To all the drivers who observe posted speed limits, stay off their cell phones, and watch for pedestrians and bicyclists, I send a big thanks. I walk and bike around Brunswick almost every day and am grateful to you safe, courteous drivers. To those of you who speed and talk on your cell phones – the […]
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Letter: No need for a bully in the Blaine House
The story of Gov. Paul LePage’s blackmail of Good Will-Hinckley at the expense of House Speaker Mark Eves has caused an uproar among Maine citizens and legislators. The incident has sparked a petition signed by 20,000 Mainers to have LePage recalled or impeached, a rally outside the Statehouse that attracted hundreds of people, and a […]
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Bath shipyard workers share $3M lottery prize
BATH — A crew of Bath Iron Works employees has won $3 million in the Maine Lottery’s Mega Millions game. After playing Powerball for years, “Harding’s Maintenance Crew,” as the group calls itself, in July tried its hand at the Mega Millions game, according to a Maine Lottery press release. An additional “$1 Multiplier” boosted […]
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Maine high court: Bills LePage tried to veto are law
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage erred in his end-of-session veto gambit, and in so doing lost the ability to veto 65 bills that he opposed. In an advisory opinion released by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday, the justices said the bills in question became law without the governor’s signature, and that the Legislature […]
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Bath council OKs tax break for Huse School housing project
BATH — The City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved an affordable housing tax increment financing district for a proposed rental housing project at the former John E.L. Huse Memorial School. The Portland-based Szanton Co. intends to develop nearly 60 mixed-income residential apartments in the 73-year-old Andrews Road building, with almost half in a new northeast […]
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Harpswell Police Beat: Aug. 7
Arrests No arrests or summonses were reported from July 27 to Aug. 2.
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Bath Police Beat: Aug. 7
Arrests 7/28, no time given. Joseph Rodney Jr., 38, of Middle Street, was arrested by Officer Brett McIntire on Water Street on a charge of violating a protection from abuse order. Summonses 7/28 Dakota Rhodes, 20, of Front Street, was issued a summons by Officer Shaun Cavanaugh on Water Street on a charge of theft […]
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Mid-Coast Meetings: Aug. 7-13
Brunswick Tues. 8/11 4:30 p.m. Teen Center Advisory Committee PP Tues. 8/11 6 p.m. Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee TH Wed. 8/12 4:30 p.m. Conservation Commission TH Wed. 8/12 7 p.m. School Board TH Thur. 8/13 8:30 a.m. Sewer District Board of Trustees 10 Pine Tree Road Thur. 8/13 5 p.m. Cable TV Committee TH […]
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Brunswick Police Beat: August 7
Arrests 7/31 at 12:19 p.m. Richard J. Kinghorn, 37, of Main Street, Topsham, was arrested on Bath Road by Assistant Marine Patrol Officer Paul Plummer on outstanding warrants from another agency. 8/2 at 2:27 p.m. Jeffory L. Fletcher, 25, no address listed, was arrested on Maine Street by Detective Kenneth Bailey on charges of criminal trespass and violating conditions […]
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Topsham Police Beat: Aug. 7
Arrests 8/1 at 9:55 a.m. Joshua Harmon, 30, of Auburn, was arrested by Sgt. Robert Ramsay on Route 196 on outstanding warrants from another agencies, and issued a summons on a charge of operating with a suspended or revoked license. Summonses 7/27 at 6:17 p.m. Brandon Sanford, 32, of Skowhegan was issued a summons by […]