PHIPPSBURG School reconfiguration or consolidation, a reduction in sports programming and subcontracting additional services are among options the Regional School Unit 1 board of directors will consider as they consider budget cuts for next year that could approach $1 million. At a school board meeting on Monday, board chairman Tim Harkins said those topics — […]

BRUNSWICK A 44- year- old man was struck by the plow of a truck Tuesday evening while walking near his home on Greenwood Road. Brian Coombs, 44, of 31 Greenwood Road was struck just after 7:30 p.m. while walking with traffic near Industrial Parkway, Brunswick Police Lt. Tom Garrepy said today. Police did not charge […]

BATH Police suspect a 68-year-old woman whose body was found this morning in her apartment at 44 Court St. died of an overdose of prescription drugs. Officers responded at 8:24 a.m. to the apartment after a family member reported finding the woman deceased, Bath Police Lt. Stan Cielinski said today. At this time we suspect […]

BOWDOINHAM Leighton’s Smelt Camps opened Sunday along Brown’s Point Road on the Abagadasset River. Owner Steve Leighton’s father, Oscar “ Chubby” Leighton, started the operation 59 years ago in Dresden, then moved the business to its current location in Bowdoinham, where it has remained for the last 55 years. “My father used to be the […]

BRUNSWICK — Facing a shortage of engineers in the state — as well as a lack of good-paying jobs — the University of Maine and Southern Maine Community College have collaborated to design a new engineering program that will allow students to attend classes at Brunswick Landing for two years before completing their degree work at […]

BATH W hile some of us tried to figure out if we would go out at all on New Year’s Eve or whether “I will eat at Fat Boy this summer” counts as a resolution, Jacob Cuff geared up for 2012 in an entirely different manner. Just a few days before the calendar changed — […]

AUGUSTA Gov. Paul LePage set out an ambitious but familiar agenda during his first State of the State address on Tuesday, defending the achievements of his first year while pledging to tackle high energy costs, create more educational opportunities and continue government belt-tightening. He also met his critics head on, particularly those who have opposed […]

BRUNSWICK Family and friends helped a couple evicted by the town of Brunswick as Joe and Jackie Toth removed the last of their possessions Tuesday evening from their Pleasant Street apartment of 40 years. But the load they packed into a U-Haul truck bound for a Topsham storage unit was short several pieces of yard […]