Brunswick Tues. 2/16 7 p.m. Town Council TH Wed. 2/17 10 a.m. Staff Review TH Wed. 2/17 6 p.m. Appointment Subcommittee TH Wed. 2/17 6 p.m. Recreation Committee TH Thur. 2/18 6 p.m. Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Corp. TH Fri. 2/19 9 a.m. Brunswick Development Committee TH Harpswell Fri. 2/12 10 a.m. Planning Board Site […]
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David Girardin, 69
BRUNSWICK — David R. Girardin, 69, of Brunswick, died Feb. 3 at his home, surrounded by his family, after a battle with brain cancer. He was born in Brunswick on Oct. 3, 1946, the fourth child of Armand and Irene (Michaud) Girardin. He was educated at St. John’s Catholic School and was a member of Brunswick […]
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Harpswell Police Beat: Feb. 12
Arrests No arrests or summonses were reported from Jan. 31 to Feb. 7.
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Brunswick Police Beat: Feb. 12
Arrests 2/4 at 11:55 a.m. Sean M. Owen, 30, of Cumberland Street, was arrested on Harpswell Road by Officer Terry Goan on an outstanding warrant from another agency. 2/5 at 6:37 p.m. Mark T. Bennett, 51, of Noble Street, was arrested on Noble Street by Officer Garrett Brosnan on an outstanding warrant from another agency. 2/5 at […]
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Topsham Police Beat: Feb. 12
Arrests No arrests were reported from Feb. 2-7. Summonses 2/1 at 10:13 a.m. A 16-year-old female, of Topsham, was issued a summons by Officer Randy Cook on Eagles Way on a charge of aggravated furnishing of scheduled drugs. 2/1 at 11:30 a.m. A 17-year-old male, of Topsham, was issued a summons by Officer Randy Cook […]
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Bath land trust to hold 'Winter Read'
BATH — The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust will hold its sixth annual “Winter Read” community book discussion on Wednesday, March 16. “Hidden World Revealed: Musings of a Maine Naturalist,” a collection of short works by Tom Seymour, is this year’s selection. Seasonal changes, interactions with animals, and Maine’s flora are among topics explored in the […]
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Project hopes to boost Harpswell seafood sales
HARPSWELL — Call it a tale of two cities, except they’re both towns on the coast of Maine. “Many people in Brunswick don’t realize that there’s this gorgeous fishing community 10-15 miles away,” Monique Coombs, seafood program director for the Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association, said about Harpswell in an interview Tuesday. “There’s just sort of this […]
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Bath council to tackle mass gathering rule
BATH — The City Council will hold a workshop Wednesday, Feb. 17, to discuss creation of a mass gathering ordinance. The draft rule, intended to permit safe mass gatherings while protecting public health and safety, will be reviewed in the second-floor conference room at City Hall at 6 p.m. If it moves forward, the ordinance […]
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SAD 75 mulls size of future Topsham high school
TOPSHAM — With support from its towns for building a new Mt. Ararat High School on the existing campus, School Administrative District 75 still has several other big decisions ahead, including the size of the school. Residents of Topsham, Harpswell, Bowdoin and Bowdoinham voted 85-0 in a show-of-hands straw poll Jan. 21 in favor of […]
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Harpswell charter school proposes ‘center for thinkers, doers’ at Mitchell Field
HARPSWELL — The former U.S. Navy fuel depot could become an auxiliary campus for Harpswell Coastal Academy under a plan proposed by the charter school. The Mitchell Field property has been largely unused since the Navy left in 1992. Since then, the town has converted much of the space for public recreational use, and created two […]