The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust welcomes the public to the LOCAL Garden on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 10 a.m. for the Growing Great Garlic workshop. Led by Garden Coordinator Laurie Burhoe, this workshop will discuss and showcase the best practices for Growing Great Garlic in Maine.  Topics will include garlic varieties, soil preparation, planting, mulching, harvesting and curing. […]

BATH — The Bath Regional Career and Technical Center will offer its programs to ninth and 10th graders in the 2020/2021 academic year as part of an exploratory program.  The Regional School Unit 1 board of directors voted unanimously Monday to approve the expansion, which was proposed by Julie Kenny, director of the technical center, […]

Brunswick Executive Airport has been awarded two grants for $2,047,488 through the Federal Aviation Administration.  The grant comes at a time of increased activity at the airport at Brunswick Landing, site of the former Brunswick Naval Air Station.   The airport is predicting 26,000 takeoffs and landings for 2019, a 20% increase over 2018. Last year saw a 13% […]

Maine’s governor met with European Union officials on Tuesday about strategies to deal with climate change a day after announcing ambitious environmental goals for her state.  Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, spoke during the United Nations’ Climate Action Summit 2019 on Monday. Her schedule on Tuesday included meeting with EU officials and participating in a […]

A father-and-son team from Massachusetts and other buyers are acquiring scallop fishing boats owned by a disgraced fishing magnate nicknamed the Codfather, signaling the beginning of the former mogul’s forced exit from fisheries.  The sale of Carlos Rafael’s 11 scallop boats, and their associated permits, is part of a civil settlement Rafael agreed to with the […]

Firefighter in blast that killed colleague leaves hospital  FARMINGTON, Maine (AP) — A Maine firefighter has been discharged from a Portland hospital one week after a deadly building explosion.  A procession escorted firefighter Ted Baxter back to his fire station after he was discharged Monday.  Last week, firefighters arrived to investigate a gas odor in the Life Enrichment Advancing […]

AUGUSTA — A Litchfield man has been indicted on kidnapping and multiple domestic violence charges in connection with an overnight manhunt by police in August that resulted in his arrest.  Joshua Tilley, 36, was indicted last week by a Kennebec County grand jury on charges of kidnapping, domestic violence criminal threatening, domestic violence terrorizing, and […]

SABATTUS — Two Regional School Unit 4 buses were struck by vehicles within minutes of each other Monday on Bowdoinham Road, the first by a drunken driver and the second by a hit-and-run driver, police said.  A 12-year-old student complained of pain after the first crash and was examined by paramedics at the scene.  Superintendent […]

BRUNSWICK – Capt. Charles L. Mull died on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019 in Brunswick at the age of 91. Born in Reading, Pa. on Dec. 30, 1927, Captain “Chuck” Mull grew up in Catskill, N.Y. He graduated from Christian Brothers Academy in Albany with the class of 1945 and the United States Naval Academy with […]