This year marks Bath’s 21st annual Citizen Involvement Day, a community building event that brings awareness about local service organizations and honors community leaders. The event will take place downtown at Waterfront Park on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. More than 40 area non-profits will use the event to promote their programs. […]
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Lisbon to redevelop former Worumbo Mill site
LISBON — Lisbon officials plan to redevelop the site of the former Worumbo Mill after learning there are no significant environmental problems lingering at the property. Earlier this year, the town bought nearly 4 acres of developable land at 1 Canal St., the site of the former textile mill near the corner of Route 196 […]
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State urges precaution against caterpillar hairs when working outdoors
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Maine Forest Service and 211 Maine remind the public that browntail moth hairs remain in the environment and can get stirred up during fall yardwork. Tiny hairs shed by the caterpillars can cause a skin reaction similar to poison ivy. They can also cause trouble breathing and other respiratory problems. The caterpillars […]
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New Maine law to protect abuse survivors’ finances is illegal, credit agencies say in lawsuit
The nation’s largest credit reporting agencies are suing Maine over the state’s first-of-its-kind law to protect survivors of domestic violence from poor credit reports as a result of economic abuse by their estranged partners. In the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Bangor, the Data Industry Association contends that Maine’s new law is pre-empted […]
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MaineCare to provide coverage for transgender medical care
MaineCare has begun covering medically necessary medical care for transgender Mainers. The policy change, approved through the rule-making process in June by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, became effective Sept. 16, according to a news release Wednesday by EqualityMaine and the Maine Transgender Network. The groups say the new MaineCare policy removes an outdated and discriminatory exclusion […]
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Restaurant’s lawsuit accuses Atlantic salmon producers of price-fixing
A Portland restaurant is suing a consortium of Atlantic salmon producers, alleging that the companies, most of them based overseas, engaged in price-fixing. The lawsuit by Portland Hunt + Alpine Club alleges that salmon prices have risen over the last four years when they should have been falling. According to the filing in federal court […]
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Maine briefs: 11-year-old charged with setting fires in Maine school; UMaine system to cover tuition for more than 1,200 students; Feds eye lobstermen’s concerns about plan to save whales
11-year-old charged with setting fires in Maine school PARIS, Maine (AP) — A Maine elementary school is closed for the day because of a pair of fires that were allegedly set by a student. Officials say an 11-year-old girl was charged with arson following the fires Tuesday in Paris, Maine. One fire on the school’s […]
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Illegal immigrant arrested in Auburn by Border Patrol agents
U.S. Border Patrol agents used a biometric device to apprehend a man Sunday in Auburn who had entered the country illegally. The agents, who are stationed in Rangeley, were called by Auburn police to assist them to interrogate a man they said has been “acting in an elusive manner and provided multiple names and dates […]
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Judge denies Auburn man bail in Walmart murder case
AUBURN — A judge has denied bail for a local man charged with murder stemming from a July shooting at the local Walmart. Justice William Stokes ordered Gage Dalphonse, 21, of 47 Crest Ave. held without bail pending trial in the shooting death of Jean Fournier, 41, of Turner on July 27 in the parking […]
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Bath will allow marijuana storefronts along Route 1, not downtown
BATH — Bath will allow recreational marijuana storefronts in a wide swath through the center of the city along the north of the Route 1 corridor, but not in the downtown, city councilors decided unanimously Wednesday. In August, councilors gave preliminary approval to an ordinance that would have allowed recreational marijuana storefronts in Bath’s downtown as well […]