BRUNSWICK — The School Department is continuing the application process to form a regional education service center with 10 other school districts. Brunswick first expressed interest in forming a regional service center last November, after the state offered financial incentives to districts willing to collaborate on some services. The Department of Education’s goal is to ultimately […]

BRUNSWICK — A Bowdoin man with almost two decades of experience in public administration has been hired as assistant town manager. Ryan Leighton began working for the town March 30, after serving the town of Lisbon for 17 years. He began work in Lisbon as the town engineer and became public works director in 2012. Brunswick’s […]

BRUNSWICK — Approximately $700,000 must be cut from Brunswick’s fiscal year 2019 budget proposal for the Town Council to meet its goal of keeping a property tax increase to no more than 3.5 percent. Town Manager John Eldridge presented the municipal budget to councilors at a workshop April 5. A nearly $39 million budget proposal from the School […]

BRUNSWICK — David Hogg, a survivor of the deadly February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School, tweeted March 25 for students across the nation to organize local “town hall” events on gun violence. On Saturday, April 7, a group of Brunswick High School students answered that call. At the invitation of the students, state Rep. […]

BRUNSWICK — “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak has been a staple of children’s literature since 1963. At Coffin Elementary School, however, one teacher is helping students see the book in a new way. In February, reading teacher Annie Young launched a lunchtime program in collaboration with Margaret Boyle, associate professor of romance […]