BRUNSWICK — Town officials in Brunswick are working with a March deadline to iron out preliminary details of tax increment financing (TIF) districts at Brunswick Landing and the Brunswick Executive Airport. On Tuesday, the Town Council voted unanimously to schedule a public hearing on geographic boundaries for two TIF districts — one for former Navy land […]

BRUNSWICK — Brunswick police arrested a 20-year-old man early Monday morning and charged him with burglary after he allegedly broke into two local businesses. Jacob Stanley, 20, of 108 Columbia Ave., was charged with two counts of felony burglary, possession of burglar’s tools and theft by unauthorized taking following the incident, Deputy Police Chief Marc Hagan […]

BRUNSWICK The holidays are over. The New Year has started. Over the holidays, many kids may have received tech-toys for gifts. Computers, video games, cell phones, and electronic screens are ubiquitous in our lives and the lives of our kids. As the new year is getting under way, we want to keep our kids clearly […]

PORTLAND F lu season is no joke. The muscle aches, fever, chills and fatigue that accompany the virus affect 5 to 20 percent of the U.S. population each year and hospitalize hundreds of thousands, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Many are armed with an array of physical preventatives — from flu-shots […]

Lindell has never been particularly shy. It’s all part of the gig being the youngest of three. I know from experience; like Lindell, I have two older brothers. If Ford (my firstborn) is like a weed whacker cutting a messy path through the wilderness of youth for his younger siblings, Lindell is the one in […]

Chinese New Year begins Monday and is the most important of traditional Chinese holidays. It is known as the “ Spring Festival” and marks the end of the winter season. Celebrating other cultures’ traditions is a great way to learn more about their beliefs, history, and of course food. To learn more about some common ingredients […]

January is generally an allwhite month in my garden, though this year the snow has been off to a slow start. I love the curves of drifts, the smoothness of open spaces, the contrast between snow and the outlines of my trees, shrubs, arbors and stonework. Snow can create free sculpture in the garden — […]

DUBLIN (AP) — A trans- Atlantic legal showdown could determine whether Gerry Adams, the Irish republican chieftain long at the center of Belfast war and peace, faces trial over his IRA past. Police probing the Irish Republican Army’s 1972 killing of a Belfast mother of 10 want to seize taped interviews with IRA members that […]

PHOENIX “Rumble, young man, rumble,” used to be his battle cry. But Muhammad Ali is an old man now, ravaged by his years in the ring and his decades of braving Parkinson’s disease. The voice that used to bellow that he was “The Greatest” is largely muted now, save for those times in the mornings […]

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A man who was missing for five days was found dead in a locked movie theater restroom after workers noticed an odor and forced their way in, authorities said. Police had searched the area around the Fort Collins theater after the family of George DeGrazio reported him missing on Jan. […]