BRUNSWICK — Classes at Brunswick School Department schools will not meet Friday while teachers and staff attend professional development training. According to a release from the district, teachers in kindergarten through fifth grade will work on math assessments and review the writing curriculum. Teachers in grades 6-8 will work with a middle school consultant, and […]

LISBON — The Lisbon Boosters Chili Chowder and Chocolate Challenge scheduled for Saturday at Lisbon High School has been canceled.

Arrests Heather Patenaude, 19, of 31 Bear Mountain Road, Hartford, March 10, 9:42 p.m., charged on a Cumberland County District Court warrant for theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, on Bath Road. Timothy Fraser, 41, of 13 Heath St., March 10, 12:40 p.m., charged with terrorizing, refusing to submit and on a West Bath District […]

BATH ( AP) — A Coast Guard ice-breaking mission on the Kennebec River was the shortest in recent memory. That’s because the Coast Guard found no ice whatsoever on the 22-mile stretch from Bath to Gardiner. The Coast Guard had three 65-foot icebreakers for Monday’s mission, which was aimed at breaking ice from Merrymeeting Bay […]

TOPSHAM — Topsham police are investigating a break-in at Roller-World on Atwood Road. The crime was reported Tuesday morning. Lt. Christopher Lewis said intruders entered Roller-World, located at 20 Atwood Road, sometime Monday night or early Tuesday morning. The break-in was reported to police at 9:19 a.m. The burglar appears to have entered the building through […]

BRUNSWICK — Officials at St. John the Baptist Church have appealed a Village Review Board (VRB) decision that blocked demolition of a former convent building next to the church to make way for a parking lot. On Thursday, church officials will make their case to the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals to ask for a “certificate […]

AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Judiciary Committee approved an amended bill Tuesday that would make the governor’s working papers off limits to the Freedom of Access Act. The bill, LD 1805, was drafted by the governor’s office in response to a flood of broad FOAA requests last year but also in part to afford the governor the […]

AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage’s finance commissioner presented lawmakers with an additional supplemental budget for state government that further cuts spending but also includes tax breaks for certain businesses, retirees and members of military. The budget, presented by Sawin Millett on Tuesday, would slash general assistance reimbursement to service center communities such as Bangor, Portland and […]