WEST BATH — The town’s effort to withdraw from Regional School Unit 1 doesn’t just require more yeas than nays to succeed; it also needs enough voters to show up. The decision goes to the polls Jan. 13, and absentee ballots are available in the meantime. West Bath needs a minimum voter turnout of 50 […]

HARPSWELL — Funding for a new public bus route has been added to a preliminary 2015 town budget, as officials begin to work out details about the service.  The proposed bus route would run from Mitchell Field to Cook’s Corner in Brunswick, making stops on the town’s three peninsulas. The proposal is to operate the route […]

TOPSHAM — Just when you thought lobster had enough dance partners, along comes another Maine classic, the potato, to waltz the celeb shellfish back into the spotlight. The lobster stuffed potato is the latest invention from Hancock Gourmet Lobster Co. This fall, crustacean queen Cal Hancock teamed up with potato company Penobscot McCrum of Belfast […]

BATH — The pinnace Virginia faced a harsh winter on the shores of the Kennebec River in 1607-1608, but builders of the ship’s replica are hopeful that funds for that project will flow as 2014 becomes 2015. The Maine’s First Ship group, which has been raising funds to reconstruct the 51-foot pinnace – the first European ship […]

TOPSHAM — Nearly 75 years after Sarah Whitten bequeathed her 1838 family home to the town for use as a library, her name continues to be closely associated with the institution. There’s the Whitten Society – created by the Topsham Public Library to honor those who, like the group’s namesake, give much to the facility. […]