BRUNSWICK — As many as 30 to 40 refugees who recently arrived in Portland may be coming to stay in Brunswick after a local developer with Brunswick Landing Ventures offered up to three months of rent-free assistance at Brunswick’s Captain’s Way housing development.  The logistics, exactly how many people are coming, when they will arrive […]

BRUNSWICK — The hot sun and the thick, cloying humidity on July 6 this year reminded Jerry LeVasseur of another July 6 afternoon 75 years ago.  On that date in 1944, LeVasseur, then 6 years old, and his mother Marion were waiting for a bus in Bristol, Connecticut. They were going to the circus in […]

BATH — Pride month ended on July 1, but for some, the celebration of the LGBTQ community continued in Bath’s Patten Free Library Thursday evening as author Mason Funk read excerpts from his new book, “The Book of Pride.” The book features 75 stories about trailblazers in the LQBTQ community. Funk traveled to 26 states […]

Salt is a 10-week-old male kitten that will go up for adoption on Saturday, July 13 at “Be a Lifesaver,” a Midcoast Humane adoption event hosted by Petco in Topsham.   For every adoption processed at the event, which takes place from 9am-3pm at Petco’s Topsham location at 131 Topsham Fair Mall Road, the Petco Foundation […]

Midcoast Literacy recently celebrated its 49th year providing free literacy services in the Midcoast region. Newton Blakesley and Cyndy Lewis of Westport Island were recognized for their combined 29 years of volunteer service. Blakesley and Lewis served as volunteer tutors for clients from Elmhurst in Bath, assumed a variety of roles on the board of […]

Drug overdose deaths declined 14 percent in the first quarter of 2019, continuing a downward trend that began last year.  The Maine Attorney General’s Office on Thursday reported 74 drug fatalities through March 31, compared to 86 deaths in the first quarter of 2018. After several years of increases, drug overdose deaths declined from 417 in […]

Gov. Janet Mills is directing the Maine Department of Marine Resources to come up with an alternative to a federal plan to protect the endangered right whale from the state lobster industry, saying she won’t allow “foolish” regulations to make life harder for the state’s fishermen.  “I stand with you,” Mills wrote in an open […]