TOPSHAM — At the start of a town variety show this month, where local acts raised money for heating fuel assistance, Jack Nicholson strolled through the door. Well, kind of. Even if Ed Ezzard were not wearing the shades and tux (or occasionally a Los Angeles Lakers jersey), you would have to do a double-take to […]

TOPSHAM — Town Manager Jim Ashe unveiled a draft municipal budget for fiscal 2010 on Feb. 12 that is up 2.8 percent, or about $216,000, from the current budget of nearly $7.7 million. Meeting with the Board of Selectmen and Finance Commission in a workshop session, Ashe said the municipal property tax liability in the budget – pending […]

$1.1M reduction could mean layoffs BRUNSWICK — The Town Council could find itself mimicking many private companies and laying off employees if it pursues a 0 percent budget increase. That was the message from interim Town Manager Gary Brown, who on Monday sought direction from the council on goals for the fiscal 2010 spending plan. […]

Brown: ‘We need to live up to our part of the deal” BRUNSWICK — Come March 9, the town is expected to proceed with its portion of Maine Street Station – with or without the $850,000 federal grant long promised to help offset the $23 million project’s cost to taxpayers. The town has pursued the […]

Council nixes bid to block a business expansion permit BRUNSWICK — The Town Council could be holding its meetings at Maine Street Station by September after a 7-1 decision Tuesday to enter a five-year lease agreement with Bowdoin College. The lease will begin upon construction of Building 3 of the $23 million project, a development […]

BATH — John “Dugan” Shipway announced last week that he will end his nearly six-year tenure as president of Bath Iron Works in April, and that Jeffrey Geiger, senior vice president of operations, would succeed him to become the shipyard’s 13th president. “Having given serious thought and consideration to the future priorities of BIW, those of […]