BRUNSWICK — Residents are preparing to campaign against a proposed bus garage that is part of the School Department’s plan for renovations at two schools next year. Andrew Peabody, a leader of the Water Street Neighborhood Association, said a proposed location on Industry Way is “a pretty serious assault” on a neighborhood that is already buzzing […]

BRUNSWICK — The School Board is considering a new policy that would loosen classroom observations rules after some parents criticized a new administrative procedure that was enacted Nov. 13. The formal policy, introduced at the board’s meeting Wednesday night, maintains some of the guidelines from the November procedure, but it also adds an important exception. […]

BRUNSWICK — Changes could be coming to the downtown demolition-permit process at the Town Council’s Dec. 17 meeting. The proposal before the council would provide an interim shift of authority from the Village Review Board to the Planning Board to grant demolition requests within the village review zone, a small historic area that covers most […]

HARPSWELL — How do we convince children to stay in Maine after they graduate? And how do we convince them to participate in activities that further Maine values? These are two of the core questions Joe Grady said the Harpswell Coastal Academy, a proposed charter school currently under state review, hope to address. Grady, HCA board […]

HARPSWELL — After having a “fruitful” meeting with property owners who would be affected by proposed zoning changes, the Shoreland Zoning Task Force will hold its first public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, at the town’s Planning Board meeting. Town Planner Carol Eyerman on Wednesday said the committee supports about 90 percent of […]