PORTLAND — Online registration at https://bit.ly/2B6q0Cl is open for the annual Polar Bear Dip & Dash held Dec. 31 at East End Beach. The 5K run and dip in Casco Bay benefits the Natural Resources Council of Maine. It begins at 11 a.m., with the dip scheduled for noon. Registrations will also be accepted the day of […]
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Technical high school eyes comprehensive program at Brunswick Landing
BRUNSWICK — On the wall of Nancy Weed’s office hangs an ornately shaped and colored sculpture of a marlin created by her students at the Region 10 Technical High School. It’s something that should be awarded a fine arts credit, the school’s superintendent and director said Dec. 5. “That’s definitely not just ‘dzzt, dzzt, dzzt’ […]
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Bath Police Beat: Dec. 7
Arrests 11/29 at 10:35 p.m. Cesar Rueda, 51, of Rose Street, was arrested by Officer John Dietlin on Washington Street on charges of operating under the influence and violation of conditions of release. Summonses 12/1 James Brosseau III, 22, of Timothy Lane, Phippsburg, was issued a summons by Cpl. Garrett Olson at an undisclosed location […]
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Topsham Police Beat: Dec. 7
Arrests 11/27 at 6 p.m. Nathan Kane, 35, of Smokehouse Road, Harpswell, was arrested by Officer Mathew Bowers on Smokehouse Road in Harpswell on a charge of criminal threatening. Fire calls 11/26 at 10:47 a.m. Fire call on Topsham Fair Mall Road. 11/26 at 1:39 p.m. Furnace malfunction on River Road. 11/26 at 5:19 p.m. […]
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Bath parking fines rising for 1st time in a decade
BATH — The City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved an increase in parking fines for the first time since 2009. The panel also approved a contract rezoning amendment to allow a single building to be constructed on State Road to house a brewery, laundry center and gym. In addition, councilors unanimously reappointed Mari Eosco as […]
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‘You get a good feeling’: Topsham volunteer honored for work with cancer patients
TOPSHAM — The days on Gary Kerns’ calendar page are awash with orange and yellow marks representing commitments that leave him little free time. Yellow is for taking his wife to Parkinson’s disease therapy; orange days are when he gives lifts to seniors through People Plus and drives cancer patients to treatment appointments. “This week […]
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Black Pug Brewing broadens Brunswick’s beerscape
BRUNSWICK — Gir, a feisty, 21-pound pug with a 100-pound personality, was the inspiration for Sam Wilson’s brewery at 30 Bath Road. Business has been strong since Wilson and business partner Jason Allen opened Black Pug Brewing Oct. 27, and the Brunswick Downtown Association will celebrate the town’s third commercial brewery Friday, Dec. 7, with […]
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Habitat for Humanity helps Mid-Coast residents prepare for winter
TOPSHAM — For more than a decade, Habitat for Humanity/7 Rivers Maine has been helping Mid-Coast residents button up their homes for the winter. The program’s three repair volunteer teams now weatherize about 60 residences a year for families with qualifying incomes, according to Kathy Smith, Habitat’s director of development. “Calls trickle in pretty much […]
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Family decides it’s time to sell Fat Boy drive-in in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — For more than six decades, Fat Boy drive-in has been a family affair and a Mid-Coast icon. On Nov. 30, the beloved burger joint, reportedly one of the country’s only remaining drive-in hamburger spots – where customers could order and eat without leaving their cars or pickup trucks – went up for sale. “It’s […]
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Take a hike: Midcoast Conservancy’s Griggs Preserve in South Newcastle
I like to think the upper reaches of the beautiful Sheepscot River look much the same today as they did in the late 1800s. Visit the Midcoast Conservancy’s Griggs Preserve in South Newcastle and see if you don’t agree. The forested preserve is roughly pie shaped, about 87 acres in size and stretching roughly northwest […]