BRUNSWICK — Following a talk from activist and author Barbara Ehrenreich at Bowdoin College last week, the conversation about poverty continues in Brunswick. Karen Parker, program manager at Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program, took part in a discussion group about Ehrenreich’s book, “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America,” on Tuesday afternoon at Little […]

BATH — The National Marine Fisheries Service on Tuesday listed Atlantic sturgeon in the Gulf of Maine — and the Kennebec River — as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act. The service will now develop regulations to protect the fish. In addition to listing the Gulf of Maine sturgeon as threatened, federal fisheries […]

AUGUSTA — At a meeting Wednesday with Portland Mayor Michael Brennan to discuss the effects of proposed MaineCare cuts on the state’s largest city, Gov. Paul LePage said he’ll have to shut down the Department of Health and Human Services if lawmakers don’t enact his cuts. The meeting came two days after Brennan held a press […]

BRUNSWICK — Two Brunswick town councilors propose that the full council side with neighbors of a proposed train maintenance facility at a site in West Brunswick and request specific environmental review standards be used in constructing the building. The planned 60,000-squarefoot structure would service Downeaster passenger trains arriving as part of the rail line’s expansion to […]

BATH — The Bath City Council on Wednesday voted to rescind a December ordinance creating a board of directors to operate the city- owned former National Guard Armory building — the future home of the Bath Youth Meetinghouse and Skatepark. In December, councilors approved relocating the skate park to the armory, and paying $308,000 to upgrade […]

Students at Mt. Ararat High School are set to begin the school’s dramatic production of the E.B. White novel, "Charlotte’s Web" this weekend. The performances are scheduled for Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Orion Performing Arts Center at the school in Topsham.

FREEPORT — Freeport and Yarmouth firefighters responded today to a fire contained to a piece of equipment at L.L. Bean’s Freeport distribution center. By the time firefighters were on scene, Freeport Deputy Fire Chief Ray Smith said, employees at the 310,000-square-foot facility had been evacuated and the fire was contained to the cardboard baling machine. Smith […]

The Times Record reserves this space to correct errors appearing in our news columns. We ask readers who are aware of factual errors to telephone Managing Editor Robert Long at 729-3311. A story on page C6 of Friday’s edition about the Ice and Smelt Festival this weekend in Bowdoinham listed an incorrect date for The […]