The new veterans plaza incorporates the existing downtown monument, which has been rotated 180 degrees, as well as a separately funded purple heart monument. Twelve sentinel posts surrounding the plaza will represent the 12 recognized major American conflicts spanning the American Revolution through the Global War on Terror.
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Topsham-based model airplane club seeks new base for flying
The Brunswick Area Modelers have flown remote-controlled model airplanes from a field on Route 201 in Topsham for nearly 40 years, but that property will soon become a solar farm.
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Arrowsic internet improvement project delayed by USDA
This delay comes at a time when fast, reliable internet has taken on an increasingly important role in rural communities in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Sukey Heard, a member of the Arrowsic Broadband Authority.
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Brunswick to help fund swinging bridge repairs
A condition assessment rated the Brunswick tower in “poor condition,” with a four out of nine rating, and Freeport-based CPM Constructors will replace the tower’s bottom channels, baseplates, channel anchor bolts and plates.
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Bath Iron Works recognized for supporting employees in National Guard and Reserves
The Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) presented General Dynamics Bath Iron Works with its Pro Patria award for making sure the company’s employees who serve in the National Guard or Reserves have the support they need in the important work they do for the military. The Pro Patria award is the highest […]
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Brunswick, Morse high schools join forces to clean Maquoit Bay
BRUNSWICK — After a busy summer at Wharton Point Landing left Maquoit Bay spotted with litter, local students gathered to clean up the trash before snow buries it for the winter. This student-led event brought together Morse and Brunswick high school students in a cross-community effort to protect the coastal environment. The cleanup was organized […]
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‘I’ll move now:’ Public opposed to proposed Freeport development despite firm’s promise of responsible building
The development, still in the earliest planning stages, proposes 329 single-family houses, 60 apartment units in five buildings and 140 homes in 70 duplex buildings and eight commercial lots off Desert and Old County Road.
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Two Bath veterans who served over 100 years apart honored with 400 others in Brunswick’s new monument
Peleg Tallman, a Revolutionary War veteran, and Frank C. Talbot, a victim in the sinking of the USS Maine, will be honored with other veterans for their service in the new Veterans Plaza, slated to open on Veterans Day.
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Bowdoin political vandalism continues
A homeowner who had a Trump sign destroyed by a vehicle in front of his property last week found his new fence spray-painted with graffiti Tuesday morning.
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Sagadahoc County reelects two county commissioners
Charles Crosby and Carol Grose, both Democrats, won new four-year terms Tuesday.