HARPSWELL — It’s been a rough year for the Harpswell Neck Library Association. The 3-year-old library moved out of its Ash Point home at the end of the summer due to space-sharing issues with Harpswell Coastal Academy. Then, in November, the Harpswell Board of Selectmen voted to withhold $4,500 in voter-approved funds because the library was […]
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Survey asks Bath residents about livability, public transit
BATH — The City of Ships is among seven chosen by a Texas university to be polled about the community’s degree of livability and public transportation system. The Texas A&M Transportation Institute, or TTI, is surveying a handful of cities as research for the U.S. Department of Transportation. The poll asks what makes those cities […]
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Topsham eyes Comp Plan update for 2016
TOPSHAM — A series of “Back to the Future” workshops is paving the way for an update to the town’s Comprehensive Plan. The series began in October and concludes March 9, 2016. Next up is “Topsham’s historic heritage: Can we build for the future without losing the past?” It will be held at the Topsham […]
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Dishin' That: Adventures in hiring, Part 3: The 10-step program
As resumes started pouring in, the exhausted chef/owner became more agitated. Her rants grew along with the pile of unqualified or unsuitable applicants. Still crazy busy with holiday parties and family gatherings, we were almost looking forward to the slow days January and February would bring. The entire overworked staff was on eggshells every time […]
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People and Business: Dec. 23
Recognition Chris Libby of Scarborough has been named Caregiver of the Month for December by Comfort Keepers, a provider of in-home support services for older adults in southern Maine. Carmen Fortin of Harpswell, a registered nurse clinical educator at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, has been presented the Maine Emergency Nurses Association Special Merit […]
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Brunswick senator to hold public office hours
BRUNSWICK — State Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, D-Brunswick, will hold public office hours Saturday, Jan. 2, from 10 a.m.-noon at the Little Dog Coffee Shop on Maine Street. Gerzofsky represents Senate District 10, which includes Freeport, North Yarmouth, Pownal, Brunswick and Harpswell.
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Brunswick couple charged with heroin trafficking
BRUNSWICK — Police arrested an Oak Street couple for allegedly selling heroin in Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said Saturday, Dec. 19, that the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested Justin Coffin and Tara Dry-Crooker, both 35, at their apartment on charges of unlawful trafficking in heroin. MDEA agents searched the […]
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Brunswick School Board sets Jan. 23 construction forum
BRUNSWICK — The School Board will hold a public forum from 9 a.m.-noon, Saturday, Jan. 23, at Town Hall to discuss updates to school facilities. The board has discussed the option of building a new elementary school at the site of Jordan Acres, renovating Coffin Elementary school, or repairing Coffin and the junior high school.
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Community Calendar: Dec. 23-Jan. 10
Greater Portland Benefits Thursday 12/31 Polar Bear Plunge and 5K, East End Beach, Portland, benefit Natural Resources Council of Maine, register online at nrcm.kintera.org/dipdash. Bulletin Board Saturday 12/26 State Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, office hours, 10 a.m. to noon, Bow Street Market, Freeport. Open to all from Brunswick, Freeport, Harpswell, North Yarmouth and Pownal who have […]
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The Universal Notebook: Season’s greetings!
Season’s greetings! Be of good cheer!Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy New Year!Have a blessed Bodhi Day, a joyous Mawlid al-Nabi,Have fun at Festivus and a great Pancha Ganapati! Together we’ve weathered two thousand fifteen –The most hotly contested year that we’ve seen.Between climate change and the GOPAmerica heated up to the nth degree. Here in […]