Topsham News

NEWPORT, Maine a ' A Maine school counselor wants a state board to toss out a complaint filed against him because he appeared in a television commercial opposing gay marriage.

LEWISTON, Maine a ' The mother of a Topsham teenager who spent two days trapped in a ravine says her daughter is going to make a full recovery.

Katherine Perreault spoke with reporters for the first time Tuesday morning about her daughter's 48 hour ordeal trapped inside a wrecked SUV.

People in the midcoast area will get the chance to get rid of some old medications.

Staff from Maris Stella High School of Singapore visited Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham on Tuesday to discuss topics like laptops and collaborative learning.

TOPSHAM, Maine a ' Topsham police say a local teenager missing for two days was trapped in her car in a ravine.

Apt. 1, Bath, was arrested at Hannaford on charges of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer and possession of drug paraphernalia.A 11/12 at 4:23 p.m. Brooke Ann Letarte, 28, of 64 Heath Lane, Bath, was arrested on Federal Street on a charge of violation of condition of release.A 11/12 at 4:57 p.m. Destiny Mae Oppedisano, 34, of 62 Pleasant Hill ...

LEWISTON a ' The 2009 Great Falls Balloon Festival photo contest winners have been announced.

If youa re craving color now that the garden has been put to bed and even the autumn leaves are gone from the trees, look to the work of bead-maker Stephanie Sersich of Topsham.

RECALL: NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS 1967-2008, by H.R. Coursen; Just Write Books, Topsham, Maine, 2008; 292 pages, trade paperback, $24.95. No book of verse published in Maine in the past 30 years that I know of will have healthier influences on your dreams than H.R. Coursena s a oeRecall.a The numerous poems collected here from the past five decades ...

Bolstered by out-of-state money and volunteers, both sides jockeyed Monday to boost turnout for Maine's referendum on same-sex marriage - a contest that could give gay-rights activists in the U.S. their first such victory at the ballot box.

One thing is for sure: redevelopment of the Base - Naval Air Station-Brunswick - is a process, not an event.

AUBURN a ' His name is John Stevens, he's 43 and homeless since a fire destroyed his Augusta apartment last March.

HIDDEN WORLD REVEALED: Musings of a Maine Naturalist, by Tom Seymour; Just Write Books, Topsham, Maine, 2008; 190 pages, trade paperback, $24.95. This book by Tom Seymour, a longtime naturalist and contributor to The Maine Sportsman, several midcoast newspapers and many other publications, offers short writings on the natural goings-on in his ...

Scary moments abound in "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde," a stage adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous novelette, which opens the 2009-2010 season at The Public Theatre of Lewiston-Auburn. One of Ludwig van Beethoven's most famous and enduring works will be the centerpiece of this weekend's program when the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra opens its ...

Acclaimed cellist Emmanuel Feldman will perform Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Franco-American Heritage Center's fundraising Gala and Benefit Concert.

New Nashua Superintendent of Schools Mark Conrad is hoping to bring some stability to the district.

The late Bob Solotaire collected views the same way he collected friends, and he had a great many of both.

This is the found photograph that serves as a departure point for collaberations between artists and poets as part of the Belfast Poetry Festival.

LEWISTON a ' The Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices is scheduled to address three separate allegations of possible campaign finance reporting violations during its meeting Thursday.