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Beloved Topsham music teacher dies from cancer

by Darcie Moore May 26, 2020May 26, 2020

Hundreds of former students have reached out to Allen Graffam through email and Facebook, and have continued to send tributes since the former Mt. Ararat High School band teacher died early Saturday morning.

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Memorial Rock moved front and center outside Brunswick High School

by Hannah LaClaire May 26, 2020May 26, 2020

The rock has been a fixture in Brunswick for decades and honors Brunswick High School alumni who “made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.” There are two plaques, one honoring those who died in World War II, and the other honoring those who died in the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

Richmond readies for summer, but without recreation program, Richmond Days

by Jessica Lowell May 25, 2020May 26, 2020

While Richmond’s KOA campground can be open to Maine residents starting Memorial Day weekend, other summer activities have been canceled.

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Pandemic disrupts Pownal’s plans to bring back Pumpkin Fest

by Hannah LaClaire May 25, 2020

This year, Pownal officials and residents have worked to foster more community spirit in the town, with a Twelfth Night celebration in January and an event to make Valentine’s Day cards for a local business owner in February. Recent plans for a spring festival this month and a fall festival in October have been put on hold.

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Brunswick presents flat municipal budget, but savings are not without costs

by Hannah LaClaire May 25, 2020

The town and school budgets are expected to carry a 0% tax increase, residents will still face a 3.4% tax increase with the Kate Furbish Elementary School debt service and the county tax.

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Bowdoin College graduate runs home — more than 50 kilometers — to Hallowell

by Keith Edwards May 24, 2020May 25, 2020

Anne McKee, with no in-person graduation ceremony to attend, instead marked her college graduation by running more than 50 kilometers from Bowdoin College in Brunswick to her family’s Hallowell home.

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‘She would do anything for us kids’: Topsham-area teacher gets top nod in Sagadahoc County

by Alex Lear May 24, 2020May 28, 2020

Bree Candland of Bath, a Mt. Ararat High social studies teacher and Bowdoin College graduate, is now in the running to become the state’s teacher of the year.