CAPE ELIZABETH — The Cape Elizabeth Education Foundation is in the midst off a six-week fundraising campaign, in partnership with residents Nancy and Tim Thompson, to support mental health awareness. According to a news release, family and friends of the Thompsons have committed to match up to $20,000 to support the development of a school mental […]
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SAD 75 seeks ideas in superintendent search
TOPSHAM — School Administrative District 75 is soliciting residents’ input through an online survey as it begins searching for a new superintendent of schools. Brad Smith, superintendent since 2011, plans to retire July 1. The School Board has planned to consult the Maine School Management Association in finding his replacement. If a new school chief […]
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Amato's in Brunswick robbed at gunpoint
BRUNSWICK — Police are looking for a man who entered Amato’s at 148 Pleasant St. around 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, and robbed the clerk at gunpoint. According to police, the subject, described as a white male between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 11 inches tall, approached the sales counter, produced a semi-automatic handgun […]
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Amato's in Brunswick robbed at gunpoint
BRUNSWICK — Police are looking for a man who entered Amato’s at 148 Pleasant St. around 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, and robbed the clerk at gunpoint. According to police, the subject, described as a white male between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 11 inches tall, approached the sales counter, produced a semi-automatic handgun […]
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Applications sought for Fire Dept. scholarship
HARPSWELL — The Orr’s and Bailey Island Fire Department is seeking applicants for its annual scholarship in honor of Sue Cary, a former emergency responder with the department who died in 2007. The scholarship is intended to help responders, recruits and family members of Orr’s and Bailey Island emergency responders pay for education beyond high school. […]
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Topsham business robbed at gunpoint
TOPSHAM — Police are looking for an armed man who robbed a Topsham Fair Mall Road business Tuesday night. The white man, between 6 feet and 6 feet 2 inches tall was dressed in a long, dark, hooded jacket, police said. His face was covered when he entered Sun Tan City at about 8:30 p.m., displayed […]
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Brunswick man arrested on child porn charge
BRUNSWICK — Police arrested a Gleed Drive man April 5 and charged him with possession of child pornography. The electronic pornography was allegedly discovered after the Police Department and the Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit executed a search warrant at the home of Stephen Merrill, 56. Merrill’s bail was set at $5,000 cash. Because he […]
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'American Pickers' seeks Mainers to feature
PORTLAND — “American Pickers” is coming to Maine and the producers of the History Channel show are looking for people with possible hidden treasures or who have an accumulation of antiques the hosts can pick through. “American Pickers” is a reality/documentary series that follows Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz and Danielle Colby-Cushman as they hunt for valuable antiques. Anyone […]
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'American Pickers' seeks Mainers to feature
PORTLAND — “American Pickers” is coming to Maine and the producers of the History Channel show are looking for people with possible hidden treasures or who have an accumulation of antiques the hosts can pick through. “American Pickers” is a reality/documentary series that follows Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz and Danielle Colby-Cushman as they hunt for valuable antiques. Anyone […]
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Zinni to deliver lecture in Bowdoin College series
BRUNSWICK — Retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Anthony Zinni will deliver a talk, “Current Threats to U.S. Security,” April 9 at 7:30 p.m. at Bowdoin College’s Kresge Auditorium in the Visual Arts Center. Zinni is a decorated Vietnam combat veteran and served as commander in chief of the U.S. Central Command, responsible for all U.S. forces […]