On April 3, the Maine Army National Guard’s 133rd Engineer Battalion held a change of command ceremony at the Brunswick Armed Forces Reserve Center during which Lt. Col. Shanon Cotta turned over command to Lt. Col. Lisa Sessions. “133rd Engineer Battalion soldiers have served with distinction in supporting U.S. Customs and Border Patrol on the […]
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Brunswick student named UMaine salutatorian
Political science major Dominique DiSpirito of Woonsocket, Rhode Island is the 2022 University of Maine valedictorian and Maxwell Burtis of Brunswick, a mechanical engineering major, is this year’s salutatorian. Both are students in the UMaine Honors College. “Dominique and Maxwell are truly outstanding members of our community and their UMaine student experiences are what the […]
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Friends of Merrymeeting Bay to host shad talk
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s seventh presentation of their 25th annual Winter Speaker Series, American Shad, features Nate Gray, fisheries biologist with the Maine Department of Marine Resources, on Wednesday, April 13, at 7 p.m. American Shad are fish requiring connectivity between marine and freshwater habitats to complete their lifecycle, according to the Friends of Merrymeeting […]
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Fly-fishing course offered to Brunswick-area middle schoolers
Teens to Trails, Merrymeeting Bay Chapter of Trout Unlimited and the Brunswick Recreation Center are offering a new after-school program where kids in grades 6-8 can learn fly fishing skills, including fly casting, fly tying and insect identification. Teens to Trails Executive Director Alicia Heyburn has led a successful program through Brunswick Rec called Winter […]
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Bath library kicks off National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, and the Patten Free Library will be celebrating. April kicks off with a Poetry Walk in Library Park, where visitors can find the work of local, national and international poets in a pop-up poetry installation, including the winners of the 2022 Poetry Contest. In addition, Gary Lawless of Gulf of Maine […]
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The Recycle Bin: New ways to reuse, recycle phones
I think I’ve touched on cell phones once or twice in my column, and certainly in a couple of emails, but I’ve found some new information that might change our thinking. The Brunswick Police Department can still re-use older cell phones by configuring them to only make calls to 911 and then distributing them free […]
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Ron Chase: A final winter ski on Rangeley Lakes Trails
Finding quality skiing opportunities during the 2021-22 winter was a challenge.
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Maine Coast Heritage Trust names Jerry Bley as recipient of the 2022 Espy Land Heritage Award
Maine Coast Heritage Trust has named Jerry Bley as the recipient of the 2022 Espy Land Heritage Award, an annual award that recognizes an individual, organization or coalition for exemplary conservation efforts in Maine. “Jerry has been involved in land conservation in Maine on multiple levels for more than 30 years,” said the land trust’s […]
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Morse High grad, Messalonskee High School principal receives top state award
Paula Callan becomes the first educator to win both the Maine Principal of the Year Award and the Maine Assistant Principal of the Year Award since the founding of the Maine Principals’ Association in 1992.
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The Recycle Bin: The alternative to dumping diapers in Brunswick
These are something I have not had to think about for a lot of years, but the numbers are compelling. According to our friends at Earth911, there are about 3.3 million tons of disposable diapers tossed into U.S. landfills each year. Can there possibly be a better way? The answer is yes — possibly. The […]