BRUNSWICK — On Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education will be host Melanie Clarke, reflexologist, as their guest speaker at their Lyme Disease Support meeting, 6-8 p.m. at Mid Coast Hospital located at 123 Medical Center Dr, Brunswick. Clarke is an Australian Reflexologist who has been teaching and practicing reflexology and […]
November 2016
College planning workshop scheduled
BRUNSWICK — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting free workshops entitled Essentials of College Planning for adults 19 and over at the following times and locations: • University College Bath/Brunswick, Orion Hall, 12 Sewall Street, on Tuesday, December 6 and 20 at 9 a.m. • Southern Midcoast CareerCenter, 275 Bath Rd, on Tuesday, […]
Man pleads not guilty in hit-and-run that killed bicyclist
PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine man has pleaded not guilty to charges in a hit-and-run that killed a 25-year-old bicyclist last week in the town of Windham. The Portland Press Herald reports 33-year-old Devin Brown, of Scarborough, entered the plea last week in Portland to aggravated operating under the influence and other charges in the […]
Man sent to psych ward for slaying gets community visits
AUGUSTA (AP) — A judge is allowing a mental health patient supervised visits in the Augusta area several months after he was found not criminally responsible due to a mental illness in the sexual assault and killing of his mother-in-law. The Kennebec Journal reports Justice Joyce Wheeler ruled Friday that Paul Orchard can go into […]
Gas prices fall ahead of Thanksgiving
PORTLAND (AP) — Gas prices are falling in Maine just as residents gear up for one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,228 gas outlets in Maine says average retail gasoline prices have fallen 4 cents per gallon in the past week. They are now $2.21 per gallon. Gas […]
Maine company awarded contract worth nearly $29M
KITTERY (AP) — U.S. senators from Maine say Cianbro Corp. of Pittsfield has been awarded a nearly $29 million contract from the U.S. Navy to do structural repair work at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King made the announcement on Monday. The senators say the contract will support repairs and modernization of […]
STUDENT NOTES
FREEPORT HIGH SCHOOL QUARTER 1 HONOR ROLL High Honors Grade 9: Braelyn Bailey, Catriona Gould, Rachel Harmon, Marjorie Mcleod, Maggie Riendeau, Caroline Smith Grade 10: Nova Ambrose, Paul Biberstein, Natalie Crawford, Jason D’Amico, Camden Donald, Zachary Flood, Abigail Fortune, Lillian Horne, Abigail King, Anna Labbe, Alexander Les, Jessica Minieri, Shiloh Munsen, Atticus Patrick, Owen Patrick, […]
Adding Apples and Oranges
On Nov. 11, The Times Record published a guest column written by Doug Bennett on the fate of the Frank J. Wood bridge between Brunswick. The thrust of Mr. Bennett’s column was that the decision whether to renovate the current steel truss bridge or replace it with a concrete and steel highway bridge is basically […]
LETTERS
Let the Phippsburg Pilings Stand It has come to my attention that an application has been submitted to the Phippsburg Historical Preservation Commission, requesting the removal of the ancient steamboat pilings at Popham Beach. This historic landmark is greatly loved by the descendants of those who built their cottages along the shore, stretching from Fort […]