BATH — The Bath Planning Board voted to postpone a Tuesday public hearing on regulations for retail marijuana in Bath, citing unclear language and an undefined term within the proposed rules. City Planner Ben Averill said the issues came to light as city staff and planning board members were preparing for their regular scheduled meeting […]

BATH — Bath voters elected Bath City Councilor Sean Paulhus, a Democrat, to the state legislature in the House District 52 special election Tuesday. “It feels great. I’m very excited to represent my home town up in Augusta and I’m ready to get to work for the citizens of Bath,” Paulhus said after votes were […]

AUGUSTA – Maine State Police detectives and experts at the agency’s crime laboratory testified Wednesday about various evidence found inside the Wiscasset home where 4-year-old Kendall Chick died in December 2017. Two detectives and two crime lab employees were called to provide more details about several items in the home – a pillow, sheets, towels – that […]

PHIPPSBURG — A video posted on Facebook late Tuesday afternoon appears to show a crane on a barge removing pilings from Popham Beach. The Maine Board of Environmental Protection’s 6-1 decision, issued in December 2017, allowed Jackson and Susan Parker to remove 150 pilings near their summer home on Popham Beach. The Parkers live in […]

AUGUSTA – In clinical but graphic detail, and with photos projected on a screen behind him, Maine’s Chief Medical Examiner Mark Flomenbaum testified Tuesday about the numerous injuries that caused the death of 4-year-old Kendall Chick in December 2017. Flomenbaum documented 15 to 20 distinct injuries to her head, face and neck, as well as other […]

BRUNSWICK — Plans to replace Brunswick’s aging Central Fire Station sat on the back burner for years, former councilor Doug Rice told the town council Monday, and it is high time to “give (firefighters) what they need and move on.” Fielding overwhelming agreement from community members during a public hearing Monday, Brunswick town councilors approved […]

BRUNSWICK — Some teenagers are buried in their electronic devices or concerned with the next social media challenge.  Not 15-year-old Sam Hughes.  Hughes, a sophomore at Mt. Ararat High School, revels in his time outdoors and appreciates nature. He said his love for the outdoors is the reason he decided to join the Boy Scouts […]