BRUNSWICK — Northbound traffic on the Frank J. Wood Bridge, which carries Route 201 into Topsham, will be detoured from Wednesday, April 19, to Monday, April 24, because of bridge repairs. The one-lane closure will not affect southbound traffic from Topsham. The detour will re-route drivers from Route 1 to Route 196, back to Route 201 […]

BRUNSWICK — The School Board is proposing a nearly flat fiscal 2018 budget that could produce a 3.3 percent increase in the school portion of the overall tax rate. The Board voted 8-1 Wednesday on a $38 million budget, up less than 1 percent from this year’s $37.7 million – a number reduced by more than $849,000 […]

BRUNSWICK — Burton “Ben” Hagar pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murdering his 4-month-old son 38 years ago, in the first case brought by the state’s new Unsolved Homicide Unit. Maine State Police arrested the 62-year-old former Brunswick resident April 7 at his Marvel Street home in Farmington, following an indictment on murder charges by a […]

Arrests 4/3 at 6 p.m. David Wilson, 23, of Harpswell Neck Road, Harpswell, was arrested by Officer Eric Bryan on Middle Street on an outstanding warrant from another agency. 4/3 at 6:15 p.m. Gene Perry, 40, of Eider Road, Harpswell, was arrested by Cpl. Jason Aucoin at Middle and Granite streets on outstanding warrants from […]

Arrests 4/3 at 6 p.m. David Wilson, 23, of Harpswell Neck Road, Harpswell, was arrested by Officer Eric Bryan on Middle Street on an outstanding warrant from another agency. 4/3 at 6:15 p.m. Gene Perry, 40, of Eider Road, Harpswell, was arrested by Cpl. Jason Aucoin at Middle and Granite streets on outstanding warrants from […]

Arrests 4/5 at 5:37 p.m. Christopher J. Dennegall, 31, of Sackman Street, Brooklyn, New York, was arrested on Gurnet Road by Officer Kerry Wolongevicz on a charge of aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs. 4/8 at 8:37 p.m. Michael N. Groton, 35, of Hardwick Road, Boothbay Harbor, was arrested on Gurnet Road by Officer Cory Iles […]

BRUNSWICK — Town Councilors at a workshop Monday questioned the implications of proposed revisions to the town’s zoning ordinance – especially changes that would reduce the number of zones from 45 to 30. “I think a lot of it (is) consolidation for consolidation’s sake,” Councilor Steve Walker, who used to work in the Planning Department […]

BRUNSWICK — Town Councilors at a workshop Monday questioned the implications of proposed revisions to the town’s zoning ordinance – especially changes that would reduce the number of zones from 45 to 30. “I think a lot of it (is) consolidation for consolidation’s sake,” Councilor Steve Walker, who used to work in the Planning Department […]

BRUNSWICK — The Planning Board unanimously approved final plans Tuesday for a single-story, multi-tenant medical office building at the entrance of Brunswick Landing. Board member Robert Burgess recused himself from Tuesday’s meeting because his employer may provide financing for the project. The entrance to the more-than 12,000-square-foot building will be off Admiral Fitch Avenue, and […]

HARPSWELL — Plans for the demolition of the pier at Mitchell Field have not stymied a company’s interest in developing an indoor salmon farm on the site. The project engineer is recommending the town use portions of the field located near the proposed development to stage the construction process, which would likely begin sometime in […]