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Sand for Seniors effort expands to Lincoln County
What started as one Boothbay Harbor resident’s idea to protect people in slippery conditions has grown into a community effort. This winter, local fishermen and businesses are helping provide seniors across the Pemaquid Peninsula with free buckets of sand.
Brunswick’s ‘bottleman’ gets new cart from community
“Tom the Bottleman” received a new community-funded cart after the original went missing.
Brunswick Town Council appoints new leader
Sande Updegraph was named chairperson of the council Monday night.
Nonprofit seeks volunteers to process trees for wood bank
Midcoast Wood Bank will cut, transport and stack 20-plus acres of trees this weekend to turn into firewood to help keep locals warm this winter.
Group calls for removal or redesign of Brunswick, Topsham dam
The newly formed coalition “Free the Andro” aims to open water flows between the Androscoggin River and the ocean.
Brunswick starts five-year countdown to reduce emissions
A breakdown of Brunswick’s new Climate Action Plan, which includes drastic cuts to emissions by 2030.
Local hospital welcomes its first baby of the new year
Tyler Tardif — the Midcoast’s first baby of 2025 — was born at 8:14 a.m. on Jan. 1 at MaineHealth Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. Tyler was born to Kristin Michaud and Brandon Tardif of Lewiston. Tyler weighed 6 pounds 5 ounces and was 19 inches long. “Starting the new year off with a bang,” […]
Looking back on Brunswick’s bustling industrial history
Today, Brunswick is more of a retail and residential community. However, our town was once a bustling hub of enterprise where nearly anything one might need was manufactured. From clothing to clocks, bricks to banks, and mills to manufactories, Brunswick was a busy little town. Today, Brunswick is filled with stores, gas stations, small shops […]