Three breweries that were part of a new Brunswick summer festival have withdrawn over the involvement of a concert promoter who had been charged with domestic violence.  The decision was based on the brewery owners’ “zero tolerance policy for domestic and sexual abuse,” the owners of the three breweries said in a statement.  Late last week, the […]

BATH — The Bath City Council adopted a $16.6 million spending plan for 2019-20 on Wednesday. There was no debate before the council unanimously adopted the budget. While the city’s adopted budget comes with an estimated decrease in taxes, school and county assessments are still expected to increase the tax rate in the next fiscal […]

BRUNSWICK —  Mandy Lewis, the interim principal at Brunswick Junior High School, will fill the role permanently starting this summer, school officials announced Tuesday. Lewis began the year as assistant principal, took over as interim principal in April and already has ideas for ways the school can better serve students and teachers. Lewis replaces former […]

TRENTON — In private conversations, local fishermen all tell David Horner, a longtime Southwest Harbor lobsterman, the same thing: they’d be willing to fish fewer traps to get the whale advocates off their backs, but not if their sacrifices are going to be exploited by other fishermen.  If the state wants to cut the number […]

AUGUSTA — A survivor of last year’s mass shooting at a Florida high school joined Maine teens Tuesday in urging state lawmakers to pass a so-called “red flag” bill and other gun safety measures.  David Hogg co-founded the national student-led March for Our Lives movement with others following the February 2018 shooting that left 17 […]