BATH The City Council on Wednesday thanked Stanley Cielinski, who earlier this year left the Bath Police Department after 23 years. Friends, family and former associates including Police Chief Michael Field,were on hand to honor Cielinski, who is now an investigator for Bath Iron Works. City Council Chairman Bernard Wyman read a proclamation, then presented […]
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Freeport residents cringe at speed limit rise
FREEPORT Residents are asking local officials why the state has raised the speed limit on a road heavily used by pedestrians. Spencer Drake, who has lived in South Freeport for 47 years, asked that the speed limit on South Freeport Road in the area of L’Ecole Francaise du Maine be dropped back to 25 miles […]
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Title company expands with Brunswick location
BRUNSWICK Cumberland Title has scheduled a grand opening for Tuesday, April 9, at its new location at 32 Elm St. Owner Bonnie Campbell, who operates an existing location in Portland with six employees, said she will be the only presence in Brunswick for a while. “As soon as we get more clients, we’ll plan to […]
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Arrest in Phippsburg chase
PHIPPSBURG A woman led Police Chief John Skroski on a high-speed chase for nearly a mile late Tuesday afternoon before he arrested her at her 1580 Main Road residence, Skroski said Wednesday. Rebecca Dyer faces charges of failure to stop for a police officer, exceeding the speed limit by more than 30 mph and operating […]
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Woman faces assault charge after kids see parents fight
BRUNSWICK A 31-year-old Brunswick woman was arrested Monday after police say she struck her boyfriend in the presence of her children then pulled the phone lines out of the wall when they called for help. Brunswick police responded at 8:23 a.m. Monday to the home of Harmony Pottle after receiving a 911 call from one […]
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Bath man accused of holiday sex crime
BRUNSWICK Police arrested a Bath man Tuesday suspected of commiting sex crimes against two female juveniles last December. Brunswick Deputy Police Chief Marc Hagan said police arrested 28- year-old Chad Logan on Brunswick warrants charging him with unlawful sexual contact, unlawful sexual touching and two counts of assault. Hagan said the charges stem from an […]
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In Wiscasset, students work on tax policy
WISCASSET Early in the school year, Selectman Ed Polewarczyk approached Kelley Borg Duffy, a social studies teacher at Wiscasset High School, regarding a possible project for her students. Polewarczyk related to Duffy that a resident had told the Board of Selectmen the tax burden on the elderly in town was too high, and that there […]
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Citizen scientists sought for bay work
Friends of Casco Bay is looking for a few good volunteers who don’t mind getting their hands wet to join other “citizen scientists” monitoring water quality at 40 sites around the rim of Casco Bay. Participants will learn to test for dissolved oxygen, a measure of how much oxygen is available to marine life; as […]
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Mother’s Day ‘mob’ will descend on Bath
BATH — It’s a special Mother’s Day “cash mob” happening Thursday, April 18. The idea is to descend upon a particular store on a given day and give it a cash boost. A special store has been selected for this Mother’s Day Mob. “Mobsters” are asked to spend a minimum of $20 in cash. No […]
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Civil War exhibit opens April 16
GEORGETOWN — The Georgetown Historical Society opens its spring exhibit on Tuesday, April 16. In recognition of the Civil War sesquicentennial, the exhibit will commemorate in words and images the more than 90 Georgetown men who served in the war, and the families that supported them from home. Several descendants of those veterans are involved […]