Bath Wed. 1/8 6 p.m. City Council CH Wed. 1/8 7 p.m. Community Forestry Committee CH Brunswick Mon. 1/6 7 p.m. Town Council CML Tues. 1/7 4:30 p.m. Zoning Ordinance Rewrite Committee CML Tues. 1/7 7 p.m. Planning Board CML Wed. 1/8 4:30 p.m. Conservation Commission Hawthorne School Wed. 1/8 7 p.m. School Board CML […]
2014
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Kerwin F. Butcher, 81: Veteran, lifelong BIW employee
BATH — Kerwin F. Butcher, 81, died Dec. 23 at Mid-Coast Hospital in Brunswick. He was born in Bath on Nov. 27, 1932, the son of Kerwin B. and Katherine Butcher. He attended Bath schools and graduated from Morse High School with the class of 1952. Butcher began work at Bath Iron Works in 1952, but […]
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Topsham Police Beat: Jan. 3
Arrests 12/25 at 7:26 p.m. James Humphrey, 27, of Gibbs Road, Wiscasset, was arrested by Officer Cheryl Holmes on Lewiston Road on a charge of operating under the influence. Fire calls 12/23 at 2:18 p.m. Tree in roadway on Jeanne Drive. 12/23 at 3:53 p.m. Transformer fire on White Street. 12/23 at 6:45 p.m. Power […]
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Farewell to 2013, a year of triumph and thrills
Every year we rave about the drama produced by local high school sports athletes, then the calendar flips and they go out and raise the bar another notch. That was certainly the case in 2013. From start to finish. With another winter season underway and the calendar now reading 2014, here’s one final look back […]
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Falmouth boys steal show at holiday tournament
Falmouth junior Jack Simonds goes up for a basket during Friday’s 66-55 win over Bonny Eagle in the Red Claws Christmas Tournament at the Portland Expo. The previous night, the Yachtsmen rallied from a 12-point deficit to beat Portland, 55-52, meaning Falmouth made a pair of huge statements against potential playoff foes (see theforecaster.net for […]
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Southern Meetings: Jan. 3-9
Cape Elizabeth Mon. 1/6 7:30 a.m. School Board Policy Committee TH Mon. 1/6 4 p.m. Town Center Plan Committee TH Mon. 1/6 7 p.m. Town Council TH Tues. 1/7 7 p.m. Planning Board Workshop TH Wed. 1/8 4:30 p.m. School Board Negotiations Committee TH Scarborough Mon. 1/6 7 p.m. Planning Board MB Wed. 1/8 9:30 […]
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South Portland Police Beat: Jan. 3
Arrests 12/21 at 1:58 a.m. Nathan Bolduc, 28, of Westbrook, was arrested on Broadway by Officer Richard Habr on a charge of assault. 12/21 at 1:58 a.m. Zachary Griffin, 20, of South Portland, was arrested on Broadway by Officer Richard Habr on charges of assault, criminal mischief and possession of alcohol by a minor. 12/21 […]
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Brunswick Police Beat: Jan. 3
Arrests 12/24 at 10:50 p.m. James H. Russell Jr., 32, of Thomas Point Road, was arrested on Thomas Point Road by Officer Thomas Stanton Jr. on a charge of violating conditions of release. 12/26 at 2:49 p.m. Jarod J. Donathan, 31, of Dunning Street,was arrested on Tibbetts Drive by Officer John Roma on two outstanding […]
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Virginia Ferris, 82
BATH — Virginia Ferris, 82, of Bath, died Dec. 27 at Parkland Medical Center, in Derry, N.H., with her family by her side. She was born May 11, 1931, in Gardiner, the daughter of Frank and Florence Anderson, of Richmond. She graduated from Richmond High School and attended Farmington College, where she met and married the […]
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High hopes as South Portland High School addition opens
SOUTH PORTLAND — Physics teacher Ralph Newell sees great possibilities when classes resume Jan. 6 at South Portland High School. “I’m going from the bottom to the top in one move. It only took me 47 years,” Newell said Monday, a week before classes shift from the aging “north annex” to a three-story addition that […]