FREEPORT — With students increasingly immersed in technology, Dede Bennell was pleased to get most Freeport High School students off their screens and into the great outdoors last month for a series of outdoor adventures and team-building exercises.  Each class spent a day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the L.L. Bean Flying Point Paddling Center, […]

Answer: This Augusta woman won more than $53,000 on “Jeopardy!”  Question: Who is Jessica Garsed?  Garsed, a 32-year-old medical librarian at Togus, won $53,199 during four games of “Jeopardy!” that aired last week. Togus is the veterans hospital at the VA Maine Healthcare System campus outside of Augusta.  She won the first three “Jeopardy!”games, earning $12,600, $20,000 and […]

PHIPPSBURG — Now that the 2019 tourism season has come to a close at Seguin Island, the nonprofit that owns the island is looking to raise money to install solar power next year.  The Friends of Seguin Island will hold its annual FallFest on from 5-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2. to raise money for the […]

BRUNSWICK — While receiving a bag filled with food for the weekend might be considered a special treat among elementary level students, it can be a stigma in high school.  That’s something that the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program is addressing through changes this school year in its backpack program. Through that initiative, which MCHPP […]

TOPSHAM — Controversial plans for a parking lot off Thomas Avenue will again come before Topsham’s planning board tonight. The lot would provide parking for the Hillside athletic field, which now only has parking on Foreside Road, and is difficult to access for those with disabilities. The town found room for parking after clearing away dead […]

Astronaut Jessica Meir is scheduled to step out of the International Space Station hatch Wednesday morning for her first spacewalk.  Meir, a 42-year-old Caribou native, arrived at the space station on Sept. 25 for her first mission. That trip to space – and going on a spacewalk in particular – has been a goal of […]

AUGUSTA — State environmental officials want the authority to order companies to clean up contamination from emerging “forever chemicals” or to be allowed to tap state funds for remediating contaminated sites on their own.  The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is preparing a proposal for the 2020 legislative session that officials said is needed to […]

A work release inmate who failed to return to the jail over the weekend is back in custody.  Gilbert Prescott, 29, of Scarborough, did not come back to the Cumberland County Jail on Saturday after finishing his shift at a Portland restaurant. He was not considered dangerous. Chief Deputy Naldo Gagnon said Prescott will likely […]