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Coastal Journal
Midcoast news from The Forecaster.
'Green Bridge' proponent appeals government recommendation
BRUNSWICK — A member of the citizen’s group advocating for rehabilitation of the Frank J. Wood Bridge is independently appealing a recent state and federal review that recommended replacing the bridge. The Friends of the Frank J. Wood Bridge, however, is not filing a formal appeal because group President John Graham said the battle for […]
Brunswick student gardeners farm food, life skills
BRUNSWICK — Four years ago, four Brunswick High School students took pickaxes to a coarse, overgrown plot of land beside the school’s parking lot. It was English teacher Jon Riggleman’s idea. He wanted to make it a vegetable garden, and pay students to farm it. Now, nearly 10 students spend three mornings a week getting paid […]
Bath Police Beat: Aug. 4
Arrests 7/25 at 4:35 p.m. Zachariah Cox, 19, of Range Road, Brunswick, was arrested by Officer Eric Bryan on Chandler Drive on an outstanding warrant from another agency. 7/27 at 10:27 p.m. Joseph Marco, 48, of Radar Road, Phippsburg, was arrested by Officer John Dietlin on High Street on a charge of violating conditions of […]
Brunswick Police Beat: Aug. 4
Arrests 7/27 at 3:51 p.m. Monica M. Foss, 19, of Adams Court, Bath, was arrested on Swett Street by Officer Patrick Mahar on charges of theft by unauthorized taking and endangering the welfare of a child. 7/27 at 5:55 p.m. Timothy B. Pinette, 36, of Bunny Lane, Topsham, was arrested on Pleasant Street by Officer […]
Joint police effort yields drug bust
Officers from three police departments, two Sheriff’s offices, and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency catch a Delaware man with hundreds of doses of Heroin.
Delaware man arrested in Bath for drug sales
BATH — Police and drug agents on Tuesday arrested a Delaware man they allege was selling crack cocaine and heroin. Kyle Rivers, 25, of Bear, Delaware, was charged with aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs, a Class A crime. The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency’s Mid-Coast District Task Force spent the past month investigating the distribution of heroin […]
Tenants Harbor man dies after Bath car collision
BATH — A two-vehicle collision Tuesday afternoon killed one man and left another seriously injured, police said. Officers responded to the crash at 1:18 p.m. Aug. 1. Sheldon Curtis, 31, of Tenants Harbor had been thrown from his vehicle at the intersection of Middle Street and the Leeman Highway southbound on-ramp to U.S. Route 1. […]
Brunswick planners OK church event center on Pleasant Street
BRUNSWICK — The first phase of a $4.75 million event center at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church received final approval from the Planning Board Tuesday night. The 5-0 vote, with Robert Burgess absent, followed public comment from one speaker, an enthusiastic fan of the project who lives close to where the 14,700-square-foot, multi-use building is […]
Brunswick planners OK church event center on Pleasant Street
BRUNSWICK — The first phase of a $4.75 million event center at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church received final approval from the Planning Board Tuesday night. The 5-0 vote, with Robert Burgess absent, followed public comment from one speaker, an enthusiastic fan of the project who lives close to where the 14,700-square-foot, multi-use building is […]