BRUNSWICK When Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority officials decided to take the ball and run with The Great State of Maine Air Show last year, they knew they would need a sizable cadre of volunteers. The military personnel who had run the event since its inception in 1962 were gone. MRRA put out the word: Help […]
2012
Selectmen OK Meetinghouse meeting Sept. 19
WOOLWICH Residents are invited to a meeting at the Nequasset Meetinghouse on Sept. 19, during which plans for a second entrance to the historic building will be discussed. On Monday night, the Board of Selectmen agreed to approve the meeting. The Meetinghouse, built in 1757, is owned by the town. Deb Locke, president of the […]
Paving to slow I-295 flow
BRUNSWICK Nighttime traffic along Interstate 295 between Freeport and Brunswick will narrow to one lane in each direction until Wednesday morning, while the roadway is resurfaced. Work is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and continue until 6 a.m. to patch and repair bare spots on both north- and southbound sides. The exit 22 off- […]
Topsham board holding two public hearings
The Planning Board is scheduled to hold two public hearings during its meeting today, which starts at 7 p.m. at the municipal building. A hearing will be held on a subdivision amendment application submitted by Wayne Zazeski to add one lot to the approved Turkey Run Subdivision, located in the rural residential zoning district. The […]
Lisbon council to examine paving, food guidelines
LISBON The Town Council will meet tonight at 7 p.m. at the town office to discuss several agenda items before breaking into a scheduled workshop. A public hearing will be held to discuss acceptance of a CDBG public service grant. The purpose of the grant would be to provide business and career services at the […]
POLICE
Brunswick Arrests William Clayton, 53, of 228 River Road, Topsham, Aug. 3, 10:22 a.m., charged with Portland District Court warrant for unpaid fines and fees, on Cumberland Street. Tod Thibeault, 55, of 19 Turner St., July 29, 12:10 p.m., charged with criminal trespass and violation conditions of release, at Hannaford on Elm Street. Cheryl Manyak, […]
Veterans for Peace plan protest march and vigil during airshow
BRUNSWICK — Maine Veterans for Peace has unveiled a protest banner created by Maine artists Natasha Mayers and Nora Tryon that will be used on Saturday during the march and vigil opposing the Air Force Thunderbirds at the Great State of Maine Air Show. A news release from organizers describe the protest march as follows: […]
Still time to walk Victorian Wiscasset
WISCASSET — Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Director of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission and Maine State Historian Historic New England will give a walking tour of historic Wiscasset on Friday from 2 to 3:30 p.m. The tour will begin at Castle Tucker, 2 Lee St., at 2 p.m. and proceed down through the village to […]
Road to Recovery boosted by grant
TOPSHAM — American Cancer Society has been chosen as a recipient of the 2012 Bowdoin College Common Good Grant to help support their Road to Recovery Program. Since 2001, an anonymous alumni donor has contributed $10,000 annually for Bowdoin students to allocate to local agencies to fund new initiatives, as well as maintain existing programs, […]