A meeting Tuesday intended to update city councilors on efforts to house over 200 migrant families staying in a basketball gymnasium erupted into a shouting match, including a threat to censure the mayor for allegedly spreading misinformation.  City staff said that efforts to house the migrant families who began arriving unexpectedly on June 9 have […]

Maine’s utilities watchdog is asking the Public Utilities Commission to hit the pause button on its investigation into Central Maine Power’s rates until questions about the company’s billing, metering and management accountability are resolved.  In a letter to the PUC, Public Advocate Barry Hobbins made a motion to stay the proceeding until his office completes a […]

TOPSHAM — Input culled from four neighborhood meetings held early this year will be discussed in a wrap-up workshop on Monday, July 29.  The 6 p.m. gathering will be held at the Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road. The Board of Selectmen will then meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 31, at the Topsham Municipal […]

FREEPORT — Two of the town’s “silver bullet” containers will be removed at the end of the month in a bid to save money and centralize recycling efforts.  Councilors voted unanimously June 18 to remove the containers at Doherty’s Market at 130 Wardtown Road, and at 86 South Freeport Road near the South Freeport Village Store for […]

Lobstermen join with Maine pols to oppose whale rules  STONINGTON, Maine (AP) — A group of Maine lobstermen that has the backing of the state’s Congressional delegation is pushing back at a plan to protect endangered whales with new fishing regulations.  A federal team has called for the removal of half the vertical trap lines […]

WOOLWICH — When bright red lights began flashing on new Central Maine Power transmission towers near the mouth of the Kennebec River, neighbors within eyeshot were taken by surprise. Neighbors said they were never told the lights, which flash white during the day but turn red at night, would be installed. Fog and clouds and […]

BRUNSWICK — A new marijuana extraction and medical marijuana pick up facility vying for approval from the Brunswick Planning Board has disavowed a Facebook page, after questions were raised about offensive and objectionable posts made in the company’s name.  Lucky 777 Lab is planning a medical pick up site at 119 Orion St. at Brunswick Landing, […]

WATERVILLE — The 22nd annual Maine International Film Festival came to a close Sunday evening with 250 to 300 moviegoers turning out at the Waterville Opera House for the screening of Julius Onah’s psychological thriller “Luce.”  The film, which stars Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer and Tim Roth, tells the story of Amy and Peter Edgar, a couple whose image […]