TOPSHAM — Although the proposed School Administrative District 75 budget would increase 2.14 percent next year, school officials hope several factors will help shave the hike in the coming weeks. Those factors were discussed March 30 in the third of three sparsely attended public hearings on the fiscal year 2018 spending plan, which drew two […]
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SAD 75 officials hope to reduce budget increase
TOPSHAM — Although the proposed School Administrative District 75 budget would increase 2.14 percent next year, school officials hope several factors will help shave the hike in the coming weeks. Those factors were discussed March 30 in the third of three sparsely attended public hearings on the fiscal year 2018 spending plan, which drew two […]
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Brunswick library to host cougar discussion
BRUNSWICK — The president of the Cougar Rewilding Foundation, a nonprofit that finds wild habitats for cougars east of the Rocky Mountains, will discuss his work recovering rare eastern cougars at Curtis Memorial Library at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 12. The free event is the seventh in a series of winter lectures hosted by the Friends […]
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Bath police arrest 9 protesters at BIW christening
BATH — Police arrested nine people for alleged criminal trespassing April 1 during the christening of a new U.S. Navy destroyer at Bath Iron Works. The group, taken into custody at about 10 a.m., represented Maine Veterans for Peace and the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, according to a Police Department […]
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Women's Football: Maine Mayhem recruit new talent, announce 2017 schedule
GORHAM – The Maine Mayhem, the State’s only women’s football team and a proud one at that, recently released their spring 2017 schedule, and members of the organization are looking forward to another successful season. Mayhem fans will have just one early chance to watch them play at home – namely, in their opening matchup, […]
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VAST plans turkey hunt, wheelchair basketball and more
NEW GLOUCESTER – The Veterans Adaptive Sports and Training group (colloquially, “VAST”), which operates out of Pineland Farms, has a number of activities on its docket for the coming months, including its annual turkey hunt as well as a wheelchair basketball game organized in tandem with Deering High School. VAST is a free program for […]
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Westbrook-Gorham Rotary gearing up for annual Patriot's Day high school road race
WESTBROOK – The Rotary Club of Westbrook-Gorham is set to host its 68th Patriot’s Day Road Race on April 17. The race, open exclusively to high school runners, is supposed to have been founded in 1948 (Club officials are unsure of the exact year) by Franklin Emery to commemorate the famous ride of Paul Revere. […]
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RSU 1 to hold straw poll on new high school
BATH — Regional School Unit 1 will hold a building site presentation and straw poll on its proposed new Morse High School. The show-of-hands poll, to be held at Bath Middle School at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, will be the sixth step in a 21-part, state-mandated process. A second straw vote, which marks the 12th […]
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Bath Police Beat: March 31
Arrests 3/17 at 11 p.m. Amy Mcginty, 34, of Jordan Avenue, Brunswick, was arrested by Officer Mark Steele at an undisclosed location on a charge of operating under the influence. 3/21 at 8:04 p.m. Catie Snowden, 31, of Bedford Street, was arrested by Officer John Dietlin on Bedford Street on an outstanding warrant from another […]
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Bath Police Beat: March 31
Arrests 3/17 at 11 p.m. Amy Mcginty, 34, of Jordan Avenue, Brunswick, was arrested by Officer Mark Steele at an undisclosed location on a charge of operating under the influence. 3/21 at 8:04 p.m. Catie Snowden, 31, of Bedford Street, was arrested by Officer John Dietlin on Bedford Street on an outstanding warrant from another […]