FALMOUTH — Two state legislators have proposed a bill that would reduce the speed limit on Interstate 295 between Falmouth and Brunswick to 60 mph. Sen. Rebecca Millett, D-Cape Elizabeth, and Rep. Teresa Pierce, D-Falmouth, said they commute northbound to Augusta on I-295 several times a week, and both have watched the traffic worsen and the […]
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Yarmouth company signs pact to digitize Maine court records
YARMOUTH — The Maine Judicial Branch has signed a $16.8 million deal with Tyler Technologies to digitize paperwork for the court system. Tyler’s Odyssey software will move the court system to an electronic system and away from keeping records on paper. The 10-year deal was announced Dec. 20. “For 200 years, the Maine Judicial Branch has […]
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Mixed-income housing takes shape at former Bath school
BATH — Renovation and expansion of the former John E.L. Huse Memorial School is about 35 percent complete, with apartments slated for occupancy in July 2017. Portland-based Szanton Co., which began work on the property after acquiring the 39 Andrews Road building in August, is developing 59 mixed-income apartments, nearly half of which are in […]
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Bath Fire Department nets nearly $8K grant
Bath Fire Chief Lawrence Renaud, left, and firefighter Kevin Hinds, right, receive a fire prevention grant of approximately $7,800 Dec. 19 from Ted Gay of commercial property insurer FM Global. The funds will go toward community fire prevention education.
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Bath Police Beat: Dec. 23
Arrests 12/12 at 4:35 p.m. Robert Phillips, 46, of Washington Street, was arrested by Officer Eric Bryan on Washington Street on a charge of domestic violence assault. 12/17 at 12:26 a.m. Treven Stoops, 28, of Birch Point Road, Wiscasset, was arrested by Officer Garrett Olson on U.S. Route 1 on a charge of operating under […]
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Brunswick Police Beat: Dec. 23
Arrests 12/14 at 11:27 p.m. Audrey L. Sawyer, 22, of Long Street, was arrested on U.S. Route 1 by Officer Matthew Nicholson on a charge of operating under the influence. 12/16 at 9:07 p.m. Jacqueline M. Carpenter Young, 21, of Cottage Street, Bath, was arrested on Pleasant Street by Sgt. Paul Hansen on a charge of robbery. […]
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Harpswell Police Beat: Dec. 23
No arrests or summonses were reported from Dec. 12-19.
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Brunswick makes Folan interim principal at Stowe school
BRUNSWICK — Cathy Folan this week became interim principal at Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary for the remainder of the academic year, after a search committee declined to nominate a candidate for the permanent position. According to a Dec. 16 letter from Superintendent Paul Perzanoski, Folan spent 23 years as an elementary principal at Auburn’s Fairview School, West […]
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Proposed Brunswick school bond set for January public hearing
BRUNSWICK — Town councilors spent their last meeting of 2016 Monday taking action on issues that will shape the 2017 agenda. The council set several public hearings, including one on Jan. 17, to discuss a $33.6 million bond proposal that couples a new elementary school with repairs to the junior high school. The motion by Chairwoman […]
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Harpswell to seek opinions on marijuana strategy
HARPSWELL — The town survey residents to see if they want to follow other communities by enacting a moratorium on marijuana retail establishments. A narrow 51 percent of Harpswell voters supported the Nov. 8 statewide referendum that allows pot to be smoked or consumed in private homes, as well as the establishment of state-licensed marijuana retail […]