Demolition of the pier began Dec. 7 with a ceremonial “pierbreaking.”
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Midcoast news from The Forecaster.
VIA PRESS HERALD: Topsham planners OK site plan for new Mt. Ararat High School
The new school, due to be completed in 2020, will be built on the existing school’s athletic fields.
VIA PRESS HERALD: Paperwork error forces Bath do-over vote on $621,000 bond
The city failed to publish a ‘notice of final passage’ of the bond in the newspaper.
VIA PRESS HERALD: Brunswick gives Bowdoin College OK to discontinue Pine Street
The college will build a road to connect the remaining open portion of Pine with Bath Road.
VIA PRESS HERALD: Ex-teacher in Waldoboro charged with sexually assaulting student
Nancy Leigh Ann Brann is accused of assaulting a student under 14 when she was a teacher at Coastal Christian School.
Bath Police Beat: Dec. 22
Arrests 12/11 at 4:06 p.m. Amanda Barter, 39, of Court Street, was arrested on a warrant by Officer John Dietlin on Court Street. 12/13 at 2:03 a.m. Brandon Murray, 22, of Peabody Road, Harpswell, was arrested by Officer Nick Green on High Street on a charge of refusing to sign a criminal summons and was […]
Harpswell Police Beat: Dec. 22
No arrests or summonses were reported from Dec. 13-20.
Brunswick Police Beat: Dec. 22
Arrests 12/14 at 12:01 p.m. A 16-year-old male of Wadsworth Road was arrested at Brunswick High School on Maquoit Road by Detective John P. Roma on charges of assault. 12/17 at 2:27 a.m. Yali Ratheau, 39, of Flying Point Road in Freeport, was arrested at Norway Savings Bank on Gurnet Road by Officer Brandon Curtis on charges […]
VIA PRESS HERALD: Museum honoring Revolutionary War hero Henry Knox short of funds, may close
A letter to supporters says the replica of the statesman’s former home in Thomaston, known as Montpelier, needs $150,000 by Jan. 15 to stay open.
VIA PRESS HERALD: Accusations fly as Boothbay ruling puts botanical gardens expansion in legal limbo
The proposed $30 million expansion of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens could now be headed for a protracted court battle.