With 25 years of experience leading schools, new Harpswell Coastal Academy Principal Amy Marx hopes to bring even more project-based learning to the newly consolidated charter school.
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Bath’s Kindness Day set for Aug. 20
Bath will celebrate the virtue of everyday kindness for its 9th Annual Kindness Day Bath on Aug. 20. Each year on Kindness Day, the community comes together in downtown Bath to do small, personal kind deeds for each other. The event is free family fun. Individuals, friends and families set up stations on the sidewalk downtown […]
Westport Island hosts talk on Maritime Age history Aug. 13
An illustrated talk on the rise and fall of the Maritime Age on Westport Island’s eastern shore will be given by Westport Island History Committee member Ken Swanton at 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, in the old Westport Town Hall, 1217 Main Road. The talk will focus on how the Hodgdon family came to the […]
The Topsham Fair returns for its 168th season as COVID numbers decline
With over 30,000 guests last year, the fair returns with eight new rides, 25 food vendors, a demolition derby, animals, competitions and more Aug. 9 – 14.
Brunswick opens cooling shelter to combat heat wave
The Brunswick Parks & Recreation Department opened an air-conditioned space to the public from Thursday through Sunday as the Midcoast confronted dangerously high temperatures.
Versant Power seeks electricity rate hike
If approved, the average customer would pay about $120 more a year, starting next July.
Firefighters extinguish 40-foot flames at Topsham waste facility early Friday
A fire broke out in a pile of extracted metal shavings at a waste facility early Friday morning.
Faced with educator shortage, Brunswick school joins wave of schools hiring from within
Former Kate Furbish Vice Principal Annie Young will take on the school’s interim principal role this year while many other districts struggle to fill teacher, administrator and support staff roles.
Federal funding will allow Bath to clean up contamination, potentially develop downtown, waterfront sites
A new bipartisan infrastructure law will potentially create generational investments, hundreds of jobs and more space for Mainers to expand their businesses.
Green Party co-founder John Rensenbrink dies
An environmental advocate for more than 70 years, Rensenbrink dedicated his life to changing politics to benefit the natural world.