I admire Steve Woods’ success as a businessman, and enjoy many of his columns. But a recent piece offered a perfect reminder of why its seldom a good idea to write a column when you’re having a bad day. Steve made the argument that “Maine cannot afford to ignore basic math” when thinking about how […]
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Mid Coast Meetings: Nov. 27
Bath Tues. 12/1 6 p.m. Planning Board CH Wed. 12/2 6 p.m. City Council CH Wed. 12/2 7 p.m. Community Forestry Committee CH Brunswick Tues. 12/1 5 p.m. Master Plan Implementation Committee TH Wed. 12/2 9 a.m. Zoning Ordinance Review TH Wed. 12/2 3:30 p.m. Finance Committee TH Wed. 12/2 7 p.m. Marine Resource TH […]
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Topsham Police Beat: Nov. 27
Arrests 11/18 at 10:15 a.m. Stephanie Mizner, 22, of Preble Street, Bowdoinham, was arrested by Officer Mark McDonald in Brunswick on charges of theft by unauthorized taking and violating conditions of release. 11/18 at 7 p.m. Joshua Moody, 24, of Harmony Hill Road, was arrested by Officer Malcolm Marshall on Harmony Hill Road on an […]
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Bath Police Beat: Nov. 27
Arrests 11/16 at 7:45 a.m. Rocky Ross, 26, of Cummings Street, was arrested by Officer Mark Steele on Tower Circle on a charge of violating conditions of release. 11/18 at 12:30 p.m. Daniel Monahan, 27, of Dons Way, West Bath, was arrested by Officer Richard Ross on North Street on an outstanding warrant from another […]
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Barbara W. Leason, 83: Liked gardening, travel and antiques
TOPSHAM — Barbara Mary Ann (Walker) Leason, 83, died Nov. 18, with her family by her side. Leason was born May 2, 1932, in Fort Fairfield to Ruth Fowler Walker and William E. Walker. She spent her early years in Presque Isle, later graduating from Westbrook Junior College in 1952. She moved to Salt Lake City […]
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Harpswell Police Beat: Nov. 26
Arrests 11/21 at 11:40 p.m. Matthew S. Gaspar, 27, of Sunset Cove Road, was arrested on Sunset Cove Road by Cumberland County Sherriff’s Deputy Todd McGee on outstanding warrants from another agency. Summonses No criminal summonses were reported from Nov. 15-22.
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Brunswick Police Beat: Nov. 26
Arrests 11/18 at 6:33 p.m. Walter S. Moody, 30, of Cundy’s Harbor Road, Harpswell, was arrested on School Street by Officer Justin Dolci on outstanding warrants from another agency. 11/20 at 3:47 p.m. Jamie P. Thibodeau, 44, of Pleasant Street, was arrested on Pleasant Street by Officer William Brown on outstanding warrants from another agency. 11/21 at […]
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At request of Bowdoin College, Brunswick church evicts sex offender support group
BRUNSWICK — In response to an alleged rape and a report of an attempted assault near the Bowdoin College campus, and at the request of the college, First Parish Church of Brunswick has terminated its agreement to rent meeting space to an independent support group for sex offenders. The support group had been meeting Tuesday nights […]
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More than $3K raised for family of woman shot during Bath gun sale
BATH — A Go Fund Me page created for the family of a Thomaston woman who died Nov. 18 after being shot in the head Nov. 16 in a supermarket parking lot raised more than $3,000 as of Tuesday. Chelsea Jones, 22, was shot by her fiance, Dylan Grubbs, 23, also of Thomaston, while she […]
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Brunswick students take home-building action
Brunswick HIgh School students Kim Brown, left, and Jenna Bailey, members of the school’s Action Team, rake the area inside the new foundation of a home the team helped Habitat for Humanity build Nov. 14 in Rochester, N.H. Fifty students from Brunswick, York, Saco and Attleboro, Massachusetts, helped build the house for a military veteran, […]