Arrests 10/3 at 11:42 p.m. Timothy B. Nadeau, 41, of Harmony Lane, was arrested on Maine Street on a charge of unlawful possession of a scheduled drug and violating condition of release. 10/5 at 11:47 p.m. Amanda Greenlaw, 40, of Centre Street, Bath, was arrested at Station Avenue and Maine Street by Officer Nicholas Bedard on a […]
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Bath Police Beat: Oct. 12
Arrests 10/1 at 10:11 p.m. Christopher Smith, 42, of Denny Road, was arrested on a warrant by Officer Nick Green on Denny Road. 10/5 at 2 p.m. Joseph Carmichael, 32, of Main Street, Topsham, was arrested on a warrant by Detective Sgt. Andrew Booth on Water Street. 10/7 at 12:15 a.m. Leeanna Newell, 28, of […]
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'Assassins' coming to Bath
Studio Theatre of Bath is producing Stephen Sondheim’s multiple Tony award-winning musical “Assassins” at the Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath from Oct. 12-21. “Assassins” is known as a controversial, dark musical comedy masterpiece. Tamara Lilly spoke with director John Willey and actor/producer Marc Rodriguez about the production. Here is an edited transcript of their […]
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Meatless in Seattle
My idea for a movie script involves a rogue army of vegans attacking carnivores, ripping drumsticks and T-bones from their greasy hands, just to get them to eat “my way or the highway.” Before there were vegans there were just plain ol’ vegetarians, who, back in what is fondly called “the sixties,” took stage center, […]
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The Life and Times of Christopher Columbus
Because I am so hooked on those wonderful old black and white movies from the 1920s on up, I tend to watch them a lot. One film especially close to my heart is 1933’s “Little Women,” from the book by Louisa May Alcott, starring the March sisters — Meg, Amy, Beth and Jo, played by […]
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A brief history of Bowhunting in Maine
Bowhunting in Maine has a long history. It goes back thousands of years to a time when Native Americans in the state enjoyed a year-round hunting season with no tags, limits or wardens. I’ve never hunted myself, unless you count the little birdie I shot with a BB gun once; I still cry when I […]
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Harpswell study finds surprising browntail moth survival
HARPSWELL — After months of studying the local browntail moth population, a professor of entomology from the University of Maine said caterpillars treated in the lab are surviving longer than she’d hoped. Dr. Eleanor Groden gave selectmen an update on the study, which Town Meeting voted to fund last March, at their regular meeting Oct. 4. […]
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Brunswick celebrates start of construction of Kate Furbish Elementary School
BRUNSWICK — School and town officials, legislators, and members of the community said goodbye to Jordan Acres Elementary School on Wednesday. They also ushered in the era of Kate Furbish Elementary School. Superintendent of Schools Paul Perzanoski gave the opening remarks at a groundbreaking for the new school Oct. 10. The 70,900-square-foot building on Jordan Avenue […]
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EMT challenges Harpswell's McCreight in House District 51
HARPSWELL — Incumbent state Rep. Joyce “Jay” McCreight, D-Harpswell, is being challenged in November by first-time candidate Sean Hall, a Republican from Harpswell, in the race for House District 51. McCreight was elected in 2014 to represent the district, which covers Harpswell, West Bath and a small part of Brunswick. Hall works as a firefighter and […]
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Kindness Day anchor nets Bath citizenship award
BATH — Darreby Ambler was named Citizen of the Year during the Oct. 6 Citizen Involvement Day celebration, held each year as part of Bath’s Autumnfest event. The Waterfront Park ceremony also hosted 54 nonprofit organizations and groups. Ambler, who was vacationing and unable to attend the event, helped launch another annual citywide celebration, Kindness Day […]