No arrests or summonses were reported from Jan. 3-10.
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Brunswick has 5 potential partners for school district collaboration
BRUNSWICK — Five nearby school districts have expressed interest in collaborating with the Brunswick School Department. West Bath, Lisbon, School Administrative District 75, Regional School Unit 5 and Regional School Unit 1 are all interested, Superintendent Paul Perzanoski told the School Board Jan. 10. The Chebeague Island School Department has declined to discuss combining services, Perzanoski said, and […]
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VIA PRESS HERALD: Rhode Island-based company acquires Boothbay Harbor Shipyard
Bristol Marine says the acquisition will allow it to increase its capacity and diversify services along the East Coast.
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Brunswick Landing celebrates launch of solar energy array
BRUNSWICK — Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority celebrated an eco-friendly milestone Tuesday when it unveiled a long-awaited array of solar-energy panels at Brunswick Landing. Executive Director Steve Levesque, co-founder Fortunat Mueller of contractor ReVision Energy, and Daniel Hildreth, chairman of the board at Diversified Communications, were present to cut a ceremonial ribbon. The 1.5-megawatt array was activated Dec. 28, […]
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Student project inspires learning at Harpswell Community School
HARPSWELL — When Emma Levy began working on her senior project at Mt. Ararat High School two years ago, she never expected it would lead to a revision of the curriculum at Harpswell Community School. At the beginning of the school year, Harpswell third-grade teachers launched a local field trip program that includes Levy’s Junior Ranger […]
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Partnerships, communication among goals for new Bath manager
BATH — Peter Owen knows to answer the door when opportunity knocks. It was an occasion of chance that steered him into a job as Bath’s public works director in 1999, and then as acting city manager last summer. The city manager unanimously hired him as permanent manager Jan. 3. After earning his degree in […]
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U.S. appeals court hears SAD 75 student's 1st Amendment claim
TOPSHAM — A U.S. appeals court is expected to take two or three months to render a decision in a dispute over whether a special education student had a right under the First Amendment to wear a recording device in school. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston heard the case […]
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New well under construction at water-starved Brunswick mobile home park
BRUNSWICK — Construction of a new well at Bay Bridge Estates, a mobile home park where residents say they did not have a sufficient water supply for several days last week, is almost complete. Kevin McCarthy of Liberty Management Group on Tuesday said park owners are hopeful the well could be used by the middle […]
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New well under construction at water-starved Brunswick mobile home park
BRUNSWICK — Construction of a new well at Bay Bridge Estates, a mobile home park where residents say they did not have a sufficient water supply for several days last week, is almost complete. Kevin McCarthy of Liberty Management Group on Tuesday said park owners are hopeful the well could be used by the middle […]
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VIA PRESS HERALD: Wiscasset woman, 41, charged with sex offenses against minors
Police say Sarah Riggens committed the crimes in a private home but they decline to reveal the number of victims or their ages.