Mainers making their way through the lengthy Nov. 7 statewide ballot may come to a surprising conclusion: that the four constitutional amendments they’ll consider are considerably more interesting than the four rather tedious initiated referendum questions that precede them. Question 3, which envisions scrapping Maine’s century-old private but publicly regulated electric companies, Central Maine Power […]
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Plan to redevelop former Estes eatery inches forward with new conditions
Harpswell Planning Board’s approval of the project is contingent on certain conditions, including stormwater management and control plans and a landscape design plan featuring native plants.
Freeport appoints new town manager
The Freeport Town Council on Tuesday hired Sophia L. Wilson as the town’s new manager. Wilson has been Orono’s town manager for the past 12 years and is expected to transition to Freeport in December. Prior to her time in Orono, she worked as Brownfield’s manager, a job she started in 2000. Wilson, whose yearly […]
Intertidal: Float tanks are a chance to be effortlessly buoyant — and offer other benefits
Floating is a magical thing. That’s what I wrote in my column last week after watching ducks effortlessly float on top of the surface of the waves and thinking of how many organisms in or on the ocean depends on their ability to sink or float to survive. I started to get into humans’ ability […]
Sen. Eloise Vitelli: In the face of violence, a call to love
Grief can take a great many forms. It can be a wordless cry or a heavy silence. Grief is a human, sometimes ugly thing. It is uncomfortable and, in the course of our lives, unavoidable. In the Jewish tradition, families who are grieving a loved one sit Shiva — removing themselves for a time from […]
Bath-area school board rejects proposed book ban
The parent of a Woolwich Central School fifth grader asked the Regional School Unit 1 board to remove the puberty-focused book “It’s Perfectly Normal.”
New law aims to protect rights of manufactured home owners
The law requires landowners to give residents notice if they plan on selling their property and give tenants a chance to purchase the land.
Bath Savings Bank donation benefits Brunswick Independence Association
Bath Savings Bank donated $2,500 to help the Independence Association replace old windows at its Brunswick group home for people with intellectual disabilities.
Midcoast police hire mental health liaison to help people in crisis
Brunswick Police Dept. and the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office are using opioid settlement funds to pay for a Sweetser mental health liaison.
Elwood Watson: A really, really bad week for Trump’s election lies
Well, well, well… look at what’s transpired in Trump World over the past few days. Two of Donald Trump’s most ardent defenders have decided to switch teams and testify against the former president. Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro have agreed to take last-minute plea deals, turn state’s evidence, and testify against their former boss. Chesebro […]
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