BRUNSWICK — Mid Coast Hospital is planning to add 115 parking spaces in three new lots. The need for more parking stems from increased traffic after the hospital’s merger with Parkview Adventist Medical Center – which was absorbed by Mid Coast last August after filing for bankruptcy – Mid Coast Facilities Director Michael Pinkham said. On top of […]

BRUNSWICK — In 1961, artist Robert Rauschenberg was asked to submit a portrait to an upcoming show at Iris Clert’s famous avant-garde art gallery in Paris. Instead, he sent a telegram with a simple statement: “This is a portrait of Iris Clert if I say so.” The gesture “stole the show,” Bowdoin College Museum of Art Co-Director […]

BRUNSWICK — The Town Council has questions – 64 of them – about the “Green Bridge.” Councilors want more information about the Maine Department of Transportation’s opinion that the 84-year-old structure should be replaced, and the argument by Friends of the Frank J. Wood Bridge that it should be preserved. The council reviewed the list of questions, written […]

HARPSWELL — Four acres of heavily forested land burned on Sheep Island in the New Meadows River this weekend, with flames coming within a few feet of some homes. Nine camps and the picturesque island could have been lost if not for an army of firefighters, fishermen, recreational boaters, Maine Forest Service rangers, and U.S. Coast […]

BATH — John Marsh feels someone else should have been named grand marshal of this year’s Heritage Days parade. “There are better people out there, I’m sure,” he said with a smile during an interview June 24. Nonetheless, it’s an honor the 65-year-old expects to enjoy when his family – including three grandchildren from Sweden, […]