TOPSHAM — With the frost disappearing and the roads softening, the Board of Selectmen unanimously authorized Public Works Director Rob Pontau to post several roads in town, barring them from travel by vehicles of excessive weight. Roads posted as of Monday are Winter Street/River Road from Main Street to Whitehouse Crossing Road, Whitehouse Crossing Road, Meadow […]

TOPSHAM — Student enrollment in School Administrative District 75 dropped from 3,440 in 2000 to 2,842 last year, and the downward trend is expected to continue with closure of Brunswick Naval Air Station in 2011. In preparing for this scenario, along with decreasing resources in a dismal economy, district administrators have proposed a few restructuring strategies […]

BATH — Maine Maritime Museum is known in part for the nautical-related relics it displays, but never before has it showcased such characters as Neptune, Amphitrite and Davey Jones (the locker dweller, not the Monkee). The Washington Street complex hosted these characters – played by museum staff – as part of its “Crossing the Line” ceremony on […]

Levesque: Public sale of property could delay development BRUNSWICK — There are probably many misconceptions about the closure of Brunswick Naval Air Station. Chief among them, Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority officials said this week, is the notion that the town will immediately gain ownership of the property when the U.S. Navy departs in 2011. Unlike […]

BRUNSWICK — A new festival attempting to entice visitors to sample the town’s culinary offerings could also offer alcoholic beverages after a vote by the Town Council on Monday. The event, called the Taste of Brunswick, was unanimously approved by the council to be held June 20 at The Mall on Maine Street. In a […]