News in Bath/Topsham/Harpswell

Mid-Coast residents, officials respond to proposed Route 24 changes

TOPSHAM — Mid-Coast residents and officials had the chance to provide feedback Monday night on a plan that would recommend several changes to Route 24. Some of the most significant proposals include re-routing a portion of Route 24 away from the Brunswick and Topsham downtown areas, ...

Dylan Martin • News •

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 10:40 am

Longtime Newcastle educator to head Bath high school

BATH — After 17 years at Lincoln Academy in Newcastle, Jay Pinkerton's new job will take him about 18 miles down the road. The New Harbor resident will become principal of Morse High School on Aug. 1, replacing Peter Kahl, who was hired in 2007 and

Alex Lear • News •

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 10:20 am

SAD 75 board OKs budget with 4.1% tax hike

TOPSHAM — A School Administrative District 75 budget for next year that proposes a 4.4 percent increase, resulting in a 4.1 percent tax hike, goes to voters twice this spring. The SAD 75 Board of Directors voted 8-2 in favor of the $34.7 million fiscal 2014 spending plan April 25, wi...

Alex Lear • News •

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 3:10 pm

Youth Court in Portland, Yarmouth aims to repair wrongs, not punish kids

YARMOUTH — A program in Maine is helping first-time juvenile offenders avoid the traditional justice system and repair any harm they've done to the community. The program, called Youth Court, is appearing around the country in an effort to provide what is known as "restorative" ...

Amber Cronin • News •

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 8:10 am

People and Business

Recognition The Associated General Contractors of America awarded Freeport-based CPM Constructors with a 2013 Build America Award for new municipal and utility construction at AGC’s 94th annual convention March 7 in Palm Springs, Calif. CPM won for its construction o...

Community •

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Arts Calendar, May 1-14

Greater Portland Books & Authors Wednesday 5/1 William Barry, author of "Maine: The Wilder Half of New England," 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700, free.

Lifestyle •

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Community Calendar: May 1

Greater Portland Benefits Friday 5/3 Achieve a Vision Beyond Your Sight, 7 p.m., Hannaford Lecture Hall, 88 Bedford St., Portland, 475-7148, $10 suggested donation. Saturday 5/4

Community •

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Out & About: Maia Sharp, Big Sandy top the bill

May arrives this week with a plethora of sunshine and flowers, plus an equal bounty of arts and entertainment. A superb singer-songwriter and a leading Americana-rockabilly band are two of the top offerings at Portland’s One Longfellow Square. First up is singer-songwriter Maia Sharp...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •

Monday, April 29, 2013 at 12:30 pm

The Universal Notebook: It's nobody's fault but our own

As America attempts to come to terms with health-care reform, the national debt, immigration reform, climate change and the epidemic of gun violence, the fault lines that threaten a more perfect union are becoming pretty darn obvious. They run along cultural divides, geographic borders, philosoph...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •

Monday, April 29, 2013 at 11:10 am

The View From Away: An urge for revenge in the land of the loonie

My coworkers on this TV show, who are almost exclusively Canadian, have been friendly and welcoming. So have the other people I have run across in Toronto, for the most part. One exception occurred at a suburban movie theater, where a woman wheeled on me and said I was standing too close to her i...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •

Monday, April 29, 2013 at 10:50 am