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News in Bath/Topsham/Harpswell

Short Relief: Election did little to narrow the divide

My sense, after the presidential election, is that our nation remains closely and deeply divided about what people and policies should guide us. Most voters made up their minds about who they were going to vote for early on. The election was decided by a relatively small group of swing vot...

West Bath lawsuit seeks $1.9M from regional school district

BATH — West Bath is suing Regional School Unit 1 to recover $1.9 million the town believes it overpaid in the first four years of the school district's existence. West Bath's lawsuit, filed by attorney Sally Daggett in October in Sagadahoc County Superior Court, claims it should...

Margaret Ann Werts, 80: educator, world traveler

TOPSHAM — Margaret Ann Werts, 80, of Topsham, died Nov. 26 after a short illness.  Werts was born in Portland, N.D., on Oct. 5, 1932. She taught school in her native North Dakota and Montana for 10 years before joining the Department of Defense’s dependent school prog...

Mid-Coast Meetings: Nov. 30-Dec. 6

Bath

Susan Baecker Matteson, 71

BRUNSWICK — Susan Baecker Matteson, 71, died Nov. 15 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice Home in Scarborough. Matteson was born in Orange, N.J., on Aug. 3, 1942. She graduated from Kean College with a bachelor's degree in early childhood education. Later, Matteson was a founding member o...

Glenis J. Berry, 89

WOOLWICH — Glenis J. Berry, 89, of Murphys Corner Road, died Nov. 21. She was born Sept. 20, 1923, in Staceyville, the daughter of Fernald and Lalia (Black) Cunningham.   Berry grew up in Hartland and graduated from Hartland Academy, class of 1941.  After high school...

Topsham Police Beat: Nov. 30

Arrests No arrests were reported from Nov. 20-27. Summonses 11/20 at 10:05 a.m. A 17-year-old male, of Topsham, was issued a summons on Topsham Fair Mall Road by Detective Mark LaFountain on a charge of theft.

Bath Police Beat: Nov. 30

Arrests 11/18 at 1:05 a.m. Nicholas Salvage, 25, of Pine Hill Drive, was arrested on Richardson Street by Officer Garrett Olson on a charge of operating under the influence. 11/24 at 11:40 p.m. Jarod Donathan, 30, of Range Road, Brunswick, was arr...

Harpswell panel to unveil proposed shoreland zoning changes

HARPSWELL — A committee that has been working for several months to bring shoreland zoning ordinances into compliance with state law is now ready to educate those who may be affected. Mary Ann Nahf, chairwoman of the Shoreland Zoning Task Force, said Tuesday her group will reach out ...

The road to the holidays

Santa arrives in Bath on Saturday, Nov. 24, aboard a classic fire engine and leads the parade to City Hall for refreshments and songs of the season. The city's annual "Old Fashioned Christmas" events continue through the end of December.