The Brunswick Planning Board voted unanimously to approve Bowdoin College’s Pickard Field Athletic Complex renovation plan after determining three new turf fields would not contaminate the area with dangerous levels of PFAS, a class of chemicals that has been linked to cancer.
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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Seeing progress, Brunswick again extends housing moratorium
Brunswick’s town councilors unanimously voted to extend its housing development moratorium another six months in order to give the town’s Housing Committee more time to iron out its policy recommendations.
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Midcoast’s oldest residents celebrated by historic tradition
Several town clerks around the Midcoast are seeking the rightful heirs to their municipal Boston Post Canes, which have honored the oldest residents of New England towns since 1909.
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Brunswick’s Sweetser clinic receives $4 million grant to expand services
A $4 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will allow Sweetser’s Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic in Brunswick to expand its mental health and substance use services, the organization announced Thursday.
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Mild winter chills snow removal industry
Larger snow removal businesses can weather mild winters thanks to steady contracts with commercial clients, but independent plow operators have struggled to make money this season.
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Topsham construction company’s relocation proposal again draws heat from locals
After pulling similar proposals from Planning Board consideration multiple times in the past five years, Crooker Construction has brought a zoning change request to the Select Board in hopes of getting permission to move its asphalt batch plant from Lewiston Road to a separate property near the company’s rock quarry on River Road.
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Veteran companionship group sees need in Midcoast
Vet to Vet Maine, which pairs former service members with peer companions, is hoping to find more volunteers in the Midcoast.
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Fitness centers look beyond January membership surge
Several proposals for athletics complexes in the Midcoast may move forward in 2023, while existing spaces like the Bath Family YMCA are adjusting offerings to hook “lifelong members.”
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Freeport’s electrification rebate among coming boons for the eco-conscious
A home energy solutions workshop at the Freeport Community Center from 9 a.m. to noon on Feb. 25 will help educate residents about electrification rebate programs offered through the Town of Freeport, Efficiency Maine and the federal government.
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In search of police officers, Freeport offers a pay bump
The Freeport Town Council has approved significant raises across police department staff.