The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, which authorizes funds for three DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers next year as well as a five-year procurement contract, passed 83-11 with bipartisan support Thursday night.
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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Brunswick Planning Board seeks more evidence on safety of proposed Bowdoin College turf
The Brunswick Planning Board tabled Bowdoin College’s proposed Pickard Field Athletic Complex upgrades until January, which will allow a third party to review evidence that the college’s new turf fields are free of PFAS, a class of chemicals linked to several types of cancer.
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Surprise arrest of suspected Lockerbie bomb maker reopens old wounds for Brunswick
News out of Libya has stirred painful memories for those who knew Pamela Herbert and Nicholas Bright, members of the Bowdoin College community who died in a terrorist attack in 1988.
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Nursing assistant students share holiday cheer with local seniors
Last Friday, dozens of Region 10 Technical High School students crafted 500 handmade cards to bring some joy to nursing facilities around the region.
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With locals worried about PFAS, Brunswick planners suggest review of Bowdoin College’s athletic field renovation plan
Bowdoin College has submitted materials showing proposed upgrades to Pickard Field Athletic Complex would be free of potentially dangerous chemicals, but the Brunswick Planning Department on Friday recommended the Planning Board table the project until it receives an external review of the science.
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Cannabis question returns to Freeport Town Council
The Freeport Town Council will once again debate whether to allow cannabis cultivation and manufacturing.
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Report: Out-of-state recruiting helps BIW drive Maine economy
An analysis from University of Southern Maine’s Center for Business and Economic Research found Bath Iron Works supported more than $1.8 billion in economic output in 2021, thanks in part to the shipyard’s push to draw out-of-state workers, a strategy labor experts say could help solve the problem of Maine’s shrinking workforce.
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Brunswick council opts for budget sidewalk option to avoid tax hike
Though the vast majority of residents at Monday’s public hearing lobbied for all-brick sidewalks in Brunswick’s downtown, a split Town Council went with a cheaper brick-hybrid option to avoid tax increases.
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Freeport weighs local heat pump rebates as energy costs rise
A Freeport group is pushing for a rebate program that would incentivize heat pumps, electric vehicles and other environment- or wallet-friendly devices.
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Rocket science: A timeline of a bluShift rocket engine test in Brunswick
Brunswick startup bluShift Aerospace’s successful engine test produced just over 22 seconds of burn time on Friday, but it came only after weeks of preparation, according to founder and CEO Sascha Deri.