BRUNSWICK — College Guild, a nonprofit that provides free correspondence courses to prison inmates across the country, has received almost $10,000 in grants from local and national foundations. The independent organization, which is not affiliated with Bowdoin College, received a $2,400 grant from the Bowdoin College McKeen Center; $2,000 from the National Home Library Foundation; and $5,000 […]
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Bath museum uses Kennebec River to convey ‘Songs of Safe Passage’
BATH — On the shores of the Maine Maritime Museum, as the Kennebec River rolls past on its way out to the sea, melodies sung by two women lilt through the air – but there’s no one around. The voices are projected from four speakers – two on the river and the others on trees […]
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Bath council OKs High Street crosswalk for forest access
BATH — The City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved building a crosswalk on High Street to provide safer pedestrian access to the Lilly Pond Community Forest Trail head. City staff and the city’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee advocated for the crosswalk, according to a council resolution. “The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust has done a great […]
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Bath Police Beat: July 8
Arrests 6/26 at 9 p.m. Josue Ramirez, 30, of Bay Street, Portland, was arrested by Cpl. Jason Aucoin on Windjammer Way on a charge of domestic violence criminal mischief. 6/27 at 6:42 p.m. Andrew Pinkham, 36, of Middle Street was arrested by Cpl. Jason Aucoin on Middle Street on charges of unlawful possession of scheduled […]
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Brunswick Police Beat: July 8
Arrests 6/29 at 11:34 p.m. Morgan E. Grillo, 23, of Foreside Road, Topsham, was arrested on Lunt Road by Officer Cory Iles on a charge of operating under the influence. 6/30 at 11:31 p.m. Vera L. Fisco, 32, of Lincoln Street, was arrested on U.S. Route 1 by Officer Cory Iles on a charge of operating under […]
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Builders of colonial ship to open updated Bath visitors center
BATH — Working hard the past few years to rebuild the Virginia – a small ship built at the ill-fated Popham Colony nearly 410 years ago – the Maine’s First Ship group has revamped its visitor center to bring more attention to the project, and possibly help with fundraising, too. The completed center opens at the Virginia’s […]
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Browntail moth caterpillars like what Brunswick offers
BRUNSWICK — They strip trees of their leaves, and their hair, floating on the summer breeze, can strip some people of their sanity. They are browntail moth caterpillars, and there are a lot of them in Brunswick this year. The invasive insect is covered with little hairs that get blown off in the wind, especially when […]
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‘Bearing witness’: Brunswick woman dedicates herself to peace
BRUNSWICK — Christine DeTroy says she could sense that the world around her was wrong as she grew up in Nazi Germany. Even in the progressive artist’s colony where she lived in Worpswede, just outside the city of Bremen, “you learned to keep your mouth shut,” DeTroy, 87, said in an interview June 30. “Because it […]
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Architect: Estimated cost rises for new Brunswick elementary school
BRUNSWICK — The cost of building a new school could be at least $25.8 million, higher than initial estimates, according to a new projection. The estimate was announced at a meeting of the School Board Facilities Committee Wednesday, June 29, by PDT Architects, the firm that has been designing a potential new school building for the […]
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Brunswick Police Beat: July 1
Arrests 6/25 at 12:07 a.m. Lonnie M. Harrison, 35, of Pleasant Street, was arrested on Maine Street by Officer William Brown on a charge of possession of a firearm in establishment licensed for consumption of liquor. 6/26 at 11:59 p.m. Sierra W. Thibeault, 28, of Old Portland Road, was arrested on Route 196 by Officer Matthew Nicholson […]