TOPSHAM — David Leo Bourassa, 67, died peacefully at home on Jan. 27, surrounded by his wife and four daughters, of pulmonary fibrosis. Bourassa was born in Rumford on March 19, 1947, to Clarence and Lorraine Bourassa. He grew up on Rumford’s Pine Street, near his future-wife Dale, in a neighborhood called “Sticky Town” because it […]
February 2015
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Bath Police Beat: Feb. 20
Arrests 12/14 at 4:31 p.m. Glenwood Eaton, 69, of Maple Grove Avenue, was arrested by Officer Eric Bryan on Congress Avenue on a charge of operating under the influence. Summonses 12/10 Kelly Cavallaro, 29, of Elm Street, was issued a summons by Officer Mark Steele on Elm Street on a charge of operating with a […]
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Posted inCoastal Journal, Forecaster Obituaries, The Forecaster
William T. DeWitt, 80
BRUNSWICK — William T. DeWitt, 80, of Palmer Street, died peacefully at home on Feb. 6 from complications of Parkinson’s disease. DeWitt was born Aug. 20, 1934, in Eastport, the son of James Marshall and Ethel Matthews DeWitt. He graduated in 1953 from Shead Memorial High School in Eastport, and worked at the A&P grocers until […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Mid-Coast Meetings: Feb. 20-26
Brunswick Mon. 2/23 7 p.m. Town Council TH Tues. 2/24 7 p.m. Planning Board TH Wed. 2/25 6 p.m. Rivers & Coastal Waters Committee TH Thur. 2/26 5:30 p.m. Zoning Ordinance Rewrite Committee TH Thur. 2/26 7:30 p.m. Recycling & Sustainability Committee TH Harpswell Mon. 2/23 8 a.m. Board of Appeals (Site Visit) TO Tues. […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
South Portland Police Department is looking for a few good VIPS
SOUTH PORTLAND — On any given weekday morning, people who enter the Police Department will likely be greeted by Dave Twombly, a bespectacled and mustachioed retired police officer who volunteers his time at the department’s front desk. Twombly, 64, has been volunteering for three years through the Volunteers in Police Services, or VIPS, program. Managed by the […]
Posted inNation & World, News
Snow falling off ice rink roof buries man in Massachusetts
Rescuers dig frantically to free him and no one is seriously hurt.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
College Roundup: UMaine women win 12th straight
The Black Bears win at Vermont, 57-54.
Posted inTimes Record
Robber strikes bank
Brunswick police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are investigating a robbery reported at The Bank of Maine branch on Maine Street on Wednesday afternoon. According to a press release issued by Brunswick Police Commander Mark Waltz, the Brunswick Police Department received a 911 call at 2:06 p.m. on Wednesday, reporting that a robbery had […]
Posted inTimes Record
Brunswick, Freeport grapple with snow, costs
BRUNSWICK The cost of employee overtime, equipment maintenance, and the hiring of outside contractors to plow some routes has pushed Brunswick’s snow removal budget into the red, and there is still more wintery weather likely to come. Snow was again falling today in the Midcoast region, and the National Weather Service in Gray issued a […]
Posted inTimes Record
How much this time?
BANGOR Weather forecasters upgraded the storm hitting Maine today from a watch to a warning. They also increased the expected snowfall amounts to up to a foot in some locations, possibly more in southern Hancock County. Meteorologist Mark Bloomer of the National Weather Service said Wednesday that the snow began falling in southern Maine sometime […]