News in Bath/Topsham/Harpswell

The View From Away: Laughter is the best medicine (followed closely by therapy and psychotropic meds)

One of the more enlightening aspects of my Canadian adventure, and a reason I will have a soft spot for Canada long after this job ends, is the experience of working without the specter of depression looming over my head all the time. The clinical kind, I mean. I still get plenty of the ga...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •

Monday, May 13, 2013 at 2:30 pm

Policy Wonk: Balanced tax reform eludes Woodbury, 'Gang of 11'

It is not the boldness of the reforms that is troubling about LD 1496, the set of tax reforms proposed by the so-called "Gang of 11" and its principal architect, Yarmouth independent Sen. Richard Woodbury. It is the breadth of the legislation. The number of moving parts (proposed changes) ...

Orlando Delogu • Opinion •

Monday, May 13, 2013 at 2:20 pm

Forecaster Forum: Putting aside politics to reform Maine's tax code

What happens when one independent, five Democrats and five Republicans decide to leave their politics at the door in the name of Maine’s well being? A chance at real and meaningful reform is created. By now you have probably heard a good deal about the so-called “Gang of 11,&rd...

Rep. Mark Dion, Rep. Sara Gideon and Rep. Amy Volk • Opinion •

Monday, May 13, 2013 at 1:10 pm

Letter: Bath makes it easier to bike to health

Thanks largely to two volunteer organizations, Bath Trails and the City of Bath Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee, our City of Ships is a particularly good place to get healthy with its network of trails and fifty miles of uncrowded streets. Bath has more bike parking spaces per capita than...

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Monday, May 13, 2013 at 8:50 am

Falmouth Spur turnpike ramps to close Monday

FALMOUTH — The Maine Turnpike Authority will close both southbound ramps connecting to the Falmouth Spur on Monday, May 13, to continue rehabilitating the Exit 52 interchange bridge, which carries Falmouth Spur traffic over the turnpike. The MTA, in a press release Friday, said the c...

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Friday, May 10, 2013 at 10:50 am

Mid-Coast Meetings: May 10-16

Bath Mon. 5/13 7 p.m. Zoning Board of Appeals CH Tues. 5/14 6 p.m. Planning Board CH Wed. 5/15 7 p.m. Forestry Committee CH Thur. 5/16 4:30 p.m. Community Development Committee ...

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Friday, May 10, 2013

George C. Wilson, 91: Distinguished veteran

TOPSHAM — George C. Wilson, 91, of Topsham, died May 1 at the Mid Coast Senior Health Center in Brunswick. He was born Aug. 3, 1921, in Opelousas, La., the son of George and Lily Andrus Wilson. Wilson attended Southwestern Louisiana College, and enlisted in the U.S. Navy ...

Obituaries •

Friday, May 10, 2013

Johanna T. Flaherty, 74

BATH — Johanna T. Flaherty, 74, of Bath, died April 30 at Mid Coast Hospital, surrounded by her family. Flaherty was born Sept. 6, 1938, in Philadelphia, Pa., the older daughter of Anna Feiler and John Donnelly. She met Paul Flaherty, of Bath, when she was 16. He was hitc...

Obituaries •

Friday, May 10, 2013

Marjorie Lea Wooten, 71

TOPSHAM — Marjorie Lea Wooten, 71, died peacefully in her home Sunday. She was born in Gardiner on Dec. 7, 1941, a daughter of Wallace Lancaster Stonier and Evelyn Haskell Stonier. Wooten graduated from Gardiner High School, Class of 1960. After high school, she worked briefly for Na...

Obituaries •

Friday, May 10, 2013

Developer plans Brunswick center for at-risk teens

BRUNSWICK — If the school and judicial systems can't do enough for at-risk teenagers, where else can they get help? Thomas B. Wright hopes the answer will be a new center at Brunswick Landing, where he plans to base the mentoring organization, Seeds of Independence, along with other ...

Dylan Martin • News •

Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 8:00 am