BATH — Two dumpster fires on Sunday led to police arresting a man they believe also set a July 4 fire at a Davenport Circle child-care center. No one was injured in the Bath Area Family YMCA dumpster fires, which were quickly extinguished, according to police. After Bath Fire Department Capt. David Hudson found the […]
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Grant will help Preble Street extend services for military veterans
PORTLAND — Preble Street Resource Center has been awarded nearly $1.7 million in federal funds – its largest grant ever – to expand its services to homeless veterans across the state. The funding comes from the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Supporting Services for Veteran Families Program, according to U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, who announced […]
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Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Rollover crash temporarily closes I-295 in Freeport
Interstate 295 northbound was closed briefly Monday morning when firefighters responded to a vehicle rollover near the Brunswick line. Crews from Yarmouth and Brunswick helped free an injured occupant from the vehicle. Although the LifeFlight of Maine helicopter rescue service was called, the patient’s size required the helicopter crew to take him in a Freeport […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Becalmed on the way to Monhegan
Saturday’s start of the 79th running of the Monhegan Salboat Race was slightly delayed due to becalmed conditions in the waters of Hussey Sound off Falmouth, but eventually 30 boats set sail in the event – the largest, longest and oldest offshore sailboat race on the Maine coast – hosted by the Portland Yacht Club.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Three-peat at the Peaks to Portland swim
Kirsten Read of Arundel approaches the finish line of Saturday’s YMCA Peaks to Portland swim on East End Beach. Read, 48, was the first woman to finish the 2.4-mile swim from the island to the mainland (55:08, 13th overall). Kirsten Read approaches the finish line after swimming from Peaks to Portland. Scott Yeomans sprints to […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Firefighters battle train car fire in Topsham
TOPSHAM — Firefighters from at six towns fought a fire in a train car at Grimmel Industries on Sunday afternoon. At 3:15 p.m., Topsham Fire Chief Brian Stockdale said the fire was still smoldering. The fire did not extend to an adjacent four-story building. Crews received reports of an explosion and fire at the junkyard […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Orvis to open outlet in Freeport
FREEPORT — Although Orvis managers acknowledge “L.L. Bean owns the town,” the international fly fishing equipment giant will open an outlet just a few hundred feet from the outdoor retail giant at the end of July. Don Benasich, senior manager of Orvis’ outlet division, confirmed July 11 that the company will open its 11th outlet […]
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Southport man charged with burglary of Brunswick credit union
BRUNSWICK — A Southport man was charged with burglary early Thursday morning after police found him and another man allegedly attempting to break into a Five County Credit Union branch. Joshua McCarthy, 27, remained in Cumberland County Jail on Thursday morning, held on $25,000 cash bail, Deputy Chief Marc Hagan of the Brunswick Police Department […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Coloring outside the lines
A cloud of rainbow-colored dust rises around participants in the The Color Run 5k, held Sunday, July 7, at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland. The untimed race – part of what is now the nation’s largest 5k series – attracted 5,000 runners whose only instructions were wear white and be prepared to finish plastered […]
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Depot talks back on track between train officials, Brunswick residents
PORTLAND — For the first time in more than a year, operators of the Amtrak Downeaster met with an advisory group on Tuesday to discuss the layover and maintenance facility planned in Brunswick. Construction of the $12 million project is tentatively scheduled to start in November, pending an environmental review by the U.S. Federal Rail […]