After selling The Dairy Frost on Bath Road last year, longtime owner Kathy Bollinger and her family are helping to keep the Brunswick institution running.
John Terhune
Staff Writer
As a member of METLN's quick strike investigations team, John writes about everything from gun legislation to housing. He previously spent a year on a deep-dive investigation of the Lewiston mass shooting as part of the Press Herald's collaboration with Frontline and Maine Public. A Waterville native, John has degrees from Middlebury College and Boston University and spends his free time going to the movies, practicing the guitar and defusing arguments at men's league soccer games.
Interest rate hikes hinder Midcoast homebuyers
Rising interest rates have made it more difficult for prospective new homebuyers to compete in a hot housing market, according to local realtors.
After husband’s death, Brunswick woman’s baking goes from therapy to booming business
Taxi drivers, police officers and students have helped turn family business Kristie’s Creations into a late-night hot spot.
State law sparks energy savings in Brunswick and Topsham
Nearly 8,000 Central Maine Power customers can expect $8.5 million in savings thanks to ‘nonwire’ upgrades required by a 2019 law.
Former science teacher to steer Harpswell charter school through tumultuous year
After seven years in the classroom, Mel Christensen Fletcher will serve as the interim head of school of Harpswell Coastal Academy, which hopes to follow up its consolidation process with a charter renewal.
Americana punctuates Bath’s Heritage Days celebration
Bath hosted its four-day Heritage Days festival this weekend, after the pandemic cancelled the last two editions of the 50-year-old event.
Pinball wizards and moral decay? Freeport reconsiders historic gaming restrictions
On July 5, the Freeport Town Council will consider changing a decades-old ordinance that regulates pinball and other coin-operated games.
Brunswick aerospace company to build Downeast launch site
BluShift Aerospace on Wednesday announced plans to build a space complex in Steuben, but company founder and CEO Sasha Deri said Brunswick will remain the company’s base.
Jam bands roll into Brunswick for weekend campout
This weekend’s Summer Jam Camp Out at Thomas Point Beach and Campground will put a family-friendly twist on the overnight music festival.
Brunswick pauses most housing development projects
Brunswick’s town council voted Monday to approve an emergency 180-day moratorium on the review and approval of most housing development projects while it considers new housing policies.