The inaugural Freeport Chocolate Festival will be held all around town from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 12. Start at Freeport Town Hall at 30 Main St. to pick up a badge and try some chocolate-drizzled popcorn. Stop at Wilbur’s, 174 Lower Main St., for a chocolate bar-making class. The Art of Cake […]
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‘We all want answers:’ Family of Brunswick woman shot by police feels left in the dark
Before she was shot by Topsham police during what law enforcement described as an ‘armed confrontation’ on Monday, Kourtney Sherwood, 37, of Brunswick had been pulled over and released by a Maine State trooper on the Route 196 bridge.
Cook’s Corner Hannaford in Brunswick recalls certain deli items
The Cook’s Corner Hannaford Supermarket in Brunswick is recalling certain deli items sliced after 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1.
Brunswick aerospace company conducts successful rocket engine test
bluShift Aerospace CEO Sascha Deri said the test ‘was exactly what we were hoping for.’
Database shows Maine’s rate of police shootings highest in New England since 2015
Kourtney Sherwood, 37, of Brunswick is the latest Mainer killed in a police shooting, after an armed confrontation with Topsham police on Monday.
Maine Speaker advocates for bill that could expand state’s housing stock in tight market
Bath Housing Director Deb Keller said there isn’t a quick fix to the region’s housing shortage but communities need to “be working at this problem from a variety of angles.”
Mid Coast–Parkview Health President Lois Skillings to retire
Skillings, who will retire in early 2023, oversaw major shifts in the health care landscape in the Brunswick area.
Midcoast Meetings: March 4-11
Bath See cityofbath.com for information on Zoom meetings. Mon. 3/7 3 p.m. Facilities Committee City Hall Brunswick For information on remote access, televised/streamed meetings see brunswickme.org. Fri. 3/4 8 a.m. Trust Fund Advisory Committee Mon. 3/7 6:30 p.m. Town Council Town Hall/Zoom Tues. 3/8 5 p.m. Master Plan Implementation Committee Town Hall/Zoom Tues. 3/8 7 […]
Photo: Elementary school mural dedicated to Brunswick teacher battling cancer
Brunswick resident, mother and elementary school teacher Amanda Cohen, 51 and her son, Jacob, 13, pose for a picture in front of a new mural that was installed on Feb. 22 at Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School in Brunswick. The mural is dedicated to Cohen, who is battling a terminal cancer diagnosis and taught art […]
Brunswick woman shot by Topsham police dies in hospital
Kourtney Sherwood, 37, of Brunswick, who was hospitalized after being shot by police on the Route 196 bridge, died Tuesday afternoon, according to a Maine Medical Center spokesperson.