BATH — Two streets in Bath will be converted to one-way traffic next week, allowing the city to put in 26 new parking spots.  Starting May 22, Linden and Summer Streets at either side of Patten Free Library, between Washington and Front Streets, will become one-way. Traffic will travel west on Linden Street from Front Street […]

TOPSHAM — A crash closed Route 196 in Topsham for six hours Friday afternoon, backing up traffic for miles. According to the police department’s Facebook page, Lewiston Road (Route 196) was closed to through traffic in the area of Harpswell Auto. Traffic was diverted down Meadow Cross Road to Route 125. Topsham Police Sgt. Mark […]

BRUNSWICK — Tedford Housing Executive Director Craig Phillips will retire at the end of the year, the organization announced Thursday. Phillips has lead the organization, which provides shelter and services to homeless individuals in the Midcoast, since 2011. While “we didn’t end homelessness in eight years,” Phillips said in an interview that he is proud […]

WOOLWICH — The return of alewives to Nequasset Lake in Woolwich signals the start of the annual Nequasset Alewife Count.  Volunteers — adults and children — are needed from May through early June to count the fish that successfully make it over the fish ladder. No prior experience is necessary.     Sign up for the count at www.kennebecestuary.org/fish-counting.  Each fish counter signs […]

SEGUIN ISLAND — Seguin Island’s lighthouse will open for tours this summer after the nonprofit that maintains the 64-acre island raised enough money to buy a generator to restore power to the island.   A helicopter will lift the $5,500 generator from the mainland to the island, possibly as soon as next week, according to Cyndy […]

CHELSEA — Two cases of rabies have been reported in town, putting local animal owners on high alert.  The town of Chelsea’s Facebook page issued a warning Thursday morning, citing two confirmed cases of rabies near Nelson Road and Windsor Road.  “The (Maine Center for Disease Control) has requested that residents of Chelsea be notified […]

BRUNSWICK —  Midcoast Humane welcomed 55 cats and kittens from West Virginia through the shelter’s transport and rescue program, Welcome ME Home.  The transport was a collaboration with a rescue organization in Belington, West Virginia, called Friends of Barbour County. This is Midcoast Humane’s fourth feline rescue with the group.  Among the rescued cats that arrived on April 17 […]

The Maine Department of Transportation has slashed more than $59 million in road and bridge projects from its annual work plan in an effort to stay within budget amid sharply rising construction costs.  The department Thursday said it rejected a bid for paving and safety improvements on Interstate 295 through Portland and canceled 11 other planned construction […]

LEWISTON — Auburn Mayor Jason Levesque bought the Peck Building from L.L.Bean last week.  The sale, however, does not mean L.L.Bean is going anywhere. The famous Maine brand will continue to operate a call center there, while Levesque said he has no plans for the Main Street property beyond adding a flagpole and maybe using more of […]