(Ed. Note: For the complete South Portland-Deering girls’ basketball game story, please see theforecaster.net) The preliminaries are over and the winter sports season is about to ramp up dramatically. Last week featured a mix of holiday tournament and regular season action. Now, it’s back to work for everyone on the hardwood, ice, mats and in […]
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Nicholson wins Chamberlain Award; to accept honor Thursday in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — Dan Nicholson of Lisbon, the former command master chief of Brunswick Naval Air Station who lowered the flag at the base decommissioning ceremony in May, will receive the 2011 Joshua L. Chamberlain Award on Thursday evening at the Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber’s annual dinner at Bowdoin College. Nicholson, 48, served in the highest enlisted […]
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Infiniti and beyond
FREEPORT — A chance encounter in 2009 landed Freeport Boat Outlet owner George “Do Do” Brockman in Pebble Beach, Calif., last August to dine with design executives from the Japanese car maker, Infiniti. The question before them: How might an 8-cylinder sport utility vehicle engine fit into a classic wooden boat? The project, Brockman said, is […]
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Toxic emissions climbed in 2010
ELLSWORTH — The amount of potentially toxic compounds released by industrial facilities in Maine increased by 13 percent between 2009 and 2010, a change that several observers said could reflect a rebound in the state’s pulp and paper mills. The 84 facilities tracked by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported releasing 9.6 million pounds of chemicals […]
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Hello, Trader Joe?
TOPSHAM — Despite a rumor that a Trader Joe’s store is coming to the Topsham Fair Mall, it would be news to one of the mall owners, as well as the town’s economic and community development director. With brothers Kevin and Paul Kelly, John Larson owns the former Village Candle building where Renys is located on […]
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State adjusts Woolwich bridge fix plan
WOOLWICH — Input from Woolwich residents at a December meeting prompted state officials to reconsider a proposal to remove the Dana Mill Bridge that carries Dana Mill Road over Nequasset Brook. State transportation officials now plan to replace or repair culverts there, likely later this year. The Maine Department of Transportation proposed removing the bridge and […]
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Gov. LePage nixes 3 bills
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage on Thursday used his authority to veto a trio of Democratic-sponsored bills that passed during the Legislature’s first session last year. The bills were: — LD 205, a bill that exempted nonprofit performing arts organizations from sales taxes, sponsored by Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, DBrunswick. — LD 1264, an energy efficiency bill […]
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Senate 20 election scheduled
AUGUSTA — Secretary of State Charlie Summers announced Thursday that voters in state Senate District 20 will go to the polls Feb. 14 to elect a new senator to complete the term of Sen. David Trahan, R-Waldoboro, whose resignation took effect at the end of 2011. District 20 covers 22 towns, including Alna, Westport Island […]
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Language historian to give free lecture
BRUNSWICK — Kerry Hardy, an eco-historian, linguist, author and activist, will speak about “ Notes on a Lost Flute” Wednesday evening as part of Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s Winter Speaker Series. The talk will begin at 7 p.m. at the Bowdoin College Cram Alumni House, 83 Federal St., following a potluck supper at 6 p.m. and […]