United Way of Mid Coast Maine is kicking off its annual fundraising campaign this week with a goal to raise over $1.29 million. The campaign will help 41,000 people across the Midcoast and support United Way, its funded partners and almost 50 local programs and initiatives achieve their collective missions to give kids the best […]
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New Brunswick-Topsham bridge will open after Thanksgiving
Northbound traffic between Brunswick and Topsham is currently closed across the old bridge.
Brunswick plane crash was the third deadliest in Maine history
At the height of the Korean War, a U.S. naval anti-submarine patrol aircraft crashed while attempting to land on a newly built runway at the Brunswick Naval Air Station. When it was over, six out of 10 crewmen were dead and the disaster became one of Maine’s deadliest. On Monday, April 14, 1952, 10 men […]
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Maine Marathon team raising money for fishermen’s health
The runners plan on raising $10,000 for a program that provides Maine’s fishermen with physical and mental health resources.
Tight battle remains at top of Varsity Maine boys soccer poll
Camden Hills maintains its one-point lead over Scarborough.
Brunswick breaks ground on medical tech facility expansion
Swedish company Mölnlycke Health Care is expanding its Brunswick Landing facility by nearly 80,000 square feet.
End of summer brings a rare sight on Maquoit Bay
The end of summer is always hard. And somehow this year, with the warm, dry weather that persisted well into September, it felt particularly hard to reconcile that Sept. 21 was the last official day of summer. That bright sunlight that has kept us warm these past months will begin to be less warm as […]
Who belongs in the United States?
A poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty proclaims an explicit message of welcome. It was written by a Jewish-American poet and activist, Emma Lazarus, when funds were being raised for the statue’s pedestal. The poem refers to her as the “Mother of Exiles” and movingly proclaims her welcome in this way: “Give me your […]