BATH — Regional School Unit 1 and the city have ordered appraisals of two city-owned properties that the school district is eyeing for a new high school. Both appraisals should be completed by the end of this month, according to school and city staff. Ken Charest of Portland-based Appraisal Services will do the work for […]
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Topsham to discuss rural heritage preservation
TOPSHAM — The next workshop in the town’s “Back to the Future” series will held Wednesday, Feb. 10, at the Topsham Public Library at 6:30 p.m. The topic is “Topsham’s rural heritage: Can we grow without losing our natural environment, farms & open space?” Residents are invited to discuss the maintenance of “what we collectively […]
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Topsham personified: Library honors Don Russell
TOPSHAM — Don Russell is probably about as Topsham as a person can be. He has lived nearly 80 years in the same Winter Street house where his parents moved to from Stoneham, Massachusetts, when he was 6 months old. And he has spent nearly half a century in public service. And the meeting room […]
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New keeper promises proactive advocacy for Casco Bay
PORTLAND — As important as it is for Casco Baykeeper Ivy Frignoca to understand the bay, she said it’s just as important to know the people who live and work near it. “One of the biggest accomplishments I want to have in the coming year is to get out there and meet as many people as […]
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Brunswick police arrest Bath man connected to 'peeping Tom' cases at Bowdoin College
BRUNSWICK — Police on Monday said they arrested Stephen L. McIntire, 55, of Bath, for allegedly recording images of women in their homes without their consent. The violation-of-privacy charges result from an investigation into several “peeping Tom” reports in the neighborhood around Bowdoin College last fall, Police Cmdr. Mark Waltz said. McIntire was arrested at Two […]
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Falmouth-based campaign to legalize marijuana in Maine submits surplus of signatures
FALMOUTH — Tucked unassumingly behind an antique store and real estate agency on Route 1, the campaign to end marijuana prohibition for adults in Maine took a large step forward Monday. David Boyer, campaign manager for the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, state Rep. Diane Russell, D-Portland, and about a dozen volunteers gathered before […]
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Harpswell selectman, 3 others unchallenged for re-election
HARPSWELL — Nomination papers for the elected offices on the ballot at Town Meeting in March are in, and the incumbents don’t have any challengers. According to the town clerk’s office Wednesday afternoon, four people up for re-election took out and returned nomination papers by the Jan. 27 deadline. Board of Selectmen Chairman Rick Daniel is […]
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Brunswick Police Beat: Jan. 29
Arrests 1/22 at 7:54 p.m. Hannah Glavin, 23, of MacMillan Drive, was arrested on MacMillan Drive by Officer Matthew Nicholson on an outstanding warrant from another agency. 1/25 at 12:40 a.m. Ryan P. Cunningham, 30, of Dunning Street, was arrested on Cumberland Street by Officer Matthew Nicholson on a charge of operating under the influence. 1/26 at […]
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Bath Police Beat: Jan. 29
Arrests 1/21 at 7:29 p.m. John Foster, 31, of Floral Street, was arrested by Officer Garrett Olson on Floral Street on outstanding warrants from another agency. 1/23 at 1:10 a.m. Zachary Canning, 30, of Harpswell Road, Brunswick, was arrested by Sgt. Nathan Gould on U.S. Route 1 on a charge of operating under the influence. […]
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Harpswell Police Beat: Jan. 29
Arrests No arrests or summonses were reported from Jan. 17-24.