Arrests 8/31 at 12:56 a.m. Margery L. Teufel, 48, of Gun Point Road, Harpswell, was arrested on Gun Point Road by Cumberland County Sheriff’s Deputy John Cross on a charge of domestic violence assault.
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Brunswick school foundation gets $40K from former Bowdoin College president
BRUNSWICK — Every year the school budget gets dissected, and every year School Board members and parents express dismay that certain projects, positions, or programs are cut. Last year, a group of Brunswick parents got together to try to fill the funding gap. The Brunswick Community Education Foundation, founded in 2014, was not born out of […]
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Data breach at Brunswick hotel possibly exposes cards of 2,600
PORTLAND — Malware on a computer at the Brunswick Hotel & Tavern exposed names and credit card information of as many as 2,600 guests who stayed at the hotel between November 2014 and July 2015. The company managing the 4 Noble St. hotel notified customers of the breach in a letter dated Aug. 21 and […]
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Bath Fire Dept. nets $164K federal grant
BATH — The Fire Department is receiving nearly $164,000 in federal funds to replace some of its equipment. The funding through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program will pay for fire hose and breathing apparatus, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, announced Sept. 2. Funds also went to the Buxton and Westport Island fire departments.
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Harpswell charter school takes off at new Brunswick campus
BRUNSWICK — Standing outside his school’s new campus at Brunswick Landing, Matt Hamilton smiled and asked a question. “How many kids show up to school with nothing on the wall and no desks?” the assistant head of school at Harpswell Coastal Academy said. That’s exactly what happened when HCA’s 70 high school students arrived for their first […]
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Brunswick hospitals' walk-in clinics to be combined downtown
BRUNSWICK — The walk-in clinic at Parkview hospital will close Tuesday, Sept. 8. Mid Coast Health Services, which acquired Parkview Adventist Medical Center Aug. 20 in a bankruptcy court-approved sale, announced the decision to close the clinic just days later, on Aug. 26. Parkview’s emergency department had been operating as a clinic since June 18, after […]
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Blue Angels return to Brunswick Labor Day weekend
BRUNSWICK — The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will again soar through the sky over Brunswick for Labor Day weekend. The elite fliers will be joined by a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor, a Marine Corps C-130 called “Fat Albert,” and a car with a jet engine. But while the Great State of Maine Air Show used […]
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Brunswick man faces multiple assault charges
BRUNSWICK — A Brunswick man remained in Cumberland County Jail in Portland on Wednesday morning, held without bail, after he allegedly attempted to strangle a woman, struck her in the head several times, and threatened to kill her when she tried to call the police. Joshua D. Arnold, 26, was charged with aggravated assault, domestic […]
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Topsham, Harpswell school district to hold forums on high school's fate
TOPSHAM — School Administrative District 75 will hold four public meetings this month on whether Mt. Ararat High School should be renovated or replaced. Presentations about the project status and open forums will be part of the meetings, which will be held at Bowdoin Central School on Sept. 17, Harpswell Community School on Sept. 22, Bowdoinham […]
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Bath firefighters’ boot benefit beats goal
BATH — These boots are made for filling. With cash. City firefighters occupied the intersection of Centre and Washington streets for three hours Saturday, holding boots to collect donations from motorists. Their goal was to raise $1,500 toward fighting muscular dystrophy and other muscle diseases. They ended up with about $2,200. The “Fill the Boot” […]