HARPSWELL Head cocked to the side with a grin, Kert Brown stood out in the snow wearing an eclectic array of Hawaiian prints over Day-Glo golf socks, a putter in his hand. It was mid-March when the photograph was taken, but even with his sturdy arms and legs exposed to the elements, Kert looked impervious […]
May 2014
Posted inTimes Record
Nearly Ready to Play
FREEPORT Elementary students at Mast Landing School in Freeport won’t have to wait much longer for the installation of their new playground — provided the Regional School Unit 5 budget passes. Danielle Peterson, chairperson of the playground committee, said the school has been fundraising for a year and a half to replace unsafe equipment. In […]
advertisement
Posted inTimes Record
Fallen Warrior Ceremony to take place in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK A solemn ceremony at Brunswick Landing will commence this year’s Memorial Day remembrances. The Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1044 based in Sanford, in cooperation with the Mid-Coast Veterans Council, will conduct a Fallen Warrior Ceremony in memory of military men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice, as well as those listed as […]
Posted inTimes Record
Stop nets two arrests, summons
BRUNSWICK — A motor vehicle stop near the intersection of Baribeau Drive and Columbia Avenue resulted in two arrests and one summons shortly after 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 10. Benjamin E. Lamphere, 19, of Brunswick, was stopped after officers recognized him, according to Deputy Police Chief Marc Hagan. Lamphere was summonsed for operating with […]
Posted inTimes Record
PATT founder receives White House honor POLICE
LISBON A Lisbon woman who founded a nonprofit safety organization 20 years ago after her teenage son was killed by a tired truck driver was honored at the White House on Tuesday as a 2014 Transportation Champion of Change. Daphne Izer founded Parents Against Tired Truckers and, marking the organization’s 20th anniversary, Izer was recognized […]
Posted inTimes Record
Bowdoinham plant sale on Saturday
BOWDOINHAM — It was 40 years ago that several young Bowdoinham mothers felt the town library could be better utilized. Part of their plan for improvements was to give the library’s drab gray walls a facelift — undertaking a unique fundraiser to finance the makeover, one that carries on today. Instead of asking for cash […]
Posted inTimes Record
Ex-girlfriends take the stand in murder trial
BANGOR The former girlfriends of two men on trial at the Penobscot Judicial Center in connection with the brutal slayings of three people reluctantly took the stand Tuesday. Nicholas Sexton, 33, of Warwick, R.I., and Randall Daluz, 36, of Brockton, Mass., known by the nickname “Ricky” or “Money,” have been charged with three counts of […]
Posted inTimes Record
Partridge Cemetery group to meet
WOOLWICH — The Partridge Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday, May 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the North Woolwich Methodist Church community room on the River Road. The agenda will include the election of officers and directors. Anyone interested is welcome.
Posted inTimes Record
Ferry ribbon-cutting in Portland today
PORTLAND (AP) — The operator of the Nova Star ferry has cut its early booking rates before its inaugural run between Portland and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. The 528-foot cruise ferry was christened in Boston on Monday and there’ll be a ribbon cutting today in Portland. The first trip is Thursday. The ferry’s rates have raised […]