AUGUSTA — While some greater Portland school districts can expect significant increases in state dollars, most others are likely to receive a lot less education aid in fiscal year 2019. Last week, the Maine Department of Education released its annual state funding plan for districts across the state, based on an overall $1.1 billion education budget […]
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Two Maine credit unions seek merger
York County Federal Credit Union of Sanford and Atlantic Federal Credit Union of Brunswick have decided to pursue a merger of equals.
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Brunswick Police Beat: Feb. 2
Arrests 1/26 at 9:30 a.m. Justin R. Cardelli, 37, of Sebago Road in Hiram, was arrested on Harpswell Road by Detective William Moir on an outstanding warrant from another agency and a charge of operating with a suspended or revoked license. 1/26 at 11:19 p.m. David R. Wilson, 23, of Harpswell Neck Road in Harpswell, was arrested […]
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Brunswick Police Beat: Feb. 2
Arrests 1/26 at 9:30 a.m. Justin R. Cardelli, 37, of Sebago Road in Hiram, was arrested on Harpswell Road by Detective William Moir on an outstanding warrant from another agency and a charge of operating with a suspended or revoked license. 1/26 at 11:19 p.m. David R. Wilson, 23, of Harpswell Neck Road in Harpswell, was arrested […]
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Topsham, Brunswick asked to prohibit Androscoggin River access near dam
TOPSHAM — The town and Brunswick, its neighbor across the Androscoggin River, will weigh rules aimed at improving public safety in the waterway. Brookfield Renewable, owner of the Brunswick Hydroelectric Facility on the Androscoggin, has asked the Board of Selectmen to consider creation of a water safety zone that would prohibit activity in the water […]
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When Brunswick needs help, Emergency Action Network responds
BRUNSWICK — During the first week of January, in the midst of a blizzard that closed schools and businesses across the state, Sarah Singer found herself driving a UHaul to Buxton. Singer wasn’t moving. She was picking up roughly $1,500 in donated water for residents of Bay Bridge Estates, the mobile home park off Route 1 […]
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Brunswick Longfellow Days to examine nostalgia in poet's work
BRUNSWICK — This year’s Longfellow Days, an annual series of downtown events commemorating poet and Bowdoin College alumnus Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, will run from Feb. 4-27. The series that begins next week, presented by the Brunswick Downtown Association, will focus on nostalgia. The poet lived from 1807-1882, and moved to Brunswick in 1822 with his brother […]
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3 men charged in Brunswick robbery
BRUNSWICK — Three men were arrested just after 10 p.m. Monday, Jan. 29, after a Perryman Drive resident reported he had been robbed at gunpoint and assaulted. Police Cmdr. Mark Waltz said the resident did not need medical attention for his injuries. Ibekendu Mokeme, 19, and Alex Burnham, 19, both of Portland, and Jahmi Seeley, 18, […]
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Wear Red Day: 15 years of heart-disease awareness for Maine women
PORTLAND — City resident Martha Doughty said she spent most of her married life more concerned about her husband’s heart health than her own. That all changed last summer when Doughty, 56, drove herself to the hospital concerned that she may be having a heart attack. Doughty now has a stent after doctors discovered one of […]
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Historic value of Brunswick-Topsham bridge fuels fight over its future
A state official says the Frank J. Wood Bridge is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.