Potential jurors were told via a hotline Monday morning not to report to York County Superior Court in Alfred for jury selection.
2013
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Brunswick girls hockey making a playoff push
BRUNSWICK It has come down to this: the Brunswick High School girls hockey had three games remaining, two against teams just ahead of the Dragons in the Eastern standings, including Friday’s opponent Yarmouth/Freeport. With five teams making the playoffs, the Clippers were sitting in fourth place (27.7546) in the Heal Point Standings, St. Dom’s fifth […]
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Broken pipes shutter Brunswick restaurant
BRUNSWICK The Brunswick Fire Department responded to Pedro O’Hara’s restaurant along Maine Street Sunday morning after a sprinkler pipe burst and flooded the restaurant. Brunswick Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Emerson said the fire department got the call at 8:49 a.m. He said a component of the sprinkler service where it enters the building broke, creating […]
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Moxie: It’s a Maine tradition
LISBON A Dallas, Texas resident with deep Lisbon roots submitted the winning theme for the 2013 Moxie Festival. The theme is “Moxie: A Maine Tradition” On Saturday, The Moxie Festival Committee announced the winner of the theme contest is John Hardesty, who resides in Dallas, Texas, with wife Deborah “but calls Maine ‘home.’” The committee […]
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Protesters rally against tar sands oil
PORTLAND More than 1,000 people rallied in Portland on Saturday in what was billed as the largest protest yet against the possibility of so-called tar sands oil being piped in from Montreal. Protesters gathered downtown, then marched to the city’s waterfront for a rally that included speeches from Democratic U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine, […]
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DMR cuts wait time to re-open flats
PHIPPSBURG The state Department of Marine Resources continues to make life easier for clammers along the Mid-coast. Instead of waiting 14 days for mud flats to re-open after closures, the department announced the automatic re-opening period has been reduced to eight days. Alison Sirois, supervisor of the Shellfish Growing Area Program, revealed the new Kennebec […]
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Haskell to lead Bath forestry panel
BATH Tom Barrington, who has served on the Bath Community Forestry Committee board since 1995, has stepped down as chairman of the panel. Elizabeth Haskell, who succeeds Barrington, says she recognizes that the challenge will be “to speak for the trees of Bath.” In order to do so, Haskell said Thursday, the committee must learn […]
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Senter gift helps grow Brunswick student aid fund
BRUNSWICK A generous gift from a native educator means a lot more youths may attend the school of their choice. George Senter, who was born in Brunswick but spent much of his adult life as a faculty member at the Hill School in Pottstown, Pa., died in July 2011 at the age of 93. Upon […]
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Police disrupt multitown theft ring
LISBON Lisbon police say a tip from a concerned citizen helped them uncover a “multijurisdictional theft ring” of more than $16,000 in outdoor equipment. The thefts occurred in 2012 and 2013 in Lisbon, Brunswick, Topsham and Bowdoin and included a $6,000 dump trailer and a $2,000 log splitter taken in separate thefts from Lisbon Falls, […]
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BEARD BASH
BOWDOINHAM The Merrymeeting Arts Center’s annual Ice & Smelt Festival is coming. And that can only mean one thing — beards. The Best Beard Contest was a key attraction at the Ice & Smelt Festival in Bowdoinham last year, and it will happen again this year, Saturday, Feb. 2. This year, the Maine Facial Hair […]