HARPSWELL — The town is taking the first step toward removing a pumphouse that collapsed at the pier at Mitchell Field in June. The pumphouse is the latest part of the former U.S. Navy pier to collapse; a free-standing cell on the north side of the structure collapsed in 2012. An engineering study in 2012 by […]
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Mid-Coast Meetings: July 31 to Aug. 6
Bath Tues. 8/4 6 p.m. Planning Board CH Wed. 8/5 6 p.m. City Council CH Brunswick Mon. 8/3 7 p.m. Town Council TH Tues. 8/4 5 p.m. Plan Implementation Committee TH Tues. 8/4 7 p.m. Planning Board TH Wed. 8/5 7 p.m. Marine Resource Committee TH Harpswell Mon. 8/3 5:30 p.m. Mitchell Field Committee TO […]
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Raymond E. Chisholm, 90: Priest, psychologist served troubled youth
BRUNSWICK — Raymond E. Chisholm, 90, of Cumberland Street, died July 19 at Winship Green Nursing Center in Bath. He was born in Rockland on April 22, 1925, a son of Thomas H. and Gladys (Joyce) Chisholm. Raymond graduated from Rockland High School, and earned a degree at Fordham University in New York. He also […]
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Brunswick Police Beat: July 31
Arrest 7/23 at 10:28 a.m. Elizabeth A. Staples, 23, of Middle Street, Bath, was arrested on Tibbetts Drive by Officer Jerod Verrill on charges of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, criminal trespass, violating conditions of release, and a probation hold. 7/24 at 12:05 a.m. John D. LeGrow, 27, of Union Street, Lisbon Falls, was arrested on […]
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Harpswell Police Beat: July 31
Arrests No arrests or summonses were reported from July 19-26.
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Topsham Police Beat: July 31
Arrests No arrests were reported from July 21-26. Summonses No criminal summonses were reported from July 21-26. Purloined pedals 7/24 at 9 p.m. Officer Donald Cowles responded to the complaint of a mountain bike being stolen sometime that day. The Gary Fisher bike, worth between $1,000 and $1,500, was taken from an open-doored garage on […]
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Bath Police Beat: July 31
Arrests 7/25 at 10:36 p.m. Mindy Joslyn, 26, of Bunny Lane, Topsham, was arrested by Officer Brett McIntire on Court Street on charges of violating conditions of release and theft by unauthorized taking. Summonses 7/23 Kelvin Cressey, 54, of Oak Street, was issued a summons by Officer Mike Lever on Oak Street on a charge […]
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Bath council to weigh TIF for Huse School housing project
BATH — The City Council is scheduled Aug. 5 to vote on an affordable housing tax increment financing district for a proposed rental housing complex at the former John E.L. Huse Memorial School. The Szanton Co., based in Portland, wants to develop nearly 60 mixed-income residential apartments in the 73-year-old Andrews Road building, with almost […]
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Feds: Parkview in Brunswick shouldn't get Medicare, Medicaid payments
BRUNSWICK — The federal government is challenging Parkview Adventist Medical Center’s ability to receive Medicare and Medicaid service payments. If the denial is allowed to stand, hospital officials say it could force what remains of Parkview to shut down. In court documents filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Portland, attorneys for the Centers for Medicare […]
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Brunswick prison education agency prepares national campaign
BRUNSWICK — In her small suite behind a medical office on Harpswell Road, Pat Friedman organizes stacks of thank-you letters she has received from prison inmates. “I would like to thank you personally for your generosity because as someone incarcerated, you have helped improve my life,” wrote a prisoner named David R. “I truly hope you […]