PHIPPSBURG — Local police responded just after noon Tuesday to the Small Point area of Phippsburg after a resident reported that medical marijuana plants — which he was licensed to sell — had been stolen from his home. Phippsburg Police Chief John Skroski said someone forced entry into a garage and took “a few” marijuana plants […]

BATH — A $2,300 donation is a lot for most people, but Mark Schoninger didn’t hesitate when he realized his money could have a triple impact, and maybe more. Schoninger, who with his wife, Louanne, owns Bath Natural Market on Centre Street, had been hearing his customers talk for several weeks about a Kickstarter fundraising effort […]

BATH — Kindergarten registration for the 2012-13 school year has begun for Bath children who will be 5 years old on or before Oct. 15, 2012. To register a child, call Kim Burgess at 443-8285, extension 0, or email kburgess@rsu1.org. Registration should be completed as soon as possible.

BATH — A benefit potluck supper, raffles, auction and musical performance to raise money to help Tim and Kelly Smith acquire a prosthetic eye for her son, Jason Gilliam, is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. Friday at Smith-Tobey American Legion Post 21. For more information, call 371-2390. news@timesrecord.com

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Teen Center, 35 Union St., will host a free, two-part SAT prep course. Sessions run from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday and April 28. The course will provide an overview of the SAT testing procedures and strategies, as well as access to additional study materials. The course is open to Brunswick […]

RICHMOND — Voters spent nearly four hours Tuesday night chewing through 39 articles on the annual town meeting warrant. In the process, they dismissed, without discussion, a request to borrow as much as $300,000 for a new library and rejected a proposed ordinance to regulate use of consumer fireworks. Town meeting voters also slammed the door […]

BRUNSWICK — A Topsham woman serving 33 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $500,000 from Atlantic Regional Federal Credit Union has been ordered to pay restitution of $468,317. Although credit union officials agreed to accept $370,000 in restitution, instead of the full amount, U.S. District Court Judge D. Brock Hornby on March 19 ruled […]

AUGUSTA — When you get an “F,” there are usually two ways to respond: Blame the teacher or try to do better the next time. Maine leaders are taking the second route — vowing to do something about the failing grade the state received last month in a 50-state study of the laws and practices […]

BATH (AP) — The chief of naval operations plans to visit Bath Iron Works today to get a look at the next-generation destroyer that’s under construction. Adm. Jonathan Greenert will see assembled hull segments of the future USS Zumwalt. He’ll also participate in a ceremony marking the start of construction of the third and final […]