Arrests 6/21 at 6:50 a.m. Colby T. Carr, 27, no address disclosed, was arrested on Maine Street by Officer Justin Dolci on an outstanding warrant from another agency. 6/22 at 2:45 p.m. Eric S. King, 27, of Middle Road, Dresden, was arrested on Tibbetts Drive by Officer Justin Dolci on a charge of theft by […]
Coastal Journal
Midcoast news from The Forecaster.
Brunswick hopes to hold fisherman liable for shore cleanup
BRUNSWICK — The town is negotiating with the Department of Marine Resources to identify a fisherman who dumped thousands of dead pogies into the waters just off of Middle Bay earlier this month, causing a stink that irritated shorefront property and business owners. If successful, Town Manager John Eldridge said the town will press to […]
Brunswick museum explores ‘push, pull’ of life, death
BRUNSWICK — The latest exhibit at Bowdoin College Museum of Art deals in matters of life and death. “The Ivory Mirror: The Art of Mortality in Renaissance Europe” features nearly 70 Renaissance objects that examine the reminder of human mortality at a time when European society was climbing to greater economic and cultural heights. Guest-curated by […]
Red, white and blue and some flag etiquette, too
Learn the rules of flying the stars and stripes.
Wrinkles? Who cares?
I recently read that about 2,500 years ago in Greece, wearing unwrinkled clothing was a status symbol. It meant one was refined, clean and probably rich. This article also said that the devices used to remove wrinkles weren’t heated, they were simply pressed against the clothing. Even pleats. Can you even imagine doing that? Talk […]
Letter to the editor: Odd couples make America great
I have been thinking lately about some odd couples in recent American history. For starters there was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a Democrat, and Frances Perkins, a Republican and both from New York at the time they went off to serve our country in the White House. The result was the establishment of Social Security Act. […]
VIA PRESS HERALD: State wants to replace, not fix, creaky Brunswick-Topsham bridge
But a preservationist group, Friends of the Frank J. Wood Bridge, says it may challenge the project in court.
COMMENTARY: Szanton plan helps a shrinking middle class in Bath
The middle class shrank from 61 to 47 percent of the U.S. population in the time between when I graduated from high school and when I recently qualified for Medicare. I started thinking about the middle class and who is in it as I listened to the two proposals for development on the old Bath […]
Sewall Woods Preserve’s trails now open to public
A timber harvest on the property is now complete
Are conditions right for red tide?
Under certain conditions, toxic phytoplankton can proliferate in huge numbers.
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