John reports on police and crime for the Press Herald. He previously covered the cities of Bath and Brunswick for the Times Record and was a staff writer for The Forecaster. A former Waterville Panther, John returned to Maine after studying philosophy at Middlebury College in Vermont and journalism at Boston University. When he’s not writing about Maine communities, John spends his time practicing yoga, organizing games of Survivor and obsessively following the Red Sox farm system.
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2022
Topsham cycling community builds momentum
Topsham’s Select Board approved the creation of a new Bicycle Pedestrian Committee Thursday, just two weeks after the opening of a new pump track outside the town’s transfer station off Townsend Way.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2022
Brunswick superintendent shares district Buzz through new podcast
“Brunswick Buzz,” a new podcast from Brunswick Superintendent Phil Potenziano, will help the district share news and discuss broader education topics with the school community.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2022
Brunswick running group provides exercise and community
Less than three months after its inaugural event, Merrymeeting Parkrun, part of a worldwide network of running groups, is drawing more than 20 runners and walkers to its free 5K events each Saturday morning.
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PublishedAugust 30, 2022
Bowdoin College opens without COVID-19 testing requirement
Bowdoin College opened its fall semester Wednesday with no surveillance testing program or mask mandates, policy changes that administrators say reflect the current state of the pandemic.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2022
Group forming vision for future of downtown Freeport prepares to bring plan to life
The task force behind Freeport’s ambitious Downtown Vision plan hopes to bring its priority projects to the Town Council by the end of this year, according to task force member and Town Council Chairperson Dan Piltch.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2022
Brunswick nonprofit that helps sexual assault victims voluntarily recognizes labor union
Sexual Assault Support Services of Midcoast Maine leadership voluntarily recognized a labor union formed by the advocacy group’s workers, a move labor experts called unusual.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2022
New Maine Coast Heritage Trust leader settles into role
Kate Stookey, who took over as president of Maine Coast Heritage Trust in February, fell in love with the outdoors as a child in Blue Hill.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2022
State parks on pace for another record year
COVID-19 restrictions are largely a thing of the past, but the influx of visitors to Maine State Parks that started as a response to pandemic isolation hasn’t slowed.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2022
Maine fares better than most despite slip in life expectancy
Life expectancy declined in Maine in 2020, but 47 other states were hit harder during the pandemic’s first year.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2022
Major Brunswick public mural project delayed
The installation of a 1,400-square-foot mural on the exterior of Fort Andross has been pushed to mid-2023 due to logistical hurdles and criticism of how the proposed mural depicts the area’s history.
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