BRUNSWICK — Three Republican candidates for the Legislature have dropped out of their races. As of July 20, no new candidates had been nominated by the party to fill the Nov. 8 general election ballot vacancies. Eric Lusk, of Harpswell, who won the GOP primary in state Senate District 24; Robert Thompson, of Brunswick, who won […]
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'Challenges' for Brunswick church's proposed event center
BRUNSWICK — Plans for a 14,700-square-foot, $4.75 million event center at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church on Pleasant Street received mixed reviews from a town board Tuesday night. The concept has been in the works for about 10 years, church leaders say, but the need for a parish-wide gathering space emerged recently after St. John the […]
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Bath Police Beat: July 22
Arrests 7/10 at 8:30 p.m. Jesse Keathley, 26, of Pleasant Street, Brunswick, was arrested by Officer Garrett Olson on Middle Street on outstanding warrants from another agency, and charges of operating under the influence, operating with a suspended or revoked license and leaving the scene of an accident. 7/11 at 1243 a.m. Joshua Spear, 25, of Central […]
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Brunswick Police Beat: July 22
Arrests 7/15 at 11:43 a.m. Brian B. Burr, 27, of Lisbon Street, Lisbon Falls, was arrested on Tibbetts Drive by Officer Justin Dolci on an outstanding warrant from another agency. 7/16 at 11:32 a.m. Tyler P. Ciciotte, 19, of Stetson Street, was arrested on Cushing Street by Officer Justin Dolci on an outstanding warrant from another agency. […]
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Harpswell Police Beat: July 22
Arrests No arrests or summonses were reported from July 11-17.
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Former owner seeks land at center of Brunswick coastal access debate
BRUNSWICK — The former owner of a shore-front property the town is considering as a potential new public access point wants his land back. Richard Nudd, of Walpole, Massachusetts, wrote to Town Manager John Eldridge July 12 asking if he could still acquire the property at 946 Mere Point Road. The town foreclosed on the parcel […]
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High court strikes Cedar Beach easement, but owner may still allow access
HARPSWELL — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday vacated a lower court ruling that allowed a public easement on the road to Cedar Beach. The decision to send the case back for reconsideration means Cedar Beach Road, the only way to reach the Bailey Island beach by land, is again privately controlled. But the town […]
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Brunswick restaurant's greenhouse plans move forward, add bakery
BRUNSWICK — New designs for a two-story greenhouse behind Tao Yuan restaurant on Pleasant Street were approved by the Village Review Board Tuesday night. They will go to the Planning Board July 26. The project was initially approved in April of last year, but has been reconfigured to include, among other things, space for a retail […]
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Bath library reaches annual fundraising goal
BATH — The Patten Free Library has met its $80,000 fundraising goal for fiscal 2016, it announced Tuesday. The pledged funds, from about 430 donors, will go toward the library’s 33 Summer St. building, which marks its 125th anniversary this year. The nonprofit library receives neither federal nor state aid. It gets $17 per capita […]
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Food fight: Bowdoin College, The New Yorker magazine writer in messy feud
BRUNSWICK — There’s a fight going on in the dining halls at Bowdoin College, but not the kind that might take place late on a Friday night during the school year. Instead of food being hurled, words are being exchanged between two unlikely adversaries: On one side, Bowdoin College officials, students and alumni, on the other, […]