BRUNSWICK Brunswick police are searching for a masked man they say robbed a Big Apple store at gunpoint Wednesday. According to a news release issued late Wednesday by the Brunswick Police Department, police responded to a report of an armed robbery at 178 Bath Road at 9:36 p.m. Wednesday. The suspect was described as wearing […]
2013
Husband-and-wife team to lead museum
BRUNSWICK Frank H. Goodyear III and Anne Collins Goodyear have been named co-directors of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Frank Goodyear currently serves as curator of photographs at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Anne Collins Goodyear serves as associate curator of prints and drawings at the National Portrait Gallery. She […]
Winds cause Mid-coast mayhem
BRUNSWICK High winds kept public safety crews busy this morning, responding mostly to calls of downed trees. Brunswick police Deputy Marc Hagan said the calls began at around 7:51 a.m. for traffic signals out on Bath and Gurnet roads and in the Cook’s Corner area. The fire department was called to Mere Point Road where […]
Driver crashes, runs in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK Brunswick police responded to a vehicle crash Wednesday to find the driver had fled. The crash was reported on River Road near the Pejepscot Fishing Park at 3:49 p.m. Deputy Chief Marc Hagan said a 1973 Dodge Charger had gone off the road and crashed into trees. Witnesses reported the vehicle “all over the […]
POLICE
Topsham Arrests Christopher A. Brazee, 40, of 257 Dewey Ave., Pittsfield, Jan. 27, 12:17 a.m., charged with a West Bath District Court warrant for failure to pay fine, on Route 201. David Austin, 45, of 257 Turner St., Auburn, Jan. 24, 9:49 a.m., charged with theft by unauthorized taking, at Renys on Topsham Fair Mall […]
Freeport company snares $40,000 grant
FREEPORT — PossibilityU has won a $40,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a Facebook application for collegebound students. The Freeport-based college counseling service said in a news release that the initial award could increase to $100,000 as a result of the company’s entry into the College Knowledge Challenge, which awards […]
RSU 1 amends cost-sharing meetings
BATH — Regional School Unit 1 has amended the schedule for its public meetings on the revised cost-sharing formula that residents of the five towns will consider in a March 19 referendum. The schedule: Wednesday, Feb. 27, orkshop at Woolwich Central School; Tuesday, March 5, public hearing at Bath Middle School; Tuesday, March 12, workshop […]
Sno-Riders to meet Feb. 12 in Dresden
DRESDEN — Dresden Sno- Valley Riders will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at Pownalborough Hall starting at 6:30 p.m. New members are always a welcome addition. For information on fees to either join the club only or for club & M.S.A. membership, call Shari at 737-2566.
Local legislators offer meeting hours
BRUNSWICK — State Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, D-Brunswick, and Rep. Charlie Priest, DBrunswick, will hold public office hours 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 2 at the Little Dog Coffee Shop, 87 Maine St. Rep. Matthea “Mattie” Daughtry, D-Brunswick, will attend and Rep. Peter Kent, DWoolwich, has been invited to attend. Meetings are open to anyone […]
Bill seeks change in morning liquor sales in Maine
AUGUSTA (AP) — To some shift workers in Maine, Sunday morning is like the afternoon when they knock off work. But they can’t knock back a cold one, at least not right away. But that could change under a proposal legislators heard testimony on Wednesday that would roll back the legal start time for alcohol […]