PORTLAND — On the morning of Nov. 16, 2015, Fahmo Ahmed walked from her apartment on Bartlett Street in Lewiston to a downtown bus stop. It was a Monday, and like so many other Americans, she was already bracing herself for the week ahead. It was cold outside, and she had to get up early […]
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Brunswick students put climate knowledge to practical use
BRUNSWICK — You could pay someone to weatherize your home, or you could ask a Brunswick seventh-grader how to do it yourself. Brunswick Junior High School students showed off their new-found knowledge of home insulation at an open house at Curtis Memorial Library Wednesday night. The event was the capstone of a unit on climate, where […]
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No deflating Brunswick centenarian’s pride in Patriots
BRUNSWICK — Some people care about the New England Patriots’ “Deflategate” scandal. Goldie Singer does not. Tom Brady “can do no wrong,” she said Wednesday at the Mere Point Long Term Care Community, where Singer will turn 100 April 6. She lived in the same house on Federal Street for 94 years before moving to an […]
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Mid-Coast law enforcement, health providers see new urgency, awareness about opioids
BRUNSWICK — Maine is in the midst of an opioid epidemic, so widespread it is recognized from the hallways of local addiction clinics to the chambers of the Statehouse. On Tuesday night, law enforcement and health providers gathered at Frontier Cafe to discuss what the situation means for the state and, specifically, the Mid-Coast. From 2013 […]
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Brunswick Police Beat: April 1
Arrests 3/22 at 1:53 a.m. Charles Flores, 26, of Westchester Avenue, Bronx, New York, was arrested on Pleasant Street by Maine State Police Trooper Thomas Pappas on charges of unlawful trafficking of scheduled drugs, aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs, and an outstanding warrant from another agency, 3/23 at 8:02 p.m. Lisa M. Pierce, 47, of Baribeau Drive, […]
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Auburn-based transit service to take over Brunswick Explorer
BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Explorer will keep on rolling. Starting April 22, the bus service, which runs Monday-Friday and costs $1 a ride, will be operated by Auburn-based Western Maine Transportation Services. The change comes after its former operator, Coastal Trans of Rockland, announced last week it would be shutting down after 33 years of service. […]
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'Lone wolf' Brunswick grandmother organizing against gun violence
BRUNSWICK — When Tyrrell Hunter opens the first meeting of Maine Grandmothers Against Gun Violence on Sunday, April 3, she plans to make it cinematic. “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore,” Hunter said in an interview Tuesday, quoting the character played by actor Peter Finch in the 1976 film “Network.” What […]
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Bath forum examines health issues in Cumberland, Sagadahoc counties
BATH — The results of a statewide health needs assessment shared March 25 in a forum at Maine Maritime Museum are being described as a call to action from the state’s health community. The Shared Health Needs Assessment and Planning Process Project was the focus of the forum, hosted by Mid Coast Hospital, the Mid […]
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Brunswick School Dept. rescues Falmouth special-ed school
BRUNSWICK — The School Board on Wednesday night voted to take over a struggling Falmouth alternative school for behaviorally and academically challenged students. The move shifts oversight of the 30-year-old REAL School from Regional School Unit 14, which services Windham and Raymond, to the Brunswick School Department. Although programming initially will remain at the school’s Mackworth […]
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Brunswick School Board recommends new elementary school
BRUNSWICK — The School Board on Wednesday night sent the Town Council a proposal to repair the high school and construct a new elementary school on the site of Jordan Acres Elementary School. It is the most expensive of the options the board has discussed to address the town’s aging elementary and junior high schools, both […]