I’ve been doing yard work between rain drops and haven’t spent as much time in the kitchen as usual. Because I have to travel a distance to town, I very seldom order takeout, and delivery is not an option. So when I crave a bit of traditional takeout food, I just make it myself. It […]
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Topsham residents to vote on budget, Climate Action Plan next week
The special town meeting is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 28, at in the Forum at Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham.
Bath Iron Works lays keel for its newest Navy destroyer
Bath Iron Works has started building its next Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, laying out the keel for the new ship this week.
Letters to the editor: Stansky for school board; response requested; Declaration of Conscience
Former councilors endorse Katie Stansky for Brunswick school board As former chairs of the Brunswick Town Council, we’ve worked with many public servants who set aside grievance politics to focus on one thing: the good of Brunswick. In this school board election, the choice is clear: We’re supporting Katie Stansky. Brunswick values fairness, inclusion and […]
Lincoln County Historical Society to open season on Memorial Day
The Lincoln County Historical Association will kick off its 2025 season on Memorial Day with a range of events that invite the public to experience history in different ways. Highlights include a Memorial Day ceremony, a visit from historical archaeologist Tim Dinsmore, new hands-on experiences at the Old Jail and Community Day offering free admission […]
Watch out for loons while on the water this season
This weekend, despite some unseasonably chilly weather, lots of people will be getting out on the water for the first time. Boatyards have been scrambling to get docks in and boats launched for the Memorial Day holiday. This marks the beginning of what becomes an increasingly busy season on the water in Maine. There is […]
Wiscasset gallery welcomes acclaimed Maine artist
Sylvan Gallery in Wiscasset recently added Roberta Goschke to its lineup of contemporary New England fine artists. This acclaimed Maine artist is a seasoned plein air painter whose work combines impressionistic color and expressive brushwork with realistic structure, often depicting the light and atmosphere of Maine’s working harbors, rocky coastal views, rural landscape and many […]
Wiscasset Bay Gallery exhibition features 19th- and 20th-century artists
“Spring Arrivals – Three Centuries of American and European Art” at Wiscasset Bay Gallery will open on Saturday, May 24, in celebration of the gallery’s 41st season. Featuring works by prominent 19th- and 20th-century American artists as well as European realists, impressionists and modernists, the exhibition will include a diverse array of subject matters from […]
The rise and fall of Morse High School’s namesake — Bath’s ‘Ice King’
In mid-October 1907, one of the greatest financial panics in American history sparked when a stock takeover by “one of the most powerful bankers in the nation” failed. That banker was a man from Bath. Charles Wyman Morse was born in Bath on Oct. 21, 1856, to Benjamin W. Morse and Anna E.J. Morse. The […]
Native plants can transform your yard and the planet
Soon, we’ll spend more time outside, enjoying the spectacular green and exploding colors of what we may have planted in years past or early spring. Perhaps much of your landscape is a turfgrass lawn, which became popular in the United States in the 1870s and has since become the dominant idea in residential and commercial […]