BATH — Students 18 years old and younger will be admitted free to Maine Maritime Museum when accompanied by a paying adult during winter school vacation, which runs from Monday through Feb. 24. The deal is limited to two students per adult. Adult admission costs $10. In addition to the museum’s signature exhibits, its latest exhibit, […]

BATH — The following cases closed in Sagadahoc County Superior Court between July 1 and Dec. 31, 2011. Russell Brown, 44, of Brunswick, Sept. 5, 2010, operating after habitual offender revocation, $1,000, jail nine months, one day. Brandon S. Campbell, 24, of Wiscasset, July 22, 2009, burglary, jail 18 months, all but 30 days suspended, […]

RICHMOND — Richmond police arrested a Vermont man a week ago on a Vermont warrant for crimes involving alleged sex offenses against a minor. Matthew Enman, 22, was arrested by Officer Josh Staples at 7:27 a.m. Feb. 10. Richmond Police Chief Scott MacMaster said Enman was arrested on a warrant issued by Essex County Superior Court […]

Families involved in the SAIL into Literacy program gathered at Dike- Newell Elementary School in Bath on Jan. 31 for a family literacy event featuring dinner and a time to read together. SAIL into Literacy, a collaboration of Regional School Unit 1 Adult Education, Bath Regional Career and Technical Center and Dike-Newell Elementary School, is […]

BRUNSWICK — If food and fuel assistance fundraisers scheduled for Saturday in Freeport and Brunswick raise more than $10,000, Downeast Energy will match a donation of up to $5,000 in heating oil. Downeast Energy announced the match challenge on Thursday. The 24- hour “ Freeze Out Food and Fuel Drive” will be held for the seventh […]

TOPSHAM — Following a formal evaluation behind closed doors, Topsham selectmen ended Thursday night’s meeting by voting unanimously to grant Town Manager Cornell Knight a 2 percent raise. Following Knight’s yearly review, Selectman David Douglass introduced a motion “that we vote to approve a 2 percent pay raise, and this money is already appropriated in the […]

AUGUSTA — Senate Democrats late Thursday blocked passage of a supplemental budget for the Department of Health and Human Service, just hours after their counterparts in the House approved it. After weeks of behind-thescenes negotiating and some last- minute maneuvering, House members gave final approval late Thursday to a supplemental budget that addresses an immediate shortfall […]

GEORGETOWN — Amid local complaints that State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin inappropriately enrolled 10 acres of his Georgetown property in a state Tree Growth program to receive a lower tax rate, town officials say singling the state official out would be unfair. In total, 10 properties in Georgetown are enrolled in the state’s Tree Growth program. Statewide, […]