BRUNSWICK — Mark Holbrook announced he will seek the Republican Party nomination next year in Maine’s 1st Congressional District, which is currently represented by Democratic U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree. Holbrook ran unsuccessfully last year in state House District 50, where he lost to Democrat Ralph Tucker.
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Santa Fund application deadline approaching
BRUNSWICK — The deadline to apply for this year’s Santa Fund is Dec. 14. The fund, which is run by the Bath-Brunswick Elks Lodge, has for more than 40 years supplied children up to age 13 with gifts for the holidays. The fund gives toys like sleds and bicycles, and warm clothes, to families in Sagadahoc […]
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Brunswick faces need for repairs to historic Growstown School
BRUNSWICK — For almost 170 years, the Growstown Schoolhouse has been battling the elements. It’s the last of 26 one-room schools that dotted early Brunswick, according to the Curtis Memorial Library; all the others have been lost to time. But representatives of the American Association of University Women, who restored the school in 1983 and run […]
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Brunswick author steps back in time for Chamberlain novel
BRUNSWICK — From the statue across from his old house at the corner of Potter and Maine streets, to the town’s most popular watering hole, the legacy of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain is alive. But local business owner, teacher and author Matthew Cost does not think remembering names and dates is always the best way to honor […]
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Harpswell eyes ‘hard’ future as soft-shell clam stock plummets
HARPSWELL — Clamming in the Mid-Coast is getting harder, in more ways than one. Landings of soft-shell clams, consistently one of the state’s most valuable fisheries, have shrunk to just a quarter of what they were in the 1970s. Harvesters, shellfish managers, and scientists have attributed the drop to warming ocean temperatures, ocean acidification, predation by […]
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Status of public library raises funding questions in Harpswell
HARPSWELL — The town is withholding voter-approved funds from a local library association after town staff learned the library is no longer open to the public. Harpswell residents in March approved more than $4,500 for the Harpswell Neck Library Association. The association, formed in 2012 as the Ash Point Library, had repurposed the library of the […]
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Heart to heart with Santa in Brunswick
Jayden Arsenault, 2, entertains his mom and dad, Jessica and Dave, kneeling, and grandmother Judy, during a Nov. 28 visit with Santa on the Brunswick Mall.
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Sex offender who attended Brunswick group arrested after Bath break-in
BATH — Police last week arrested a 55-year-old convicted sex offender after he allegedly broke into a Cherry Street home and tried to enter a woman’s bedroom. The 28-year-old resident reportedly arrived home the evening of Nov. 24 to find Stephen McIntire, of Bumpy Hill Road, sitting on her couch and exposing himself, according to […]
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Developer gets tax credits needed for Bath housing project
BATH — A Portland developer is ready to renovate the former John E.L. Huse Memorial School after receiving affordable-housing tax credits from the state. The Szanton Co. plans to develop nearly 60 mixed-income residential apartments in the 73-year-old building on Andrews Road, with almost half in a new northeast wing. Szanton has a contract with […]
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Bath seeks artist to turn Vine Street wall into gateway mural
BATH — Maine Street Bath is seeking proposals for a mural to decorate the wall at 13 Vine St. in a way that reflects the city’s history and spirit. People entering downtown from the north are now greeted by a gray, cinder block barrier and a weathered “Bath/City of Ships” sign. “When it was originally […]