FREEPORT With one week left until Freeport residents vote to determine if the town will remain with Durham and Pownal in Regional School Unit 5 or strike out as a new standalone district, alternate analyses attempt to predict the financial impact of a Yes or No vote. The withdrawal question, Question 1 on the Nov. […]
October 2014
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RollEase extends lease at Landing
BRUNSWICK Window covering company RollEase has extended its initial one-year lease for its research and development facility at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station to three years. RollEase signed its original lease for 11,234 square feet of space at 8 Leavitt Drive — formerly Navy Building 54 — on April 2 for a one-year term. […]
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Council approves Eldridge contract
BRUNSWICK Brunswick’s town council on Monday unanimously approved John Eldridge’s town manager contract. The contract is likely to be signed today, according to Eldridge. Among the terms of the contract voted on by the council, Eldridge will make $112,000 annually. The town will contribute the equivalent of 12.5 percent of that salary toward Eldridge’s retirement […]
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Two sent to hospital after head-on crash
TOPSHAM Police continue to investigate the cause of a two vehicle head-on crash on Route 201 Monday night that sent two drivers to area hospitals. The crash, which occurred near American Way, was reported at approximately 6 p.m. Responding emergency personnel blocked the road and detoured traffic at Meadow Road and West Schoolhouse Crossing Road. […]
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Bath contractor charged in scheme
BATH A Bath man who allegedly bilked a 90- year- old Brunswick woman out of more than $ 44,000 was arrested last week and charged with theft and contractor fraud after allegedly defrauding another woman. Harold Walter “DJ” Maney III, 38, was charged with felony theft by deception and misdemeanor contractor fraud on Wednesday. He […]
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Porch destroyed after pickup leaves roadway
BRUNSWICK Brunswick police and fire departments responded to a Harpswell Road home Monday afternoon where a pickup truck hit a porch. Workers on scene with Ray Labbe and Sons, who had the road reduced to one lane for construction, said they had tried to stop the driver, who had fallen asleep at the wheel at […]
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BRUNSWICK POLICE
Burglary Police responded to a report of a burglary at 7:54 a.m. Oct. 21 at Sunshine Too laundry on Bath Road. According to police, entry was made by breaking a window. A safe was broken into and an undisclosed amount of money taken. Police said the burglary likely occurred the previous night. Arrests Rebecca A. […]
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Maine’s Ebola protocols mean quarantine for nurse
FORT KENT A nurse who treated Ebola patients in West Africa agreed to be quarantined at home in Maine upon return from a weekend of confinement in New Jersey, but her lawyer and state officials disagreed over how long she’ll have to stay out of public places. Nurse Kaci Hickox left a New Jersey hospital […]
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Regulaters cut elver fishing quota
PORTLAND Federal regulators have cut Maine fishermen’s quota for elvers by nearly 18 percent to allow the stock of the lucrative baby eels to rebuild. The move came Monday after a federal panel had recommended a quota of 9,688 pounds of elvers for next year. That’s a reduction from 11,749 pounds this year, the first […]
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Mom on trial for the death of her daughter
BANGOR The trial is continuing for a Maine woman accused of giving sleeping medication to her 2 1/2-year-old daughter before smothering her. Leanna Norris is using an insanity defense in her trial, which got underway on Monday. A judge in Bangor is hearing the case without a jury. State prosecutors told the judge Norris knew […]