Arrests 3/31 at 7:37 p.m. Courtney Guth, 27, of Two Dog Lane, Georgetown, was arrested by Officer Eric Bryan on Washington Street on a charge of operating under the influence, and issued a summons on a charge of endangering the welfare of a child. Summonses 3/28 A 16-year-old male, of Bath, was issued a summons […]
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Brunswick Planning Board OKs Thomas Point subdivision plan, despite concerns
BRUNSWICK — Amid concerns about an access road and traffic flow, the Planning Board on Tuesday unanimously approved a sketch plan for the first phase of a new subdivision off Thomas Point Road. The initial plans call for developing six lots and an access road. The applicant, EcoPath Developers, of Brunswick, eventually plans to subdivide as […]
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Job fair planned for former employees of Brunswick behavioral health agency
BRUNSWICK — The state Department of Labor is offering emergency unemployment services to former employees of Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates, who learned Friday, April 4, that the care provider would close a week earlier than expected. The department announced Wednesday it would hold a job fair in Brunswick Monday, April 11, to link Merrymeeting’s displaced workers […]
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Mother, son, in 'fair' condition after driving off Bath viaduct
BATH — The two people in a vehicle that broke through a guardrail and drove off the Route 1 viaduct Monday afternoon were in fair condition Tuesday at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Police Chief Mike Field said Wednesday. The only occupant of the vehicle on which the car landed was uninjured. Melissa Medina, 37, […]
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Flat insurance costs help SAD 75 shave budget proposal
TOPSHAM — Thanks to health insurance expenses for next year coming in at less than anticipated, School Administrative District 75 has shaved about $93,000 from its proposed fiscal 2017 budget. Having budgeted for a possible 3 percent insurance increase, the district learned in the past week that there will be no increase at all, allowing […]
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Bath arts center reawakens with restless natives, folk women
BATH — Music will fill the Chocolate Church Arts Center the next two Saturdays, with an April 9 performance of “The Natives Are Restless,” and a “Women of Folk” show April 16. After several winter months in the center’s Curtis Room Annex, the upcoming performances are back on the main stage, Executive Director Jennifer DeChant […]
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Car lands on pickup truck after driving off Bath viaduct
BATH — Neither the two people in a vehicle that broke through a guardrail and drove off the Bath viaduct Monday afternoon, nor the only occupant of the vehicle on which the car landed, received life-threatening injuries, police reported. Melissa Medina, 37, of Windham – driver of a 2003 Mercury Montana traveling south on the U.S. […]
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Muslim in Maine: Coping with mistrust, counting on faith, community
PORTLAND — On the morning of Nov. 16, 2015, Fahmo Ahmed walked from her apartment on Bartlett Street in Lewiston to a downtown bus stop. It was a Monday, and like so many other Americans, she was already bracing herself for the week ahead. It was cold outside, and she had to get up early […]
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Brunswick students put climate knowledge to practical use
BRUNSWICK — You could pay someone to weatherize your home, or you could ask a Brunswick seventh-grader how to do it yourself. Brunswick Junior High School students showed off their new-found knowledge of home insulation at an open house at Curtis Memorial Library Wednesday night. The event was the capstone of a unit on climate, where […]
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Bath Police Beat: April 1
Arrests 3/19 at 12:20 p.m. Joe Vereen, 33, of Union Street, Brunswick, was arrested by Cpl. Jason Aucoin on Court Street on an outstanding warrant from another agency and a charge of refusing to submit to arrest or detention. 3/19 at 12:20 a.m. Sarah Meade, 34, of Range Road, Brunswick, was arrested by Cpl. Jason […]