Brunswick ministry helps children appreciate mercy, compassion

With illnesses surging, Midcoast schools urge students to stay home if they aren’t feeling well

A recent spike in respiratory illnesses this month caused multiple schools in Bath, Brunswick, Harpswell and Topsham to close briefly for cleaning.

Midcoast schools close for deep cleaning after outbreak of respiratory illness

Dozens of students in Topsham and Harpswell have contracted a virus believed to be RSV.

Maine Music Society welcomes back former board member

Fire chief: Hard economic times have caused ‘critically low volunteer numbers’ in Sagadahoc County

Over half of the 15 fire departments in the region are operated by both volunteer firefighters and EMTs.

Harpswell Select Board approves earth caching at The Giant Stairs

Earth caching is an activity that involves locating a geological site using coordinates provided by the original earth cache finder and answering a series of questions about the site.

Great white shark sighting confirmed at Popham Beach State Park

Swimmers were ordered to leave the ocean after a paddle boarder spotted the shark Wednesday evening, but the beach resumed normal operations Thursday.

First shark sighting of the season off the coast of Harpswell

The Maine Department of Maine Resources reported 29 individual sharks detected off the mid and southern coast of Maine last year.

New Maine-based toothpaste brand aims to take on cancer

Believe Oral Care, founded by Harpswell resident Adam Hewison, is a nonprofit toothpaste company seeking to raise funds for cancer charities and research.

Community support leads to preservation of undeveloped Casco Bay islands

The islands of Little Whaleboat West, Nate and Tuck are now protected under the Maine Coast Heritage Trust.