A recent spike in respiratory illnesses this month caused multiple schools in Bath, Brunswick, Harpswell and Topsham to close briefly for cleaning.
brunswick maine
Posted inTimes Record
Greater Freeport Community Chorus presents holiday concerts
The Greater Freeport Community Chorus will perform ”This Shining Night,” a concert of holiday music through the ages, on Dec. 17 and 18. The 40-voice chorus is made up of singers from 19 local towns that meet weekly and presents not only the Christmas concert but also a spring concert. The Artistic Director is Jesse […]
advertisement
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Coastal Journal Meetings: Dec. 23-30
Bath Mon. 12/26 5 p.m. Solid Waste Advisory Committee City Hall Brunswick Tue. 12/27 4:30 p.m. Recycling & Sustainability Committee Zoom, Town Hall Wed. 12/28 6 p.m. Rivers & Coastal Waters Commission Zoom, Town Hall Harpswell Tue. 12/27 5 p.m. Marine Resources Committee Town Office Thu. 12/29 6 p.m. Select Board Town Office Topsham Tue. […]
Posted inTimes Record
RSV continues to bulldoze Midcoast schools, causing teachers to call out sick
Kate Furbish Elementary in Brunswick closed last week after several staff members apparently contracted RSV, COVID-19 and influenza; Morse High School was closed Friday, Dec. 16, due to high absence among staff.
Posted inTimes Record
Brunswick Planning Board seeks more evidence on safety of proposed Bowdoin College turf
The Brunswick Planning Board tabled Bowdoin College’s proposed Pickard Field Athletic Complex upgrades until January, which will allow a third party to review evidence that the college’s new turf fields are free of PFAS, a class of chemicals linked to several types of cancer.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Coastal Journal Meetings: Dec. 16-23
Bath Tue. 12/20 4 p.m. Transportation Committee City Hall Tue. 12/20 5 p.m. Economic Development Committee City Hall Wed. 12/21 2 p.m. Community Development Committee City Hall Brunswick Mon. 12/19 4 p.m. Housing Committee Woodlawn Terrace Mon. 12/19 6:30 p.m. Town Council Zoom, Council Chambers Tue. 12/20 5 p.m. Town Commons Committee Zoom Tue. 12/20 […]
Posted inTimes Record
Surprise arrest of suspected Lockerbie bomb maker reopens old wounds for Brunswick
News out of Libya has stirred painful memories for those who knew Pamela Herbert and Nicholas Bright, members of the Bowdoin College community who died in a terrorist attack in 1988.
Posted inTimes Record
Norway Savings Bank provides free financial literacy tools to Brunswick Junior High, other schools
Norway Savings Bank has announced that it will renew a three-year agreement to provide free financial literacy education to students in 10 middle and high schools in Maine and New Hampshire. “We are pleased to renew our agreement with our financial literacy partner, Banzai,” said Dan Walsh, president and CEO of Norway Savings Bank. “Financial […]
Posted inTimes Record
Nursing assistant students share holiday cheer with local seniors
Last Friday, dozens of Region 10 Technical High School students crafted 500 handmade cards to bring some joy to nursing facilities around the region.
Posted inTimes Record
The Recycle Bin: Reduce, reuse, then recycle
Having worked in solid waste in Phippsburg and being a part of the regional waste committee for Bath and Brunswick in the 1990s, I saw overflowing landfills and four operating regional waste incinerators. Let’s admit it. Even thrifty Mainers who are used to making do with what we can produce ourselves, borrowing from neighbors or […]