By Beth Brogan – August 13, 2018 TOPSHAM, Maine — A Topsham man who served as the town’s postmaster until last year has pleaded guilty to six counts of sexually assaulting a child and will be sentenced Sept. 5 in West Bath District Court. Under terms of a plea agreement, Robert Welch, 63, pleaded guilty…
AMT seeking mutual swap from Reading, Pa to Scarborough, Maine. I have a seniority date of 11/20/1999. Please contact me by phone or email. 610-509-3189
By Lauren Abbate – July 18, 2015 If the winds are blowing southeast, as they were Tuesday morning, chances are that when the Laura B. leaves Port Clyde Harbor on its daily 7 a.m. summer freight run to Monhegan Island, the vessel is leaving in a sheet of fog, according to its deckhands. As the…
By Fredric Rolando – July 5, 2015 A June 29 BDN OpEd cast the problems with the U.S. Postal Service somewhat oddly, suggesting the issue is that the Heartland is experiencing slower mail deliveries so the “Postal Service can deliver chocolates, flowers or teddy bears in San Francisco.” There are various misconceptions about the Postal…
If Congress fixes retirement pre-funding, rural and Saturday service would not need to be cut. Your Aug. 2 editorial (“Our View: Bleak message for patrons of rural post offices in Maine, nationwide”) properly emphasized the importance of rural post offices for Maine, and more broadly the role of the U.S. Postal Service, which does so…
LIVERMORE FALLS — U.S. Postal Service officials opened its first village post office in Maine on Wednesday morning at Pike’s Corner Oasis on Park Street, also known as Route 133. The Postal Service announced in 2011 that it would be reducing hours or closing hours at post offices around the country to run more efficiently…
(July 17, 2014) EAST DIXFIELD — Depending on the results of a U.S. Postal Service survey, the service may close its East Dixfield Post Office or reduce the weekly office hours. Those results will be made public by Postal Service officials at the post office at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 22. Even if it remains…
Speaker’s proposal to end Saturday mail as a means of paying for Highway Trust Fund puts jobs at risk WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree are calling on Speaker John Boehner to abandon a proposal to temporarily address the impending shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund by eliminating Saturday mail delivery. In a letter…
