TOPSHAM Superintendent Brad Smith will be retiring from Maine School Administrative District 75 after this school year. Smith has submitted his letter of retirement to the school board, effective July 1. Smith has been the superintendent at MSAD 75 since July of 2011. He joined the district as assistant superintendent the previous year, after working […]
2018
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Crash in Brunswick Friday hospitalizes two
Brunswick — According to Brunswick Police, two people were taken to the hospital for their injuries following a crash Friday afternoon. The crash happened around 3:30 p.m. on Pleasant Street in Brunswick, close to the intersection with Church St. The scene of the two-vehicle crash was cleared about 45 minutes later. Police did not have an […]
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More than 1,000 march on Brunswick Mall
BRUNSWICK “If we’re old enough to spend our last moments bleeding out on a classroom floor, then we’re old enough to use our voice,” said Morse High School student Eli Goodrich to a crowd of more than 1,000 people on the Brunswick Mall Saturday. Goodrich was among a group of students from area high schools […]
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What does DACA mean to me?
DACA means the world to me. DACA is more than the political debate in which this country is in as to what to do with the program. It is about people who are trying to better themselves and achieve the American dream. I find it hard to believe that in the summer of 2010, I […]
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Thomas Jefferson: American Enigma
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Celebrating the Declaration of Independence every year brings annual focus to the primary author of the document—Thomas Jefferson. Now, 241 […]
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Burglary suspect turns herself in to police
ALFRED — A Gorham suspect in a burglary earlier this year turned herself in to authorities earlier this week and remained incarcerated at York County Jail on Thursday. Jennifer Talbot, 34, is accused of stealing a handgun — a .22 caliber Beretta — and about $200 from a home on Clark’s Mills Road back in January. […]
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Baseball author set for library appearance
KENNEBUNK — As the 2018 baseball season opens, Carl Johnson, who covers the Red Sox for the Biddeford Journal Tribune, will be at the Kennebunk Free Library on Wednesday, April 4th, at 6 p.m., to talk baseball and introduce his latest book ‘Life After Big Papi. ‘ The book analyzes the Red Sox’s future without […]
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Volunteer Fair coming to Wells Reserve
WELLS — A Volunteer Fair will be held at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm from 11 a.m. to noon Thursday, March 29. Discover what hundreds of energetic people already know: It’s rewarding to volunteer at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm. Many enjoy being tour guides, citizen scientists, event planners, and hospitality specialists because of the reserve’s natural […]
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Wells Junior High singers participate in music festival
WELLS — Thirteen Wells Junior High School students participated in the Southern Maine Middle School Honors Festival for seventh- and eighth-grade students on March 2 and March 3 at South Portland High School. Students from about a dozen middle schools participated in this annual event that highlights talented junior high singers. The festival for sixth-grade […]
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Saco School Board approves school budget
SACO — The Saco School Board has approved a nearly $39.3 million budget proposal to be forwarded to the City Council. The School Board approved the budget proposal unanimously Wednesday night, with School Board member Lynn Leary absent. Wednesday’s approval was the first of three approvals needed for the school budget. The City Council must […]