BRUNSWICK — Barry Norman’s friends have been telling him to write a book about his life for years. Now that he finally has, Norman said it isn’t the book they expected him to write. Norman, 59, said the dark themes and unusual narrative style of his new memoir “Flipping Point” will surprise readers who are used […]

BATH — When Santa Claus comes to town next weekend, he will be sporting a spiffy new suit. It’s one of a few new aspects – along with the many traditional ones – of Bath’s month-long “Old Fashioned Christmas.” Storytelling and handmade ornament making starts at 11 a.m. in the Patten Free Library Children’s Room (33 […]

TOPSHAM — A straw poll on the design of a new School Administrative District 75 high school is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 12. The SAD 75 Board of Directors twice Nov. 17, 11-1 in separate decisions both to set the date, and to approve “in concept” recommendations from the district’s Building Committee about the project. […]

Arrests 11/9 at 9:53 Lisa M. Pierce, 47, of Baribeau Drive, was arrested on Pleasant Street by Sgt. Edward Yurek on an outstanding warrant from another agency. 11/12 at 1:05 a.m. Joshua Marino, 30, of Harpswell Islands Drive, Harpswell, was arrested on U.S. Route 1 by Officer Cory Iles on a charge of operating under the […]

No arrests or summonses were reported from Nov. 7-14.

Arrests 11/8 at 2:30 p.m. John Coffey, 69, of Wesley Street, was arrested by Detective Sgt. Andrew Booth on Water Street on outstanding warrants from another agency. 11/9, no time listed. Donald Newton, 45, of Washington Street, was arrested by Sgt. Mike Lathrop on Washington Street on charges of obstructing government administration and disorderly conduct. […]

BRUNSWICK — The Village Review Board voted 5-2 Tuesday to issue St. John’s Church/All Saints Parish a certificate of appropriateness to build a nearly 15,000-square-foot event center on Pleasant Street. Approval by the board came after debate about whether the developer had adequately scaled back the size of the building.   The Planning Board, which has […]

HARPSWELL — The Mitchell Field Committee presented a wide range of designs for a new pier Monday, but the public seemed to want more information before a favorite is picked. The committee recommended that the town demolish the existing pier, a structurally unsafe holdover from a former U.S. Navy fuel depot built in the 1950s, and […]

BRUNSWICK — Coleman Burke purchased the business complex known as Fort Andross in 1986, two years before the 300th anniversary of the structure’s construction. Burke, managing partner of a New York-based commercial real estate firm, came to Maine in the 1980s in search of waterfront properties. While he had the Atlantic ocean in mind, the Androscoggin would […]