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Traffic along portion of Union’s Heald Hwy diverted after noontime car off the road
UNION — A car that went off the road in Union midday Wednesday resulted in a portion of a major road being closed to traffic for about an hour, and additional support being brought in from other agencies. Two adults complained of pain after their automobile left the eastbound...
'Worst day of my life': Maine father recounts day his children were shot on I-295
It's been one year since police found four people murdered in a Bowdoin home allegedly at the hands of one of the couple's own son. Murder suspect Joseph Eaton’s parents, David and Cynthia Eaton, along with the Eaton's close friends, Bobby and Patti Eger, were found dead in the Eger's home.
City of Bath sends cease and desist letter to downtown spa
BATH, Maine — A spa in Bath has been ordered to stop operating. A cease and desist letter was sent to Xinye Spa located on Centre Street downtown on April 12. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.
Blooms, birds, buildings and traditions
Something about forget-me-nots starting to spread, and something about the robin’s recent return, both help make up for the wet, windy spring’s often unenjoyable days. But getting Gretchen Burleigh-Johnson’s email the other day, with a callout for crafters for St. Philip’s annual Strawberry Festival June 29, now that said summer.
The impact of a storm
Were you impacted by the recent nor’easter? So many of us were. With a handful of enduring power outages this winter season, our community has certainly weathered its share of storms. Thousands of people across New England remain without power. Here on the peninsula, many families are still returning to normal.
St. George Select Board supports proposed Kinney Woods housing development
Why we support the St. George Community Development Corporation’s (StG CDC’s) proposed housing development off of Kinney Woods Road. Most town residents agree that people who want to live and work in St. George need more affordable housing options. It is very, very challenging to find a reasonably-priced house to buy in St. George now. We want and need teachers, mechanics, fishermen, nurses and others to be able to live here. We can’t have it both ways – we can’t complain that we don’t want the peninsula to consist of only millionaires and short-term rentals, then oppose a project that would allow a working family a reasonable housing option.
Naturalist workshop explores vernal pools at Hidden Valley Nature Center
Spring has sprung at Hidden Valley Nature Center. The woods are alive with the sounds, sites and smells of the awakening forest. Vernal pools, filled with the rains of spring, are just beginning to show signs of life, promises of frogs, salamanders and insects soon to hatch. Trees are adorned with swollen buds ready to burst into the first green leaves of the season. And catkins hang on the branches of willows, birches and aspens waiting for the wind to carry their pollen to other catkins.
Wiscasset reconstruction project frustrates town officials, business owners
WISCASSET (BDN) -- Business owners and local officials in Wiscasset are starting to lose patience with a Main Street reconstruction project that has dragged on for three years, leaving an eyesore in the center of the self-proclaimed “prettiest village in Maine” as it gears up for another summer tourism season.
CMP moves nest of protected birds away from power lines in Bath
PORTLAND (WGME) – Central Maine Power says it had to remove an osprey nest in Bath for safety reasons, as Maine wildlife officials say the birds are a protected species. Officials say the nests can be a nuisance when built on infrastructure such as utility poles or bridges. When...
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