BRUNSWICK In anticipation of inclement weather, the Brunswick School Department has postponed a public budget forum scheduled for tonight. Teena Patton, administrative secretary to the superintendent, said this morning that the forum has been rescheduled for March 8 at 6 p. m. in the town council chambers at Brunswick Station, 16 Station Ave.

WOOLWICH Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department investigators are looking for the person who broke into a home on Mountain Road and stole more than $1,000 worth of items. Investigators believe the burglary, which was reported Feb. 20, occurred some time between Feb. 17 and Feb. 20. Stolen items include a flat screen television, a camera, […]

FREEPORT Freeport councilors on Tuesday night rejected a zoning change that would have moved forward plans for the construction of soccer arena off Hunter Road. By a 5-2 margin, the council voted against zoning changes that would have allowed the Topsham- based Seacoast United Soccer club to build a 60,000- square- foot soccer arena on […]

BRUNSWICK CHANS Home Health Care Hospice and Volunteers Program will offer classes for individuals interested in becoming a Hospice volunteer. Beginning this week, volunteer training sessions will run for 10 consecutive weeks, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays in the conference room at the Hospice and Volunteer’s Building, 45 Baribeau Drive. A completed application […]

BRUNSWICK The Maine Farmland Trust and Bowdoin College will host a public screening of eight short films documenting the diversity of Maine agriculture at the college Thursday night. The showing will include remarks from John Piotti, who is the executive director of the Maine Farmland Trust. Piotti also served as director of the National Campaign […]

Arrests Philomina Pakkiam Haley, 23, of 93 Church Road, Brunswick, Feb. 19, 7:55 p.m., charged with violating condition of release and operating after suspension, on Elm Street in Portland. Vincent John Nadolny, 43, of 35 Candy Lane, Brunswick, Feb. 18, 1:38 p.m., charged with terrorizing, reckless conduct, and driving to endanger, on Route 123 in […]

BRUNSWICK The U.S. Treasury Department awarded $95 million in federal tax credits to one of two Mid-coast applicants. On Thursday, the department announced that the Wiscasset based Coastal Enterprises Inc. was awarded the $95 million in tax credits as part of the federal New Markets Tax Credit program, which allows recipients to grant a 39 […]

BATH Bath Iron Works received the go-ahead Tuesday from the U.S. Navy to begin spending $663 million on construction of a second destroyer in the restarted DDG-51 line. BIW was notified in September that the shipyard had secured an option to build the next Arleigh Burke- class destroyer, known as DDG-116. The General Dynamics subsidiary […]