BATH People who earn a living from the sea are taking any opening they can find. Given an abbreviated shrimping season and a depressed market for lobster, some who have traditionally caught shrimp in January are opting to trawl pockets of temporarily reopened scalloping waters. Many are lobstermen, already frustrated from this year’s rock-bottom lobster […]
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Sen. Snowe’s leaving opens door for King
U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe shocked the U.S. political establishment when she announced in February she would not run for re-election, citing gridlock and an increasingly polarized climate in Washington. Her decision shined a national spotlight on the corrosive partisanship in Congress and opened the door for former Gov. Angus King, a Brunswick independent, to win […]
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Harris Golf hopes to ace Boothbay deal in public sale
BATH Harris Golf, which purchased the Bath Golf Club last year, will be a bidder for the Boothbay Country Club, one of the company’s owners said Friday. Under foreclosure by The Bank of Maine, the Boothbay Country Club goes to public sale Jan. 28 in Portland. Jeff Harris said that he and others from Harris […]
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New feature highlights BHS
written and designed by students at Brunswick High School. The Orange and Black, as the page is called in reference to the school’s colors, will appear the first Monday of the month throughout the school year. Teacher Rick Wilson and members of his Service Learning class have taken on the task of producing the page […]
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Neighbors cringe at police station blasts
BRUNSWICK Construction crews say blasting work at the site of the town’s new police station is almost done. It’s news that neighbor Ray Bernier is glad to hear. “They’ve been here for a month, and this is the 13th time that they’ve been blasting,” Bernier said. “It shakes the whole house.” Bernier, a lifelong resident […]
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Woman: Bath man spit on me in lot
BRUNSWICK Police summonsed a Bath man on an assault charge around 5 p.m. Dec. 31 after allegedly spitting on a woman in the Hannaford parking lot. Deputy Chief Marc Hagan said 66-year-old Metatron James, of Bath, allegedly spit on a woman from New Hampshire who had parked her Mercedes in the fire lane after he […]
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‘Quiet zones’ advance in Freeport
FREEPORT Town councilors are expected to decide Tuesday whether — and how — quiet zones can be imposed at several of the town’s railroad crossings. Amtrak’s Downeaster passenger train currently passes through town eight times each day. Each time it does, federal law requires the engineer to sound the train’s horn to warn motorists and […]
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’12 hottest yet in state
PORTLAND (AP) — The National Weather Service says 2012 is going into the record books. Portland’s average temperature for the year came in at 49.2 degrees, tying 2010 as the city’s warmest year on record. Temperatures have been recorded at the Portland International Jetport since 1940. The weather service says 2012 was highlighted by the […]
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Budget austerity marks legislative session
AUGUSTA Education, energy and domestic violence are at the top of Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s agenda as Maine lawmakers prepare to return to work, while jobs and strengthening the state’s economy are the buzzwords for majority Democrats. But whatever items are on their want list, the state budget is bound to be a priority for […]
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Democrats assuming top offices today
AUGUSTA Ceremonies marking the opening of the new legislative session will wind down today with Gov. Paul LePage’s swearing in of three constitutional officers and the new state auditor. Democrat Janet Mills returns to her former job as attorney general and Democrat Matthew Dunlap as secretary of state when they are sworn in by the […]