Strike at BIW could end Monday, pending contract vote results

If a majority of Local S6 union members vote this weekend to accept a new contract with Bath Iron Works, the 4,300 union members will return to work on Monday.

Marine Corps conducting helicopter training in Brunswick next week

36-home development planned for Brunswick Landing, but some residents worry about impact

The development could bring some much needed 'affordable' and workforce housing to the area, but some residents fear it will bring too much traffic and mean the destruction of a well-loved strip of woods.

Bath, Brunswick to offer absentee ballot drop box for November election

Drop boxes may allay concerns over delivery of absentee ballots as the US Postal Service struggles to keep up amid operations changes and a shortage of funding.

Striking BIW union halts picketing in advance of contract vote

Union members will vote on the new contract online and via telephone starting Friday and closing at noon Sunday. If union members approve the new contract, the strike will officially end.

Lisbon prepares for reopening, with no remote learning option

Lisbon schools would reopen Sept. 8, but parents are worried.

Sagadahoc County tops state in COVID-19 infection rate, despite low case count

Nancy Riley, an epidemiology professor at Bowdoin College, said Sagadahoc County has a higher COVID-19 infection rate now, even though it has fewer cases than other counties in Maine. 

Lisbon man charged with breaking into Bowdoinham apartment, threatening resident

Police say the 42-year-old man allegedly pulled a knife on the woman who lives there but she was able to escape with her children.

Police: Fox that attacked Brunswick man last week was rabid

This is the second confirmed and third suspected case of rabies this year, all within the past two months, according to the Maine CDC. 

Striking BIW workers confident new contract will pass

Seveveral members of BIW's Local S6 union said they expect the new contract, announced late last week, will be approved when it comes to a vote next weekend.