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The Universal Notebook: Here's what’s wrong with Prouts Neck buying its own police officer

The fact that the wealthy summer folk on Prouts Neck pay for their own dedicated police officer was in the news last week as reports circulated that the National Football League had asked Scarborough police to keep an eye on NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s $6.5 million cottage in the gated summer colony. Goodell apparently feared […]

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Letter: Bicyclists, please use your hand signals

Knowing that bicyclists face a litany of auto-related dangers when they ride, and fully supporting the get-out-there-and-go credo of cyclists, I would, however, like to express my dismay at many cyclists’ disregard for the use of hand signals. Thrice in the past two weeks, I’ve been in potentially dangerous situations sharing the road. In the […]

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Maine high court justices grill both sides in LePage veto dispute

PORTLAND — Four teams of attorneys representing various branches and agencies of government had their day in court Friday, when the justices of Maine’s highest court heard oral arguments in the case of 65 disputed gubernatorial vetoes. The courtroom was packed with lawmakers, reporters and others as the justices took up a fight that has […]

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Brunswick Police Beat: July 31

Arrest 7/23 at 10:28 a.m. Elizabeth A. Staples, 23, of Middle Street, Bath, was arrested on Tibbetts Drive by Officer Jerod Verrill on charges of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, criminal trespass, violating conditions of release, and a probation hold. 7/24 at 12:05 a.m. John D. LeGrow, 27, of Union Street, Lisbon Falls, was arrested on […]

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Mid-Coast Meetings: July 31 to Aug. 6

Bath Tues.  8/4  6 p.m.  Planning Board  CH Wed.  8/5  6 p.m.  City Council  CH Brunswick Mon.  8/3  7 p.m.  Town Council  TH Tues.  8/4  5 p.m.  Plan Implementation Committee  TH Tues.  8/4  7 p.m.  Planning Board  TH Wed.  8/5  7 p.m.  Marine Resource Committee  TH Harpswell Mon.  8/3  5:30 p.m.  Mitchell Field Committee  TO […]

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Feds: Parkview in Brunswick shouldn't get Medicare, Medicaid payments

BRUNSWICK — The federal government is challenging Parkview Adventist Medical Center’s ability to receive Medicare and Medicaid service payments. If the denial is allowed to stand, hospital officials say it could force what remains of Parkview to shut down. In court documents filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Portland, attorneys for the Centers for Medicare […]

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Brunswick prison education agency prepares national campaign

BRUNSWICK — In her small suite behind a medical office on Harpswell Road, Pat Friedman organizes stacks of thank-you letters she has received from prison inmates. “I would like to thank you personally for your generosity because as someone incarcerated, you have helped improve my life,” wrote a prisoner named David R. “I truly hope you […]