Arrests 4/3 at 4:19 p.m. Bryan Lopez, 34, of Court Street, was arrested on a warrant by Officer John Dietlin on Water Street. 4/3 at 8:22 p.m. Edward McGuigan, 57, of Middle Street, was arrested by Officer John Dietlin on Shaw Street on charges of domestic violence assault (two counts), assault and refusing to submit […]
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Brunswick Police Beat: April 13
Arrests 4/7 at 1:49 a.m. Joshua L. Pestino, 28, of Pittston Road, Dresden, was arrested on Market Lane by Officer Patrick Scott on charges of operating under the influence and failure to notify law enforcement of a firearm. 4/7 at 10:09 p.m. Brittany L. Tucker, 31, of Perryman Drive, was arrested at Mid Coast Hospital on Medical […]
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Wiscasset, DOT await judge's decision on motion to stop project
The judge declined to render a decision that would’ve halted MDOT’s project to ease traffic backups in downtown Wiscasset during summer months.
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Amato's in Brunswick robbed at gunpoint
BRUNSWICK — Police are looking for a man who entered Amato’s at 148 Pleasant St. around 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, and robbed the clerk at gunpoint. According to police, the subject, described as a white male between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 11 inches tall, approached the sales counter, produced a semi-automatic handgun […]
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Amato's in Brunswick robbed at gunpoint
BRUNSWICK — Police are looking for a man who entered Amato’s at 148 Pleasant St. around 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, and robbed the clerk at gunpoint. According to police, the subject, described as a white male between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 11 inches tall, approached the sales counter, produced a semi-automatic handgun […]
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Brunswick schools eye collaboration with 10 districts
BRUNSWICK — The School Department is continuing the application process to form a regional education service center with 10 other school districts. Brunswick first expressed interest in forming a regional service center last November, after the state offered financial incentives to districts willing to collaborate on some services. The Department of Education’s goal is to ultimately […]
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Applications sought for Fire Dept. scholarship
HARPSWELL — The Orr’s and Bailey Island Fire Department is seeking applicants for its annual scholarship in honor of Sue Cary, a former emergency responder with the department who died in 2007. The scholarship is intended to help responders, recruits and family members of Orr’s and Bailey Island emergency responders pay for education beyond high school. […]
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Former Lisbon public works director named Brunswick assistant town manager
BRUNSWICK — A Bowdoin man with almost two decades of experience in public administration has been hired as assistant town manager. Ryan Leighton began working for the town March 30, after serving the town of Lisbon for 17 years. He began work in Lisbon as the town engineer and became public works director in 2012. Brunswick’s […]
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Fish in a dish, spring vegetables, and a chocolate flower—
Special enough for a company meal
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LETTER: Second Amendment proposal: A common act of citizenship
With all the talk about the Second Amendment to the Constitution these days, it might seem to some that those who we call the Founding Fathers were clairvoyant in their ability to foresee the future and guarantee that we should always have the unquestioned right to bear arms. Alas, there are many instances that contradict […]