The Brunswick Town Council and Finance Committee are proposing a Property Tax Assistance (relief) Program for Brunswick citizens. Currently, only a draft ordinance, it is loaded with foggy questions. But rest assured Brunswick citizens, it will be top heavy with rules and regulations and hoops to be jumped through. First of all, you will need […]
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UPDATED: Route 1 closed after truck jackknifes in West Bath
The accident shut down traffic just north of Brunswick and diesel fuel threatened to leak into a nearby river.
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Bowdoin gets $10M gift for Harpswell center
BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College received a $10 million gift that will allow it to expand opportunities for students studying oceans and the environment at its Coastal Studies center in Harpswell. Philip Schiller and Kim Gassett-Schiller donated the money to construct what a college press release Wednesday called “a state-of-the-art dry laboratory,” to be added to […]
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Brunswick-Topsham bridge among 'Most Endangered Historic Places'
BRUNSWICK — Maine Preservation, a statewide nonprofit organization, has included the Frank J. Wood Bridge on its annual list of the state’s Most Endangered Historic Places. “Constructed in 1932, this bridge spans 805 feet over the Androscoggin River and currently serves approximately 19,000 vehicles per day as well as pedestrian traffic. It is eligible for […]
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Brunswick-Topsham bridge among 'Most Endangered Historic Places'
BRUNSWICK — Maine Preservation, a statewide nonprofit organization, has included the Frank J. Wood Bridge on its annual list of the state’s Most Endangered Historic Places. “Constructed in 1932, this bridge spans 805 feet over the Androscoggin River and currently serves approximately 19,000 vehicles per day as well as pedestrian traffic. It is eligible for […]
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Brunswick Town Council contests take shape
BRUNSWICK — A crowded field of candidates will compete to fill three seats on the Town Council this November. Nomination papers for Town Council and School Board seats in District 5 and Distict 7, and at-large seats on the Town Council and School Board, are due Friday, Sept. 8. As of Wednesday morning, three days […]
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Brunswick Town Council contests take shape
BRUNSWICK — A crowded field of candidates will compete to fill three seats on the Town Council this November. Nomination papers for Town Council and School Board seats in District 5 and Distict 7, and at-large seats on the Town Council and School Board, are due Friday, Sept. 8. As of Wednesday morning, three days […]
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Parking solutions at Harpswell’s Giant’s Stairs
New parking at the south end of the Giant’s Stairs trail to alleviate congestion on narrow Bailey Island Roads.
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Brunswick group files appeal in Mere Point ruling
A group of Brunswick residents have filed an appeal of a lower court decision that denied their right to petition for a vote on the sale of 946 Mere Point Road.
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Bath-area legislators to hold office hours
BATH — State Sen. Eloise Vitelli, D-Arrowsic, and Rep. Jennifer DeChant, D-Bath, will hold joint office hours in the city Saturday, Sept. 16. No RSVP is required for a meeting at Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St., between 10 a.m. and noon.