PHIPPSBURG State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin has angered some Phippsburg landowners with a request to the town to expand his permit to run the Popham Beach Club, though the Planning Board chairwoman said Poliquin’s request is well within what is allowed under the town’s ordinances. A public hearing on the request is scheduled to start at […]

Arrests Peter A. Merrill, 40, of 20 Cushing St., Apt. 2, Brunswick, Nov. 28, 2:08 p.m., charged on a warrant for failure to appear, at the police station on Main Street. Hope Lane, 31, of 29 White Birch Drive, Turner, Nov. 27, 1:28 a.m., charged with operating under the influence, on Lewiston Road. Liam B. […]

Candy Cane Train revs up for weekend trips BATH — The sixth annual Candy Cane Train departs from the Bath Train Station on Saturday and Sunday. The 90-minute excursions leave at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. both days. Santa, elves, singers and storytellers will be on board to greet and entertain […]

BRUNSWICK After its longtime owners sought a buyer for nearly three years, Frosty’s Donuts could soon sweeten downtown Brunswick’s early morning scene again. Realtor Shirley Wedell said Wednesday that owner Robert A. Frost Jr. hopes to close a sale on the Maine Street doughnut shop by the end of the month. Wedell said she could […]

I sent two volunteers from the Santa Claus Fund to the Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset on Wednesday. Al and Marshall met with Naomi Bonang, the industrial supervisor at Two Bridges. They took some photos and talked with the inmates. The inmates were very happy to be considered Santa Claus Fund volunteers. Inmates worked […]

When the first rationing books rolled off the presses in February 1942, my mother hit her stride. Having lived through the Great Depression, scrimping and saving was nothing new to her. People were encouraged to plant what were called Victory Gardens and the slogan was, “Eat what you can, and can what you can’t eat.” […]

BATH City councilors on Wednesday unanimously elected Ward 6 Councilor David Sinclair as their chairman. They then voted 5- 4 in favor of Ward 2 Councilor Sean Paulhus to serve as vice chairman for the coming year. City Clerk Mary White also administered the oath of office to newly elected Ward 1 Councilor Meadow Rue […]

BATH With a 5-4 vote, Bath city councilors on Wednesday gave first passage to a sixmonth extension of a citywide moratorium on installation of “Smart Meters.” Newly elected council chairman David Sinclair — sponsor of the original ordinance creating the moratorium and of the motion on Wednesday — cast the tiebreaking vote. He then scheduled […]

BATH An hour of organized, impassioned pleas from Bath-area teens and adolescents to save their “ second home” Wednesday evening preceded a series of votes by the Bath City Council that funds renovations to the former National Guard Armory building and authorizes the Bath Youth Meetinghouse and Skatepark to use the city-owned building. But Steve […]