BRUNSWICK — The Coastal Humane Society acquired a mobile surgery unit last week that will enhance the quality of care for animal patients near the Society’s offices in Brunswick and Edgecomb. The state-of-the-art operating room on wheels will replace a surgical station at Range Road in Brunswick that staff veterinarian Dr. Mandie Wehr said lacks […]
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Bath boosters to hold fundraising barbecue
BATH — Heritage Days may be over, but the city hopes to keep the momentum going with the inaugural Mid-Summer Barbecue. The 6-10 p.m. event Saturday, Aug. 5, at Library Park was inspired by the Main Street Bath organization’s “Over the Moon, Under the Stars” 15th anniversary celebration a year ago, MSB Director Jake Korb […]
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UPDATED: Two-car accident in Bath leads to fatality
Part of Leeman Highway closed for over an hour
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Baseball: Spartans surge past Nor'easters, advanced to GNCBL winners' bracket
OLD ORCHARD BEACH – The Spartans battered the Nor’easters at the Ballpark on Sunday afternoon, pulling away in the fifth on a barrage of singles and doubles, a barrage that brought them seven runs and propelled them toward the 15-8 final. “Oh, God, we were in last place, we were four,” said Spartans head coach […]
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Brunswick driver charged with OUI, hit and run
BRUNSWICK — A bicyclist received serious injuries July 29 after being hit by an allegedly drunken driver who then fled the scene. Brunswick emergency rescue services responded after receiving a call at 10:45 p.m. Saturday that the cyclist had been struck by a car and was lying on Bath Road. The cyclist, 23-year-old Jonathan Menard […]
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Brunswick airport gets $2M-plus for hangar
BRUNSWICK — Brunswick Executive Airport will receive more than $2 million in federal funds for improvements to one of its hangars. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, I-Maine, announced Monday that funding will come from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Military Airport Program, specifically for work at Hanger 5. The airport was formally part […]
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Boy injured in Harpswell ATV crash
HARPSWELL — A 15-year-old Connecticut boy received serious injuries Saturday when he was thrown from an ATV while not wearing a helmet. The teenager had been standing at the back roll bar of the ATV when the driver, another 15-year-old boy, from Florida, who was also not wearing a helmet, hit the shoulder of road […]
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Boy injured in Harpswell ATV crash
HARPSWELL — A 15-year-old Connecticut boy received serious injuries Saturday when he was thrown from an ATV while not wearing a helmet. The teenager had been standing at the back roll bar of the ATV when the driver, another 15-year-old boy, from Florida, who was also not wearing a helmet, hit the shoulder of road […]
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Death at Brunswick beach ruled a suicide
BRUNSWICK — Police said the death of man whose body was found July 29 on Thomas Point Beach was a suicide. Brunswick police called in Maine State Police to help investigate the “suspicious” scene near where James Bragg, 28, of Brunswick, was found dead on Saturday morning at 8:08 a.m. by a friend, according to […]
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Maine says hire vets to fill school bus driver vacancies
PORTLAND — School districts across Maine are experiencing an acute shortage of bus drivers. So the Department of Education and Department of Labor are joining forces on a new program designed to encourage military veterans to fill the gap. Through the Labor Department’s Hire-A-Vet campaign, bus driver training will be offered free to interested veterans. […]