Brunswick schools close early Wednesday BRUNSWICK — Wednesday will be an early release day for Brunswick schools. Students in ninth through 12th grades will be dismissed at noon. Sixth- through eighth- graders will be released at 12:15 p.m. The school day for children in kindergarten through fifth grade will end at 1 p.m. All teachers […]

PORTLAND A 42-year-old Bath man was involved in a dramatic car crash on Forest Avenue in Portland on Monday night, but escaped uninjured after live electrical wires were shut off. David Dixon, 42, of Bath was headed inbound on Forest Avenue at approximately 7:40 p.m., when an Oakhurst truck hit a light pole, causing the […]

PHIPPSBURG The Board of Selectmen and Planning Board will meet Wednesday to finalize findings of fact and conclusions of law regarding a permit granted to owner Bruce Poliquin for changes in use and time of operation at Popham Beach Club. After a six-hour meeting on Dec. 8, 2011, Phippsburg selectmen and the Planning Board granted […]

PHIPPSBURG A proposal by the U. S. Postal Service to close the Sebasco Estates Post Office triggered a letter of opposition from the Phippsburg Board of Selectmen who argue that closing the Sebasco office would reduce mail service to Phippsburg citizens. On Thursday, the Postal Service will hold a public meeting at Phippsburg Elementary School […]

BRUNSWICK — In addition to opening shellfish grounds on Sundays, setting a public hearing on tax increment financing districts at the Brunswick Executive Airport and Brunswick Landing and postponing a decision on zoning changes for municipal buildings, the Brunswick Town Council on Jan. 17 voted unanimously to: — Proclaim April as “Brunswick Poetry Month” and […]

BATH A 31-year-old High Street woman was charged Thursday with illegal possession of oxycodone, and state officials took her five children into custody. Jenelle Merrill-Pyy, 31, of 932 High St., faces a Class C charge of unlawful possession of Schedule W drugs, according to Bath Police Detective David Beauregard. The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, working […]

TOPSHAM Mt. Ararat High School teacher Glenn Evans’ honors biology students, as a part of their ecology and environment unit, visited the Cathance River Preserve and ecology center weekly last fall to conduct field study research. Cathance River Education Alliance ( CREA) educator Cheryl Sleeper and several area professional mentors, including local scientists and professionals […]

TOPSHAM An 87- year- old Topsham woman escaped injury after driving her car into the side of a Rite Aid pharmacy building on Monday afternoon. Topsham Police Officer Troy Garrison was called to Ride Aid, at 77 Mallett Drive, at 2:37 p.m. Monday. Garrison said Helen Crowder, 87, a resident of The Highlands, reportedly struck […]

PHIPPSBURG A unique law that created Regional School Unit 1 allows students to attend any school in the district. However, beginning in September, parents will be responsible for transporting their kids to school if they exercise that choice. The RSU 1 board of directors voted Monday to eliminate school choice transportation, although an amended version […]