C. Thacher Carter

Times Record

Thacher Carter covers general news for Brunswick and Freeport. After growing up in York, Maine, Thacher graduated in 2020 from St. Lawrence University, where he earned a degree in English and Environmental Studies. Before beginning at The Times Record, Thacher worked four seasons for the Appalachian Mountain Club's High-Mountain Huts in the New Hampshire White Mountains. Thacher now resides in Portland.

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July 19, 2021

Future uncertain for Brunswick bowling alley after potential buyer retracts offer

The offer was rescinded after about three months of negotiations, according to Yankee Lanes owner Nelson Moody.
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July 19, 2021

Laurie Catanese appointed Brunswick Junior High School principal

Catanese was selected from an applicant pool of 13, according to to Superintendent Phil Potenziano.
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July 18, 2021

Mainers take flight during hot air balloon’s stop in Freeport

An estimated 150 people flew on the tethered hot air balloon ride in Freeport on Saturday.
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July 16, 2021

Police: Portland man charged with OUI after fleeing crash in Brunswick

Randy Boucher, 47, of Portland was arrested after crashing into a guardrail and fleeing the scene.
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July 15, 2021

Freeport weighs allowing marijuana growth, cultivation

Freeport officials will discuss on Tuesday whether to move forward with the ‘opt-in’ process that, as recommended by the ordinance committee, would allow for marijuana cultivation and manufacturing in town.
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July 14, 2021

Police search for perpetrator in hit-and-run crash that injured Bath woman, killed dog

The incident occurred on July 11 just before 8 p.m.
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July 13, 2021

Bringing together people and food, Brunswick farm exceeds 50,000 pounds of donated produce

Growing to Give, a nonprofit farm in Brunswick, aims to counter food insecurity and climate change through local, sustainable agriculture.
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July 12, 2021

Freeport grads reboot senior project to donate 160 chickens to Maine food pantries

The project involved 12 families who each raised between 10 and 25 chickens.
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July 12, 2021

Brunswick’s Fat Boy Drive-In reopens after bomb threat on Sunday

The threat was made through a phone call, according Brunswick’s Chief of Police Scott Stewart.
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July 12, 2021

Missing Freeport woman’s body found offshore in Boothbay

Police say that the body of 55-year-old Wendy Lewis, the Freeport woman reported missing July 8, was discovered by a fisherman a few miles off the coast of Boothbay on July 10 around 3:30 p.m. According to Maine State Medical Examiner Office Administrator Lindsey Chasteen, the autopsy of Lewis has been completed by the Office […]