AUGUSTA It was like a scene from a surrealistic dream: The governor steps out of his office to the Christmas tree arranged there. It’s mid-June. The governor takes a pink rubber pig from beneath the Christmas tree and squeezes it. “Oink, oink,” says the pig, though it sounds a little more like a duck. But […]
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Solarize project powering up
BRUNSWICK Taking a cue from Freeport, the town of Brunswick may soon have its own project in which residents can get rooftop solar panels installed at a discounted rate. Solarize Brunswick could potentially open the door for more individuals to go solar thanks to a bulk pricing discount, modeled after the Solarize Freeport program. Under […]
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Settlement funds vote: West Bath to invest it
WEST BATH West Bath residents voted to invest $700,075 of the $1.2 million in settlement funds received from a lawsuit against the city of Bath and Regional School Unit 1 at Town Meeting on Wednesday night. Rather than applying the funds to offset this year’s tax commitment, voters decided to allow the board of selectmen […]
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Charter school to lease space at Landing
HARPSWELL Seeds Center for Collaborative Youth Services, located at Brunswick Landing, will lease building space to public charter school Harpswell Coastal Academy to accommodate the school’s 80 high school students, grades nine through 11, in the fall. The charter school, in its second year of operation, currently serves 120 middle school and high school students. […]
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Patten gears up for summer reading program
BATH Dahlov Ipcar paintings, a spacious reading room, window seats and shelves overflowing with books all contribute to making the Patten Free Library children’s room a “wondrous” space, according to Carol McFadden, the head of the children’s services at the library. This also includes the library’s young visitors and their eagerness to read and learn. […]
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SAD 75 looking to fill building subcommittees
TOPSHAM Planning for a new or renovated high school in School Administrative District 75 is still in early stages, but its Building Committee is now in full swing looking to form several subcommittees and for community members to serve on those subcommittees. Long on the precipice of state funding to address deficiencies at Mt. Ararat […]
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National Geographic fellow to speak at Freeport Trust
FREEPORT Barton Seaver, chef, cookbook writer, sustainable food promoter and Freeport resident, will share his passion for the ocean, the land, and food during the Freeport Conservation Trust annual meeting tonight. The meeting will take place at the Freeport Community Center at 7 p.m. It is free and open to the public. “Barton Seaver established […]
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National park debate turns focus on land ownership questions
One week before two towns vote on whether they would support a proposed national park in the Katahdin region, opponents of the plan were raising concerns about the park’s actual size and who owns the land touted for its creation. One of those opponents was Peter Triandafillou, vice president of Huber Resources Corp., who said […]
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BHS students looking for help researching Civil War heroes
BRUNSWICK Brunswick High School Advanced Placement History students are undertaking a project to help preserve the memories of Brunswick residents who died in the Civil War. The names of those veterans are recorded on three marble plaques displayed at Brunswick Town Hall. The Brunswick High School students now want to research the stories behind those […]