RICHMOND — In less than an hour and with few questions, 63 voters in this northern Sagadahoc County town on Tuesday approved the proposed budget of a little more than $2 million for the upcoming budget year.  That pays for the costs of town government, from the expenses of running the Town Office to buying a new […]

BRUNSWICK — For more than an hour, students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade worked together passing can after can, box after box of nonperishable food, hand to hand, from St. John’s Catholic School to neighboring Midcoast Hunger Prevention Program. This was a banner year for the school’s annual donation event, collecting 828 pounds of food […]

BATH — Nearly 70 voters lasst week approved a Regional School Unit 1 budget for fiscal year 2020, but not without adding a position to address student behavior problems at Woolwich Central School.  The almost two-hour district budget meeting May 28 at Bath Middle School was the first of two public approvals required for budget implementation in […]

BRUNSWICK — A new public pre-kindergarten program launches at Coffin School next fall with spots for 30 Brunswick 4-year-olds, district officials announced Monday. The program launch is expected to cost around $260,00, which includes salaries for a teacher and educational technician, supplies, furniture and other enrollment-associated costs, Superintendent Paul Perzanoski said. The Maine State Legislature […]

Meet Cassie, a 6-year-old calico at Midcoast Humane looking for a family to love.  She’s not a huge fan of other cats, but she adores people. When you meet her, she will melt into a fit of nuzzles and rollovers and purrs. She previously has had a litter of kittens. She is spayed now and […]

BATH — The Bath Area Family YMCA is launching a $2.5 million fundraising campaign that will allow the nonprofit to upgrade its nearly 20-year-old building in Bath and to purchase the newer Landing Y building it leases in Brunswick. About $500,000 will go toward locker room renovations, upgrades to the wellness studios and improved parking […]

The girlfriend of the 32-year-old Standish man shot and killed by a Gorham police officer Friday said the shooting was unnecessary and that her boyfriend never intended to hurt anyone. Amanda Merrifield, 33, said she was sitting next to Kyle Needham in the passenger seat of a Chevrolet S10 pickup truck when three Gorham police […]

AUGUSTA — After working through the weekend, lawmakers on the Legislature’s budget-writing Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee voiced optimism Monday that they were close to a final deal on the state’s next two-year budget. Negotiators from the Republican minority and Democratic majority reached agreement on several key points in Democratic Gov. Janet Mills’ spending package, […]

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey filed a lawsuit Monday against Purdue Pharma and members of the drug manufacturer’s Sackler family, arguing that they “committed unfair and deceptive business practices” while marketing opioids in Maine. Frey’s action adds Maine to a lengthening list of states and municipalities that are turning to the courts in an effort […]