The Brunswick School District’s preliminary 2024 budget proposal, which includes pay bumps and contingency funds to support up to 100 new students from asylum-seeking families, would raise property taxes by nearly 10%.
John Terhune
Staff Writer
As a member of METLN's quick strike investigations team, John writes about everything from gun legislation to housing. He previously spent a year on a deep-dive investigation of the Lewiston mass shooting as part of the Press Herald's collaboration with Frontline and Maine Public. A Waterville native, John has degrees from Middlebury College and Boston University and spends his free time going to the movies, practicing the guitar and defusing arguments at men's league soccer games.
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Freeport mountain biking plan ‘100% dead’ after council vote
The Freeport Town Council voted Tuesday to adopt a Hedgehog Mountain Management Plan that will preclude a proposed $500,000 mountain biking trail system.
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Hicks wins Brunswick Town Council special election
Conservationist Jennifer Hicks earned a clear victory in Tuesday’s special election to fill the vacant District 5 seat on the Brunswick Town Council.
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New bill would grant towns more power in reducing speed limits
The Legislature’s Joint Transportation Committee will hold a public hearing Thursday on L.D. 527, which would give towns power to create low-speed bicycle-pedestrian zones without approval from the Maine Department of Transportation.
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Before rescue, missing Midcoast women were stuck in car for days in sub-zero temps
A game warden found Kimberly Pushard, 51, and Angela Bussell, 50, on a snowmobile trail near Nicatous Lake in Hancock County on Sunday, one day after their Jeep had run out of gas and no longer had heat.
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Forest Service launches helicopter to search for lost Topsham women
Snow and wind had hindered search flights by plane Friday but a helicopter was able to fly over the Springfield area in Penobscot County where the women were last seen.
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Freeport energy fair to offer free tips on cutting emissions and heating bills
The Home Energy Solutions Fair will run from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday at the Freeport Community Center.
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Missing Topsham women last seen Wednesday morning in Springfield, Maine
Police are still on the hunt for a pair of intellectually disabled women who got lost during a trip to the Maine Mall on Tuesday afternoon.
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Environmental stewards say no compromise on Hedgehog Mountain bike plan
A month after the Freeport Town Council asked the Conservation Commission to search for a compromise that would allow a planned Hedgehog Mountain bike trail system to move forward, the commission unanimously decided Tuesday evening that it would not amend its recommended prohibition on bikes on the mountain’s summit.
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Harpswell launches new website
Last week, Harpswell launched a redesigned town website, which officials say offers style and functionality upgrades at a time when more residents are demanding improved online services.