2013
POLICE
Brunswick Arrests Brittany Tucker, 26, of 27 B Wesley St., Bath, Dec. 26, 7:30 p.m., charged with a Cumberland County District Court warrant for failure to pay fine, on Route 1. Brian Emmons, 36, of 21 Fowle Hill Road, Wiscasset, Dec. 22, 8:03 p.m., charged with violating a protection order and violating conditions of release, […]
Topsham talking trees tonight
TOPSHAM Selectmen will meet tonight to review the town manager performance evaluation it conducted Dec. 20. They also are slated to consider accepting a Maine Project Canopy Grant to fund a tree inventory in town. Rod Melanson, the town’s assistant planner, said the grant is for $4,655 and requires a local match of $800 and […]
Richmond domestic assault alleged
RICHMOND Richmond police arrested a man they say was involved in a domestic assault early Saturday. Police were called to a Front Street address at 12:30 a.m. Saturday and arrested 31-year-old Blake Sandelin of 174 Langdon Road on a charge of domestic violence assault. The alleged victim told the responding officer she had left her […]
Legislators set office hours
BRUNSWICK Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, DBrunswick, will hold public office hours 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 5 at the Little Dog Coffee Shop, 87 Maine St. Local state Reps. Charlie Priest, Matthea Daughtry and Peter Kent — all Democrats — have also been invited to attend. The meeting is open to anyone.
Smelt like winter
DRESDEN If you hit it right — and you have the patience to clean them — rainbow smelt provide a traditional taste treat this time of year. And with the onset of the January cold, smelting shacks located off rivers that drain into Merrymeeting Bay are set to open. Camp owners provide the camps, heated […]
4-H goat club forming for local youths
FALMOUTH — Youth and adult volunteers are starting a 4-H Goat Club in Cumberland County. Participants will learn about the care, raising and showing of dairy goats in addition to exploring the role of goats and their agricultural products in society. Meetings will be the second Monday of each month beginning at 6:30 p.m. Jan. […]
Kennebec lighthouses topic of local forum
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay continues its 16th annual Winter Speaker Series at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9. The program, “Lighthouses of the Kennebec,” features lighthouse historian Duane Prugh and painter, photographer, writer and former lighthouse keeper Ernest DeRaps. The presentation follows the annual meeting and potluck supper beginning at 6. The public is invited to […]
Newcastle woman offers human history
NEWCASTLE — The Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association will kick off its 2013 speaker series, “People on the Sheepscot: A Human History,” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9, with a talk by Newcastle Town Historian and author Arlene Cole. Cole will speak about the people of Newcastle and Sheepscot, and their relationship to the Sheepscot River. […]