The budget is largely driven by the first $1.4 million payment toward the $20.3 million Kate Furbish school, which, if Brunswick students go back to school in the fall, will open in a few short months
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State House 49 Democratic nominee to be decided by ranked-choice count
Ranked choice will determine whether Kathy Wilson or Poppy Arford will run against Green Independent Fred Horch and Republican Carole Graves in November.
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Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Daughtry wins Democratic nod in state Senate District 24; Brunswick House race goes to second round
Poppy Arford received the most votes in a three-way race for state house District 49, but didn’t reach the 50% threshold needed to avoid a run-off vote.
Posted inTimes Record
Mattie Daughtry secures Democratic nomination for Senate District 24
Daughtry, a Maine House representative for the past eight years, defeated political veteran Stan Gerzofsky with roughly 80% of the vote.
Posted inTimes Record
Two car crash delays Route 1 traffic in Brunswick
A two-vehicle crash slowed traffic on Route 1 southbound near the Bath Iron Works Harding Plant in east Brunswick on Tuesday. Police and firefighters were alerted to the crash at about 4:40 p.m. Upon arrival, officers found two vehicles in the median, with one atop the other. Police say their investigation found that a 2010 […]
Posted inTimes Record
Area schools drafting multiple plans for fall reopening
Brunswick, RSU 1, RSU 5 and MSAD 75 officials sent out surveys to parents for input on reopening the schools, but likely won’t have ironed out plans until August, just weeks before school is expected to start.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
The Universal Notebook: America makes a correction
Cancel culture, aka call out culture, is the social media practice of boycotting people who do and say objectionable, usually racist, things. Currently, we are experiencing a paroxysm of cancel culture aimed at symbols and artifacts of the Confederacy and embodiments of racial stereotypes. Hurray for that! History is constantly being written and revised, but […]
Posted inTimes Record
Brunswick senate candidate to be fined for underreporting expenditures
Four Brunswick residents filed a complaint against Stan Gerzofsky on Friday and detailed concerns that the politician’s filing, submitted two days past the July 6 deadline, represented “gross violations” of the state’s laws.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Midcoast Meetings: July 17-24
Editor’s note: Due to closures and cancellations prompted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, call ahead to see if meetings listed are still being held.
Posted inTimes Record
Brunswick nonprofit working to get bikes for asylum seekers, locals in need
The need was born from what organizers described as ‘severe transportation limitations’ in Brunswick.