BATH — The City Council voted 5-2 Wednesday to allow an elderly couple to purchase land adjoining their Mallard Road property to settle code violations created because two of their buildings are on city property. The panel also unofficially supported selling a sliver of city-owned Winter Street Court property to settle another compliance issue, and […]

HARPSWELL — The island home of Arctic explorer Adm. Robert Peary has been recognized as a national historic landmark by the federal government, one of fewer than 50 such sites in Maine.  The state’s Bureau of Parks and Land, which owns the 17-acre island and summer home about 2 1/2 miles off Pott’s Harbor, has been […]

BRUNSWICK — Demolition of the former Town Office and Recreation Center on Federal Street is back on track after work was delayed by the discovery of hazardous materials. Coastal Enterprises Inc., a nonprofit community development corporation, bought the two buildings this year in a deal with the town and the Brunswick Development Corp. The Recreation Center’s […]

BATH — A second and final vote on West Bath’s withdrawal from Regional School Unit 1 could be held in January 2015. The RSU 1 board unanimously OK’d the agreement Sept. 22, and West Bath heard from the state education commissioner four days later that the agreement received conditional approval in Augusta, according to Peter […]

HARPSWELL — Republican Byron Watson and Democrat Joyce “Jay” McCreight are contesting an open seat in state House District 51, which includes Harpswell, West Bath, and a sliver of east Brunswick. The two candidates have different views on how they will represent the district’s communities in the Legislature. McCreight is focused on expanding health care […]

BRUNSWICK — Incumbent School Board member James Grant is facing a re-election challenge from newcomer Christopher Watkinson for at three-year term representing District 5 in east Brunswick. Two other candidates are running in uncontested races: incumbent at-large board member William Thompson, and Sarah Singer, who is running in District 7. Watkinson said the board isn’t […]

TOPSHAM — Incumbents David Douglass and Ronald Riendeau are challenged by the former town clerk, Ruth Lyons, in their bids for re-election to the Board of Selectmen. The School Administrative District 75 Board of Directors election, meanwhile, is uncontested, with three candidates for three seats. Election Day is Nov. 4. David Douglass Douglass, 41, is […]

TOPSHAM — A free-speech debate erupted Monday after the town removed political campaign signs it said were planted illegally on public property. State law allows political signs to be placed in a public right of way six weeks before an election. But Topsham’s local ordinance reduces the window to just 30 days, Town Manager Rich […]