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Brunswick appoints 1st woman to town manager position
Julia Henze is Brunswick’s new town manager and the first woman to hold the post. Credit: Courtesy of the town of Brunswick The Brunswick Town Council on Monday appointed Julia Henze to the position...
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Maine cafe gets fake bomb threat after owner comments on Donald Trump shooting
A hoax bomb threat was made Tuesday against a Waldo County restaurant after screenshots of comments the owner made about the shooting of former President Donald Trump were shared by conservative...
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Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office needs $8 million in repairs
Lincoln County officials are seeking public input on the future of the sheriff’s office in Wiscasset after an assessment determined that it needs nearly $8 million in repairs and renovations...
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Long midcoast traffic detour ending this month
The lengthy construction detour for southbound drivers on Route 1 in downtown Searsport will soon come to an end. Gordon Contracting, the company that’s running the $17.8 million construction project,...
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Wiscasset shuts down bid to regulate guns near downtown
The Wiscasset Select Board voted down an ordinance Tuesday evening that would have banned shooting guns in certain areas of town over fear of legal ramifications.The issue first came up in January,...
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Belfast Maskers’ ‘Bat Boy: The Musical’ beautifully captures the script’s...
Can the Bat Boy be tamed and civilized by the love of a family when the townsfolk suspect he’s the reason their cattle and children are dying? All this waif of a boy, who has pointy ears and needs...
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Suspect in Cushing death arrested after barricading himself in vehicle
An Augusta man has been arrested in connection with last week’s death in Cushing.Jason Hewett, 39, has been charged with eluding an officer, domestic assault and manslaughter, according to Shannon...
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Belfast to offer a drop-off site for residents to compost food scraps
Belfast city councilors unanimously voted on Tuesday night to launch a pilot drop-off site at the city’s transfer station for residents who want to convert their food waste into compost. When the...
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2nd fox tests positive for rabies in Bath
A second fox has tested positive for rabies in Bath.That follows a case on June 28 involving an older fox in the same area, according to Police Chief Andrew Booth. The young fox was spotted about 6...
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Court orders demolition of downtown Belfast building
A Waldo County court has ordered that a condemned building in downtown Belfast be demolished, after the city has spent years pushing for that to happen because of the danger it poses.The building, the...
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Despite recent closures, mom-and-pop markets still have an edge in rural Maine
The closure of two locations of Tozier’s Family Markets has been a tough development for some shoppers in the region — particularly those in more rural Searsport, where the decades-old institution...
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Midcoast man charged in child’s death makes 1st court appearance
The man charged with manslaughter in the beating death of a toddler in the Thomaston area in May is finally back in Maine for court proceedings, but more details about his alleged crimes or the...
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Maine town declares a ‘right to fish’
Harpswell has a new right-to-fish policy intended to protect the town’s working waterfronts and fishermen.“We have a sign when you come into town saying we’re a working waterfront community. We’re...
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These Maine working waterfronts will get state money to rebuild from storms
Coastal Maine communities that were among the hardest hit by back-to-back storms in January were the biggest beneficiaries of a round of state resilience grants announced Monday.The grants, totaling...
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Rockland goes through the expensive work of closing its landfill
Rockland is the latest Maine community that’s going through the laborious and expensive work of closing a municipal landfill, with plans to complete the job this fall. In addition to paying a few...
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First Lyme disease vaccine in 20 years tested at midcoast hospital
This story first appeared in our Midcoast Update newsletter. Subscribe here for a weekly digest of the latest news from the midcoast.The midcoast has the highest rates of tick-borne illnesses in...
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A Hollywood producer once threatened to move Maine’s most famous house to New...
Hard Telling Not Knowing each week tries to answer your burning questions about why things are the way they are in Maine — specifically about Maine culture and history, both long ago and recent, large...
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Ethics officials to probe flyers opposing midcoast housing proposal
The Maine ethics commission agreed Wednesday morning to investigate whether anonymous flyers that urged St. George residents to oppose a housing proposal on the local ballot in May violated campaign...
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Maine AG accuses Bath couple of racially harassing neighbors
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey announced today that his office has filed a civil rights complaint against a Bath couple accused of targeting their neighbors with racist and xenophobic...
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Driver seriously injured after deputy hits turning car in Brunswick
A 71-year-old Topsham woman was seriously injured on Wednesday afternoon when a deputy hit her turning car in Brunswick.The crash happened at 2:34 p.m on Harpswell Road near Bickford Avenue....
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