TOPSHAM — Next year’s School Administrative District 75 budget could rise 8.9 percent, according to a draft budget presented at Tuesday’s Finance Committee meeting.  The $41.2 million spending plan, up $3.4 million from the current year, does not include salary increases, which are still being negotiated.  Included in the spending hike is an estimated $1.7 […]

FREEPORT — The Regional School Unit 5 Board of Directors is slated to vote on a proposed fiscal year 2020 budget March 27 that includes an increase of $1.15 million over this year’s $33 million budget.  The proposed budget could increase overall taxes assessed to Freeport, Pownal and Durham by 4.2 percent, up from $25.8 […]

Sen Angus King expressed concern Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election failed to reach a conclusion on whether President Trump tried to obstruct justice. King, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and the other members of Maine’s congressional […]

TOPSHAM — Folks from all over the state took part in Maine Maple Sunday, a tradition that sees Mainers leave their comfortable homes in search of the small wooden sugar shacks where maple syrup is made. For some, Maine Maple Sunday is an excuse to go out and sample some sweet treats, like maple cotton […]

BOWDOINHAM — A Bowdoinham home was destroyed in a Saturday evening fire. The Bowdoinham Fire Department was called to 727 Ridge Road shortly after 5 p.m. for a structure fire. According to Bowdoinham Fire Chief Arthur Frizzle, the house is owned by Dick and Debbie Spaulding, who weren’t home when the blaze broke out. A […]

BATH – Applications from Bath-area students looking to travel to Japan this summer are flowing into the Bath-Tsugaru Student Exchange Program, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. The non-profit program will hold a fundraiser dinner on Monday, April 1 from 5 – 8 p.m. at Henry and Marty Restaurant and Catering in Brunswick to […]

BRUNSWICK — Maui the cat has a personality every bit as big as her 20-pound frame. She is sassy, smart, and goes after what she wants (usually food) and according to volunteers at Midcoast Humane. Despite her big personality, which volunteers assure is very sweet, Maui is one of several long-term overlooked pets at the shelter […]

FREEPORT — Everyone involved in the years-long saga of the Island Rover project seems to agree on one thing: The Island Rover, a 80-ton, 113-foot topsail schooner, belongs in the water. But after years of legal battles, nobody seems to agree on the when or the how that might happen. Meanwhile, the vessel is sitting […]