Arrests No arrests or summonses were reported from Dec. 27, 2015 to Jan. 3.
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Martha M. McGuire, 69
BRUNSWICK — Martha Maureen McGuire died Dec. 29, after a short battle with cancer. She was born July 1, 1946, and was a graduate of Traip Academy in Kittery. She met her future husband, John F. McGuire, when they were both in the drum corps at Traip. The couple was married May 1, 1965, and […]
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Divided Brunswick council re-elects Brayman as chairwoman
BRUNSWICK — While some things are changing in the new year – the calendar, the weather, perhaps a gym membership – Town Council and School Board leadership are not. Both bodies on Monday night re-elected all their leaders. For the council, that means Chairwoman Sarah Brayman and Vice Chairman Steve Walker will serve another year in […]
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Bath arts center adds 'Kill the Chill' concert series
BATH — The frozen days of winter may be here, but at the Chocolate Church Arts Center things are heating up. The “Kill the Chill Winter Concert Series” begins Friday, Jan. 8, with a performance by the Howligans, a four-piece rock and roll band based in the Mid-Coast. The 7:30 p.m. show takes place in […]
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Arts Calendar: Jan. 6-17
Greater Portland Exhibits “Local Color: Pieces of Maine,” paintings by Dawn Maron, Mike Maron and Suzanne Woodward, Lifeworks Chiropractic Center, 202 US Rte. 1, Suite 100, Falmouth, artists’ reception 5:30-7:30 p.m., to April 29. “Tactile Delights: Fabric Manipulation,” Art Quilts Maine, Portland Public Library, Sam L. Cohen Children’s Library, 5 Monument Square, to Jan. 29. “Photos […]
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Community Calendar: Jan. 6-19
Greater Portland Benefits Hannaford Helps Reusable Bag program: during January, $1 from each blue bag purchased at the Scarborough Hannaford, 31 Hannaford Dr., benefits Scarborough Public Library, hannaford.bags4mycause.com/. Tuesday 1/12 Flatbread Pizza Co., 5-9 p.m., 72 Commercial St., Portland, part of each sale donated to The Ecology School, flatbreadcompany.com. Books/Authors Sunday 1/10 Bestselling Maine Author […]
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Somali leader to speak at Brunswick MLK Jr. Day event
BRUNSWICK — The Democratic Town Committee will hold its fifth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day pasta supper this year at the Unitarian Universalist Church. Fatuma Hussein, executive director of United Somali Women of Maine, will deliver remarks. The event, which the BDTC describes as a “non-partisan … public service,” will benefit the Mid Coast Hunger […]
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Dishin’ That: Keep your head up and count steps
The new year is off to a mixed-blessing of a start. My sweet little serving job has dwindled to skeleton hours, but the big cheese offered me shifts elsewhere within the organization. I’m grateful for the revenue, but I miss scuttling about at my Vitamin D-filled happy place. In spending quality holiday time with My […]
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Topsham school bus driver gets award for literacy program
TOPSHAM — Don Sanders started his Bus Book Bags program in October 2014 as a way to boost reading by students he drove to and from school. The 10-book project has now spread to 90 books and other buses, and expanded from a local effort to a widely praised initiative, and has earned Sanders the […]
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People and Business: Jan. 6
Giving Back Avesta Housing has been awarded a $100,000 affordable housing grant through TD Charitable Foundation’s Housing for Everyone program. Part of the grant will help build 19 more apartments for low-income elderly individuals at Blackstone Apartments in downtown Falmouth. The remainder will be used to renovate existing apartments for low-income elderly tenants at Blackstone. […]