I work in the neighborhood and was alarmed on July 30, 2015, when 50-plus people headed to Cedar Beach. With no bathroom facilities, it was apparent that “Save Cedar Beach” is false advertising. I am sure a water test would prove contamination, and there are lobster traps within 30, 40 and 50 feet. It is […]
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Intentionally Unreasonable: The recipe for Maine's political apocalypse? Blueberry nut bread
I’m convinced that hardly anyone really cares about big “P” Politics (government functionality, constitutional integrity, etc.) in Maine – mostly just the little “p” version rooted in partisan pettiness. As individuals, we are all generally hardwired to care and act upon issues that touch us directly or connect with our own personal areas of empathetic […]
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The Universal Notebook: Huckabee's hillbilly heroine
A sorry county clerk from tiny Rowan County, Kentucky (pop. 23,333), is being held up by the religious right as a Christian martyr for going to jail rather than issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. In fact, Kim Davis is the kind of backwards bigot who gives Christianity a bad name. Grandstanding Republican presidential hopefuls […]
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Failing boiler adds to Brunswick school issues
BRUNSWICK — Brunswick High School needs a new boiler. The existing one was cited by a state inspector in a recent site visit, Facilities Director Paul Caron told the Town Council Tuesday night. Over the years, condensation has built up in the school’s back-up boiler when it’s cold and not running, causing the metal to corrode, […]
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Barbara Meunier, 56
HARPSWELL — Barbara Meunier, 56, of Perry Lane, died Aug. 28 after courageously fighting illness for six years. She was born July 1, 1959, as Barbara Wagner in Santa Barbara, California. She was later adopted by her father, Roger N. Meunier. Barbara attended schools in Cambria, California, and Pembroke, New Hampshire, and graduated from Pembroke […]
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Mid-Coast Meetings: Sept. 11-17
Brunswick Tues. 9/15 5:30 p.m. Plan Implementation Committee TH Tues. 9/15 7:15 p.m. Village Review Board TH Wed. 9/16 5 p.m. Conservation/Planning Site Walk Hacker Road Wed. 9/16 6 p.m. Appointment Subcommittee TH Wed. 9/16 7 p.m. Recreation Commission TH Thur. 9/17 3:30 p.m. Finance Committee TH Thur. 9/17 6 p.m. Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee […]
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Bath-based United Way begins 2015 campaign
BATH — United Way of Mid Coast Maine hopes to raise $1.9 million in its 2015 campaign, which it kicked off Wednesday at the Maine Maritime Museum. The goal is less than the nearly $1.92 million it hoped to raise last year. The organization ended up securing about $1,500 more than its target, according to […]
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Kim E. Malloch, 57
BRUNSWICK — Kim Ellen Malloch, 57, died unexpectedly in Brunswick on Aug. 29, due to cardiac complications. Malloch was born Nov. 5, 1957, in Calais. For 28 years, she was a dedicated employee of Mid Coast Hospital. Outside of work, she enjoyed collecting antiques and was an avid knitter. She was a wife, mother, sister […]
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William W. Perry, 66
TOPSHAM — William W. Perry, 66, died at his home on Aug. 30. He was born March 2, 1949, in Brunswick, the son of Francis and Margaret Powers Perry. He graduated from Falmouth High School in 1967 and the University of Maine in 1971, and earned an M.B.A. from New Hampshire College in 1989. He […]
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Topsham Police Beat: Sept. 11
Arrests 9/5 at 6:10 p.m. Jason Duross, 34, of Hemlock Drive, was arrested by Officer Malcolm Marshall on Winners Circle on a charge of violating conditions of release. 9/5 at 10:19 p.m. James Berube, 50, of Turner Street, Auburn, was arrested by Officer Troy Garrison on Lewiston Road on a charge of operating under the […]