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Brunswick group for single seniors aims to break isolation

by Hannah LaClaire November 27, 2019

The group offers a chance for people in their golden years to get out of the house, make friends and socialize with others around the same age, in similar situations. It is not a dating group.

Forecaster Opinion

Mainewhile: Owning the myth of Thanksgiving

by Heather D. Martin November 27, 2019November 25, 2019

I grew up in rural Massachusetts. Really rural. This was the Massachusetts of calendar pages. Still close enough to Boston that trips to the city were not uncommon, the landscape of my every day was all rolling fields, brilliant maples, white spired churches and old stone walls. It was the sort of town where no […]

Coastal Journal, The Forecaster, Times Record

Survey says: Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust forming new strategic plan

by Alex Lear November 26, 2019

The organization will spend several months analyzing data received from more than 500 to a questionnaire.

The Forecaster

Midcoast Meetings: Nov. 29-Dec. 6

November 26, 2019

Bath Mon. 12/2 3 p.m. Municipal Facilities Committee CH Wed. 12/4 6 p.m. City Council CH Brunswick Mon. 12/2 6:30 p.m. Town Council TH Tues. 12/3 6:30 p.m. Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee TH Wed. 12/4 10 a.m. Staff Review Committee TH Wed. 12/4 7 p.m. Marine Resource Committee TH Thur. 12/5 4:30 p.m. Conservation Commission […]

Times Record

Brunswick cruiser hit twice while stopped at crash scene

by Darcie Moore November 26, 2019

Brunswick police remind drivers to move over when they see emergency vehicles

Times Record

Small volunteer group working to ‘Bundle Up Brunswick’ one hat, scarf or set of mittens at a time

by Hannah LaClaire November 26, 2019

Members visit areas where they think there is a need and tie handmade winter items to fences, trees, around lamp posts, or wherever they can for people in need to take for free.

American Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly

The Universal Notebook: Making nice with ICE

by Edgar Allen Beem November 26, 2019November 22, 2019

Last weekend I had dinner at an oyster bar in Burlington, Massachusetts. As we walked across the parking lot, we could see a crowd of people down the street. When we were seated, I asked our server what was going on. “Oh, it’s probably a protest,” she told me. “There’s an ICE office just down […]

The Forecaster

Brunswick Police Beat: Nov. 29

November 25, 2019November 25, 2019

Arrests 11/21 at 11:45 p.m. Derek Zimmerman, 56, of Monarch Court, was arrested by Officer Kerry Wolongevicz on Monarch Court on a charge of domestic violence criminal threatening. 11/22 at 6:35 a.m. Matthew Thibodeau, 33, of Allen Pond Road, Greene, was arrested on a warrant by Officer Charles Tompson on Gurnet Road. 11/22 at 12:38 […]