BRUNSWICK — Ruth F. Driscoll, 88, died March 24 at Amenity Manor Nursing Home. On March 18, 1922, she was born in Salem, Mass., a daughter of Francis and Marion Frost Herlihy, and attended Salem schools. On Jan. 10, 1943, she married Murray Driscoll. After the death of her husband on Oct. 1, 1988, she […]
March 2010
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Mid-Coast Sports Roundup
Save Swinging Bridge 5K upcoming The seventh annual Save Our Swinging Bridge 5K will be held Sunday, April 18 at 10 a.m., in Topsham’s Lower Village and Brunswick’s Downtown. The race benefits maintenance on the 118-year-old Roebling-built bridge. FMI, 837-0558 or saveourbridge.org. Maine Premier Soccer offering camp dates Maine Premier Soccer has announced camp dates […]
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Mt. Ararat names top winter athletes
Mt. Ararat High School recently held its Winter Sports Awards night. The varsity boys’ basketball team named Tyler Pelletier the Outstanding Senior. The Coach’s Award went to Keith Getch. The junior varsity boys’ basketball squad gave its Coach’s Award to Eric Napoleon. Tyler Roberts was given the freshman boys’ basketball Coach’s Award. On the girls’ […]
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Thousands in line as Expohands out Obama tickets
As of 10:45 a.m. the line stretched to the end of Washburn Avenue, and people were still showing up.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Harpswell panel solicits input on Mitchell Field businesses
HARPSWELL — For some residents, one of the biggest problems with Mitchell Field is that there’s no business there. On Wednesday, April 7, residents harboring that opinion – and probably a few that don’t – will get a chance to say what kind of businesses should be allowed at the 119-acre former U.S. Navy fuel […]
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12 employees could lose jobs under RSU 1 budget
BATH — The draft fiscal 2011 budget proposed by Regional School Unit 1 Superintendent William Shuttleworth could mean the elimination of a dozen employees. The $24.35 million spending plan is nearly $634,000 less than this year’s budget, and includes a revenue loss of about $816,000. “I think, overall, about 12 people will lose their jobs, unfortunately,” […]
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Candidate finds labor organizer role in agency
Editor’s note: The following examination of Democrat John Richardson by the nonprofit Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting is the second in a series probing the records of some of the leading candidates for governor. The first was on Republican candidate Les Otten. John Richardson’s first day on the job as commissioner of the Department […]
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Council to vote on closing road to make way for development
SOUTH PORTLAND – Before a small shopping center near the Maine Mall can be built, the South Portland City Council must first agree to close a short section of a road that divides the two parcels of land on which the retail development would be constructed. The project, at 85 Western Ave., won city Planning […]