BRUNSWICK — The Police Department hopes to add its first canine officer and police dog in 15 years if a grant application to a Massachusetts-based foundation is successful. The Town Council on May 21 unanimously approved the application for a $25,000 grant, following a presentation from Cmdr. Thomas Garrepy. Also Monday, councilors confirmed by a vote […]
May 2018
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Brunswick Police Department to seek funds for K-9 unit
BRUNSWICK — The Police Department hopes to add its first canine officer and police dog in 15 years if a grant application to a Massachusetts-based foundation is successful. The Town Council on May 21 unanimously approved the application for a $25,000 grant, following a presentation from Cmdr. Thomas Garrepy. Also Monday, councilors confirmed by a vote […]
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Sign up now for Connect to Casco Bay teacher workshop
The registration deadline is June 15 and there are currently still spaces available.
Posted inCoastal Journal, Times Record
Corsair IV was largest yacht built in the U.S., at BIW
The Corsair IV was built and launched at Bath Iron Works in 1930, just after the Roaring ‘20s came to an end and the Great Depression was settling in.
Posted inJournal Tribune
Lebanon headstone vandals are curious juveniles, authorities say
LEBANON — Three young people, ages 9, 10, and 11, have been identified as the individuals responsible for tipping over more than a half-dozen 1900s headstones in a remote cemetery. Maine State Police Trooper Kyle Wells said he is working with the juvenile community corrections officer and the town of Lebanon to determine a solution […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Memorial Day events in Cape Elizabeth, South Portland, Scarborough
CAPE ELIZABETH — Parades will be the order of the day on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, in Cape Elizabeth, South Portland and Scarborough. The Cape Elizabeth march will be followed by a ceremony at the War Veteran’s Memorial on Scott Dyer Road in front of Pond Cove Elementary School. The parade will kick off at 9 […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Times Record
Honoring veterans with special home ownership programs
There are a number of different programs available to our nation’s veterans and active-duty service members intended to assist them with the purchase and ownership of a home.
Posted inNation & World, News, Outdoors
Here’s why there are so many coyotes and why they are spreading so fast
Coyotes are newly established in every state, several Canadian provinces and are rapidly moving south of Mexico into Central America.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Mid-Coast plans Memorial Day parades
BATH — Mid-Coast communities are celebrating Memorial Day with parades on Monday, May 28. Brunswick and Topsham will hold their traditional joint parade starting at 8:30 a.m. in Topsham on the plaza at Town Hall and ending in Brunswick on the Town Mall. The parade will begin with an observance in Topsham, then march down Route 201, across […]