginning on Friday, April 3, Bowdoin College will hold a series of events marking Peary’s milestone, an achievement that will be viewed in the context […]

BRUNSWICK — All 14 of Dhiraj Murthy’s students have pages on Facebook, the popular social networking Web site that may have replaced the mini-refrigerator as the No. 1 necessity for 18- to 24-year-olds. For that reason Murthy, an associate professor of sociology at Bowdoin College, thought asking his students to give up Facebook for at […]

BRUNSWICK — The Town Council’s search for a unified vision for economic development continued Monday, as did its quest to ease longstanding conflicts over the Brunswick Economic Development Corp., the quasi-governmental agency that advises the town on development. It remains to be seen if Monday’s workshop successfully laid the groundwork to achieve either goal. However, […]