PORTLAND — Cameron Moore, site coordinator for Family Focus’ Hawthorne Before and After School Program, and Susan Baker, school-age site coordinator for Family Focus’ Before and After School Program at Harpswell Community School, have been awarded the Youth Development Credential I by Maine Roads to Quality: Early Care and Education Professional Development Network at the […]
2013
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NEWS FROM THE CHAMBER
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: From my perspective, one of the biggest challenges in Maine is the absence of true leaders in our communities, regions, and at the state level: people who are willing to do the right thing for the right reasons regardless of how popular their decisions might be. I know we have a lot of […]
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Shaw’s to close 6 stores
WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. (AP) — The Shaw’s supermarket chain says it is closing six underperforming stores in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The stores scheduled to close by early next month are in Fall River, Fairhaven, Stoughton and Taunton in Massachusetts, and Westerly and Woonsocket in Rhode Island. The West Bridgewater, Mass.-based chain said the stores […]
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Briggs & Stratton offers fuel additive
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Small engine maker Briggs & Stratton Co. has introduced a fuel additive that it says will help prevent problems in gasoline engines using ethanol. Petroleum companies use a 10 percent blend of ethanol to comply with federal renewable fuels standards. Briggs & Stratton officials said ethanol attracts moisture, which creates problems in […]
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Assault by Spurwink student alleged
BRUNSWICK Police subdued an 18-year-old student at the Spurwink School after she assaulted a staff member Tuesday morning. Patrol Officers Russell Wrede and Patrick Mahar answered the call shortly before 10 a.m. When they arrived, they had to physically restrain the female student until she could be taken by ambulance to Mid Coast Hospital for evaluation. […]
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Bowdoinham rollover leads to OUI charge
BOWDOINHAM A Topsham man was charged with drunken driving after flipping his car Tuesday night on Post Road. Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s deputies charged Gregory Thibeault, 24, of 27 Loon Drive, with operating while intoxicated after the 7:30 p.m. crash. Neither Thibeault nor his passenger, 20-year-old Nicholas Votta of Brunswick, was injured. According to Chief Deputy Brett […]
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Police: Man ‘serious’ after dragged by car in Wiscasset
WISCASSET A Damariscotta man is in serious condition with possible brain injuries after reportedly getting into a fight with another man this morning and getting dragged by the latter’s vehicle. Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline said this afternoon that Michael Hanna, 38, is in serious condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland with a possible […]
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DeChant picked to lead Chocolate Church
BATH The Chocolate Church Arts Center Board of Trustees has selected Jennifer DeChant as the arts center’s new executive director. DeChant, of Bath, begins the role immediately, replacing Barbra Bowers, who resigned abruptly in May. Board President Joe Byrnes said DeChant, a former board member, “will be particularly helpful because her in-depth understanding of existing […]
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Brunswick eyes broad zoning rewrite
BRUNSWICK Because parts of the town’s zoning ordinance are outdated, poorly defined or ambiguously worded, the town is girding for a comprehensive rewrite. Planning Board members discussed the start of the process — which involves hiring a planning consultant, deciding how large the rewrite committee should be and who will comprise it — Tuesday. A […]
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DOT outlines repair plan for Bath viaduct
BATHThe viaduct that bisects the city is 55 years old, five years older than its expected useful life. Despite a resurfacing and some repairs made to the structure in 2007, time and weather have taken their toll. Nate Benoit of Maine’s Department of Transportation told a meeting of officials and residents Wednesday it’s time to […]