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Fire destroys Pole Island house

Sep 02, 2010 8:00 am

HARPSWELL — A fire destroyed a house on Pole Island on Aug. 30. About 30 firefighters from the Orr’s and Bailey Islands, Cundy’s Harbor and Harpswell Neck fire departments responded via boat to the blaze, which was reported around 7:15 p.m. Monday on the Quahog Bay island. “Island fires are a difficult thing to deal with,” Cundy’s Harbor Fire Chief Ben Wallace Jr. said Wednesday. The owners of the home were on the island off the Harpswell coast, but not in the house, Wallace said. He did not know their names.

Bath City Council supports McMann Field turf project

Sep 02, 2010 8:00 am

BATH — The City Council on Wednesday approved the installation of artificial turf at McMann Field. The panel also voted unanimously to designate three new crosswalks as part of the Whiskeag Trail. The order for the McMann Field upgrade was amended four times before being approved 5-1. The final language states that the council encourages the Fields for Our Future Committee to continue fundraising, “with the understanding that there will be no request for, nor will there be any appropriation, of taxpayers’ funds” for the field.

RSU 1 board, teachers union approve new contract

Sep 01, 2010 11:20 am

BATH — The Regional School Unit 1 Board of Directors and Sagadahoc Education Association approved a new teachers’ contract this week, concluding a long and sometimes contentious process. The two sides reached a settlement Aug. 18 after a morning-to-evening negotiating session. Union members voted for the pact, 171-5, on Monday, Aug. 30; the School Board gave it unanimous approval on Tuesday. The contract expires Aug. 31, 2012, and is retroactive to Sept. 1, 2009, for all employees except those in West Bath, whose previous contract expired in August.

Food, wine purveyor brings taste of Europe to Brunswick

Sep 01, 2010 9:10 am

BRUNSWICK — Step into the Market Basket and you might feel like you’ve left the Mid-Coast and landed in Europe. Larry and Lynette Platt opened the food and wine business last month at 157 Park Row, a sister site to the store they have run the past few years in Rockport. Located in the recently renovated 1812 Skofield House, the Market Basket has a European flavor. It offers fresh breads, desserts, sandwiches and entrees, and a large wine and beer selection.

Police arrest 2nd man in Topsham arson

Aug 31, 2010 3:00 pm

BRUNSWICK — A second arrest has been made in connection with the Aug. 17 fire that destroyed a vacant apartment house at the former U.S. Navy Annex in Topsham, according to the Maine State Police. Zechariah Menchaca, 18, of Topsham, was arrested Monday afternoon, Aug. 30, and charged with arson, according to a press release from the state police. He was transported to the Two Bridges Jail in Wiscasset, where he was being held for $100,000 bail pending a court appearance.

Harpswell woman arrested for allegedly stabbing husband

Aug 31, 2010 2:20 pm

HARPSWELL — A Log Drive woman was arrested Tuesday morning after allegedly stabbing her husband, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department reported. Deputies responded at about 7 a.m. to 10 Log Drive after receiving a report that Misun Crawford, 38, had allegedly stabbed her husband, James Crawford, 58. The deputies and Brunswick Police Department officers found James Crawford with non-life-threatening cuts to his abdomen and hand. He was taken by Cundy’s Harbor Rescue to Maine Medical Center in Portland.

Candidates challenged to back open government

Sep 01, 2010 12:00 am

PORTLAND — The Maine Freedom of Information Coalition sent pledge forms this week to every candidate for state office, asking them to support open government and public access. The MFOIC will post the names of candidates who sign the pledge at mfoic.org. The coalition, which is made up of media organizations, lawyers, academics, pubic policy groups and others, said in a press release this week that it will update its website through Election Day.

Annual ALS walk Sept. 11 in Portland

Sep 01, 2010 12:00 am

PORTLAND — An annual walk to raise money to fight amyotrophic lateral sclerosis will be held at the Baxter Boulevard entrance of Payson Park on Saturday, Sept. 11. Registration will be held from 9-10:30 a.m., followed by the walk at 10:30 a.m. ALS, known more commonly as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is an incurable, progressive neuromuscular condition that impacts 30,000 people each year. Life expectancy from the time of diagnosis is two to five years.

Back from the ashes: Tenants to begin moving into rebuilt building on Route 1 in Yarmouth

Aug 30, 2010 2:20 pm

YARMOUTH — More than a year and a half after a fire displaced more than two dozen businesses at 500 Route 1, the first tenant will soon move into the rebuilt office building. The orthodontic practice of Dr. Mark Fischer is expected to reopen by the end of the month. He has been sharing office space in Freeport. “We're thrilled to be back here again,” Fischer said on Friday. “Most of our patients are in this area. ... It's kind of a natural fit for us to be back here again.”

The next budget crisis: ‘Someone else’s problem’ contributes to Maine's pension debt

Sep 01, 2010 12:00 am

Second in a series by the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting about the state’s debt to teachers and state employees for their pensions and retiree health care. Next: Put it in the Constitution. How does a state of only 1.3 million people end up $4.4 billion behind in its payments for just one state program? It doesn’t pay its bills on time, makes promises without knowing the costs, loses money in the stock market and ignores repeated warnings that the debt is getting worse by the year.

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