BRUNSWICK Town Manager Gary Brown and four town councilors took part in a private, unannounced meeting Monday night with board members of a neighborhood group concerned about plans to build a train layover facility between Stanwood Street and Church Road. Councilors Joanne King, Benet Pols, Debbie Atwood and John Perreault attended the meeting, which took […]

AUGUSTA In a strict party line vote on Tuesday, Republican members of the Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee narrowly favored stripping the matching funds provision from the Maine Clean Election Act. If the full Legislature does the same early next year, the move could have implications for every state House and Senate race in […]

BRUNSWICK P olice and fire officials wound their way slowly through downtown Brunswick on Tuesday morning, escorting the funeral procession for longtime firefighter Harold Emerson to the Brunswick United Methodist Church on Church Road. The entire Brunswick Fire Department — 45 members, including call and career firefighters — saluted along with members of the police […]

Until Thanksgiving Day, I had not paid much attention to the Occupy movement. I had followed the news stories and listened to debates for and against the protests. I had struggled to explain to my children the purpose of the campers outside the local library (“Are they having an art show?” “No.” “What’s in those tents?” “People.” […]

BRUNSWICK In this season of “ visions of sugar plums dance in our heads” the search is on for delicious homemade treats to celebrate the holidays and share the spirit of fellowship. There is no better place to find “ homemade” than at the community Christmas fairs hosted by local churches and nonprofit organizations, raising […]

TOPSHAM At a special town meeting scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Mt. Ararat High School Commons, Topsham residents will vote on four questions. After electing a moderator, voters will be asked, in Article 2, whether to approve a $10,000 Community Development Block Grant application. During the Nov. 16 public hearing on […]

Iranian students storm British Embassy TEHRAN, Iran ( AP) — Dozens of hard-line Iranian students have stormed the British Embassy in Tehran, bringing down the British flag and throwing documents from windows. The students clashed with anti-riot police and chanted “ the Embassy of Britain should be taken over” and “death to England.” Today’s incident […]