Brunswick Mon. 11/16 7 p.m. Town Council TH Tues. 11/17 8 a.m. Sewer District 10 Pine Rd. Tues. 11/17 9:30 a.m. Sewer District (Workshop) 10 Pine Rd. Tues. 11/17 Noon Brunswick Housing Authority 12 Stone St. Tues. 11/17 7:15 p.m. Village Review Board TH Wed. 11/18 10 a.m. Staff Review TH Wed. 11/18 4:30 p.m. […]
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Lisa Gaye Gilliam, 56
BOWDOIN – Lisa Gaye Gilliam, 56, of Bowdoin, died Nov. 5, surrounded by family and friends. She was born Jan. 2, 1959, in Brunswick, to John A. Elliott and Joyce (Currier) Lewis. She attended local schools and graduated from Mt. Ararat High School with the Class of 1977. Gilliam enjoyed bowling and will be remembered […]
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Former Brunswick councilor now campaigns for gun control
BRUNSWICK — Before her 6-year-old son goes to play at a new friend’s house, Jacqueline Sartoris asks the parents if there’s a gun in the house. It’s not because she’s particularly averse to guns, the Bowdoin street resident said Tuesday. Her father was an FBI agent, and she and her sisters grew up with a gun in […]
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Brunswick senator appeals rejected bills on clam, worm harvesting
BRUNSWICK — State Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, D-Brunswick, is appealing the rejection by the Legislative Council of two bills related to clam and marine worm harvesting. Both were emergency bills that Gerzofsky says are needed to protect a threatened clam industry that employs 1,500 people. The state Department of Marine Resources in 2015 listed the value of […]
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Conservationists get fired up to regenerate Brunswick preserve
BRUNSWICK — Slowly but surely, a portion of Brunswick’s Capt. William A. Fitzgerald Preserve off Old Bath Road went up in flames Thursday, Nov. 5. Firefighters from the town Fire Department, the Maine Forest Service and volunteers from fire departments around the state set fire to the dry grasses on the preserve’s perimeter around 11 a.m., […]
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Charitable donations stolen from Brunswick Elks Lodge
BRUNSWICK — Money intended for several charities was stolen from the Brunswick Elks Lodge over Halloween weekend. At some point after 10 p.m. the night of Oct. 30 or before 8 a.m. the morning of Oct. 31, one or more intruders broke into the lodge at 179 Park Row, according to police. Police arrived just before […]
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Bath food bank raising funds for Thanksgiving meals
BATH — To ensure that as many people as possible get a good, warm meal this Thanksgiving, the Bath Area Food Bank hopes to provide 150 meals for the occasion. Those 150 families will get meals with “all the fixings,” food bank Executive Director Kimberly Gates said in an email Nov. 6, adding that her […]
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Topsham selectmen OK new police station surveillance system
TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen on Nov. 5 unanimously approved the purchase of a new surveillance system for the police station. The existing system, which dates to the building’s constructed in 2007, was repaired four years ago and has again become problematic, Town Manager Rich Roedner said last week. Aging technology is one issue, […]
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Latest Falmouth proposal on plastic bag limits doesn't include ban
FALMOUTH — Residents will have a chance to weigh in on a possible single-use shopping bag ordinance at the Dec. 14 Town Council meeting. The ordinance committee, chaired by Council Vice Chairman Russell Anderson, has crafted language calling for a 5-cent fee on plastic and paper single-use shopping bags distributed at the town’s six largest […]
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Topsham to hold meetings on Community Fund, planning
TOPSHAM — Two meetings about framing the town’s future will be held this month. The Topsham Community Fund Committee will host a workshop at the Municipal Building at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12. The group seeks input from the public on funding for a bicycle-pedestrian trail extension, a Lower Village park, signs in the historic […]