BRUNSWICK — More than 70 people attended a forum Wednesday to discuss a reported increase in complaints about the homeless population downtown. Deborah King, executive director of the Brunswick Downtown Association, which organized the discussion, said she has received at least half a dozen complaints that homeless people are interfering with the downtown businesses and, in […]

BRUNSWICK — A new school year may be underway, but old matters are still dominating the School Board’s attention. At their meeting Wednesday, the board shared on the progress of several projects, most of which center on the repair and replacement of buildings and facilities. Superintendent Paul Perzanoski also announced that Lisa Cushman, assistant principal at […]

BRUNSWICK — The Planning Board on Tuesday approved a three-lot subdivision on 9 acres of land off Moody Road. Planners also OK’d a sketch plan for a 10-lot subdivision in the same rural area, at the northeast corner of Durham and Brackett roads. The applications – submitted by Kevin Franchetti, and Bonnie Libby and Cynthia Lemieux, respectively […]

BATH — Jamie Dorr has shown herself to be a true friend of the area’s youth, particularly those who could use a friend the most. Her concern about the number of young people taking their own lives in the Mid-Coast area led her a year ago to create the Midcoast Community Alliance, which helps troubled […]

BRUNSWICK — Green Bee Soda, the all-natural beverage start-up launched at Fort Andross in 2011, is adding unsweetened, flavored sparkling water to its product line. The introduction, in partnership with the Maine-based, international restaurant chain Luke’s Lobster, has founder and Harpswell resident Chris Kinkade buzzing with excitement. “We’ve seen demand now, and we think it’s […]

BRUNSWICK — After failing to deliver the jobs it promised, Kestrel Aircraft has been evicted from Brunswick Landing for failing to pay rent for at least a year. “We’d have loved for Kestrel to have been a long-term success, but it doesn’t look like it will happen in Maine,” Steve Levesque, executive director of the […]