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Water relief in Bay Bridge Estates won't come until Jan. 22

by Coastal Journal January 17, 2018

An ongoing water shortage at Bay Bridge Estates, a mobile home park, likely won’t be remedied until Jan. 22

Brunswick police promise drones won't leave the tracks

by Elizabeth Clemente January 17, 2018June 18, 2019

BRUNSWICK — The Police Department presented the Town Council with a policy for the department’s pilot drone program Tuesday evening. Councilors last November approved the use of the unmanned aerial vehicles for the initiative, which is part of a partnership between the department and the Federal Rail Administration to reduce fatalities along railroad tracks. Police Cmdr. Thomas Garrepy […]

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Harpswell home-repair volunteers seek more local fixes

by Elizabeth Clemente January 17, 2018June 18, 2019

HARPSWELL — When Bob Bauman and his Home Repairs and Resources Team started fixing local homes in September 2016, the goal was to complete work on 25 homes in a year. The group came close. “We actually did 24,” Bauman said. “We feel very good about having done 24 (in that time). We’re now working on […]

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Harpswell home-repair volunteers seek more local fixes

by Elizabeth Clemente January 17, 2018June 18, 2019

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Brunswick council gets first look at police policy on drone use

by Coastal Journal January 17, 2018

Under the program – the first of it’s kind in the U.S. – officers will use the unmanned aircraft to patrol railroad tracks in the town with the goal of spotting trespassers.

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Brunswick clinic brings treatment to ALS patients in Maine

by Elizabeth Clemente January 17, 2018June 18, 2019

BRUNSWICK — For Lisbon resident Lisa Lauzier, receiving treatment for symptoms of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, used to mean traveling as far as Boston. It is a stress many patients of the disease know well, and one that Mid Coast Hospital is hoping to alleviate with a new, first-in-the-state ALS Association-affiliated clinic. The […]

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Bath hopes river trail will ‘open up waterfront for development’

by Alex Lear January 17, 2018June 19, 2019

BATH — The city plans this year to build part of a half-mile walking trail along the Kennebec River, with completion of the entire project expected in 2019. The project is contingent on Bath gaining easements to portions of the planned projects that it does not own, which Planning Director Andrew Deci hopes to accomplish […]

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