BRUNSWICK — Plans are in the works for a downtown brewery. It would be the town’s third brewing operation, establishing Brunswick as what the industry considers a beer-tourist destination. The announcement at a Feb. 27 Planning Board forum came 11 days after the town’s first production brewery, Flight Deck Brewing, nearly sold out of beer during what […]

BRUNSWICK — Of the 242 school districts in Maine, Brunswick would take the third-hardest hit – about $1.1 million – from an overhaul in school funding in Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed biennial budget, according to School Board member Ben Tucker. Board members and administrators from Brunswick and School Administrative District 75 met Wednesday with area lawmakers to discuss what they can do […]

BATH — The City Council on Wednesday tabled action on the conversion of time-limit parking spaces along Washington Street to permit-only spots. The panel also established boundaries for the city-owned former YMCA property on Summer Street, and paid tribute to Ward 7 Councilor Leverett “Tink” Mitchell. The council unanimously tabled the permit parking issue in […]

No arrests or summonses were reported from Feb. 20-27.

Arrests 2/21 at 10:29 p.m. Zachariah Cox, 18, of Range Road, Brunswick, was arrested by Cpl. Jason Aucoin on Drayton Road on charges of operating with a suspended or revoked license and operating without a license. 2/22 at 12:25 p.m. John McMann, 48, no address listed, was arrested by Officer Mark Steele on Snow Park on […]

TOPSHAM — School Administrative District 75 has ruled out a controversial product as an option for synthetic turf field infill at a new Mt. Ararat High School. Given concerns about possible cancer risks surrounding the use of crumb rubber, the district hopes to have concrete information about the safest, and likely more costly, option by […]

HARPSWELL — A member of several boards with extensive public service experience stands in the way of the Planning Board chairman’s return to the Board of Selectman in this year’s only contested local election. Ellen Shillinglaw and David Chipman are competing to fill the remaining year of Selectman Elinor Multer’s term; Multer announced in October her […]

BRUNSWICK — As an immigrant from India, Deepak Singh said he knew what it felt like to be “from away” even before he moved to Maine. Singh, 43, will share his thoughts when he reads selections from his new book, ‘How May I Help You?: An Immigrant’s Journey from MBA to Minimum Wage,” at Gulf of […]

BRUNSWICK — State Sen. Brownie Carson, D-Harpswell, will hold public office hours in Freeport and Brunswick on Saturday, March 4. Carson will be at Freeport’s Bow Street Market from 9-11:30 a.m., and at the Little Dog Coffee Shop on Maine Street from 1-2:30 p.m. Carson represents Brunswick, Freeport, Harpswell, North Yarmouth and Pownal in Senate District 24.

Arrests 2/18 at 1:19 a.m. Taylor M. Smith, 27, of North Street, Topsham, was arrested on Maine Street by Detective Jerod Verrill on a charge of operating under the influence. 2/20 at 6:18 p.m. Joshua J. Robbins, 35, of Dunning Street, was arrested on Pleasant Street by Officer Charles Tompson on an outstanding warrant from another […]