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Brunswick Police Beat: Feb. 2

Arrests 1/26 at 9:30 a.m. Justin R. Cardelli, 37, of Sebago Road in Hiram, was arrested on Harpswell Road by Detective William Moir on an outstanding warrant from another agency and a charge of operating with a suspended or revoked license. 1/26 at 11:19 p.m. David R. Wilson, 23, of Harpswell Neck Road in Harpswell, was arrested […]

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Topsham, Brunswick asked to prohibit Androscoggin River access near dam

TOPSHAM — The town and Brunswick, its neighbor across the Androscoggin River, will weigh rules aimed at improving public safety in the waterway. Brookfield Renewable, owner of the Brunswick Hydroelectric Facility on the Androscoggin, has asked the Board of Selectmen to consider creation of a water safety zone that would prohibit activity in the water […]

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Brunswick Longfellow Days to examine nostalgia in poet's work

BRUNSWICK — This year’s Longfellow Days, an annual series of downtown events commemorating poet and Bowdoin College alumnus Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, will run from Feb. 4-27. The series that begins next week, presented by the Brunswick Downtown Association, will focus on nostalgia. The poet lived from 1807-1882, and moved to Brunswick in 1822 with his brother […]

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3 men charged in Brunswick robbery

BRUNSWICK — Three men were arrested just after 10 p.m. Monday, Jan. 29, after a Perryman Drive resident reported he had been robbed at gunpoint and assaulted. Police Cmdr. Mark Waltz said the resident did not need medical attention for his injuries. Ibekendu Mokeme, 19, and Alex Burnham, 19, both of Portland, and Jahmi Seeley, 18, […]

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Wear Red Day: 15 years of heart-disease awareness for Maine women

PORTLAND — City resident Martha Doughty said she spent most of her married life more concerned about her husband’s heart health than her own. That all changed last summer when Doughty, 56, drove herself to the hospital concerned that she may be having a heart attack. Doughty now has a stent after doctors discovered one of […]

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Extended Brunswick bus route breezes past predictions

BRUNSWICK — For most people, the primary objective of commuting to work is getting there. But Amanda Redlich, assistant professor of mathematics at Bowdoin College, likes her commute to be more productive. Redlich is one of many Portland residents who have taken advantage of the METRO Breez commuter bus service to Brunswick, a two-year pilot program […]

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Extended Brunswick bus route breezes past predictions

BRUNSWICK — For most people, the primary objective of commuting to work is getting there. But Amanda Redlich, assistant professor of mathematics at Bowdoin College, likes her commute to be more productive. Redlich is one of many Portland residents who have taken advantage of the METRO Breez commuter bus service to Brunswick, a two-year pilot program […]