BRUNSWICK — Expecting steep budget cuts, the Brunswick School Department will host a forum Thursday night to solicit public input before the School Board begins weeks of hearings about specific budget areas. Thursday’s forum is scheduled to include a budget overview from Superintendent Paul Perzanoski and a public input period. In projections of state aid to […]

LISBON — The Town Council is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. today at the town office. Councilors will consider accepting one of two bids for lining 700 feet of sewer main. The lining will be done before paving this summer along Route 196. The work is funded as part of the 2011-12 sewer department budget. […]

WOOLWICH — Woolwich Central School will host its annual silent and live auction Saturday to help the school’s eighth grade class raise funds for a trip to Washington, D.C. The silent auction will include bidding on items such as cabin vacations, sporting event tickets and jewelry. For a full list of auction items, visit the school’s […]

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Town Council on Monday authorized the selection of the South Portland-based Ledgewood Construction as the construction manager for the next phase of the Brunswick police station project. In a unanimous vote, the council authorized Town Manager Gary Brown to enter into a contract with the company for pre-construction services. Ledgewood was the […]

BATH — The Bath City Council on Wednesday will consider revising its policies that would allow the city to withdraw nearly $9 million in surplus funds from the Maine Public Employees Retirement System and invest the money. The revised policy, if approved, would keep the principal intact while allowing the city to withdraw and spend the […]

BRUNSWICK — Former independent Gov. Angus King made his run for the U.S. Senate official Monday, branding his candidacy as one that will shake up the established parties in Washington and perhaps lead to the end of a gridlocked Congress he called “broken.” “If you like the system as it is, I’m not your guy,” said […]

“You just keep thinking, ‘God, please don’t let there be another tornado,”’ said Kera Wise, 35, of Harrisburg, Ill., hurrying to retrieve items from her aunt’s tornado-ruined home on Thursday. Such was the scramble in devastated portions of Harrisburg, the 9,000-resident town sacked by a twister about 5 a.m. Wednesday that killed six people. The […]

SANAA, Yemen ( AP) — Military officials say the death toll in fighting between army troops and al-Qaida militants in south Yemen has risen to 139. The officials said Sunday’s fighting in Abyan province killed 107 soldiers and 32 militants. Scores were wounded on both sides. The latest death toll was confirmed by medical officials […]