A Midcoast Mobilization for Climate Justice event will take place 1-4 p.m. Feb. 1 in Damariscotta. The event is hosted by 350 Maine Midcoast, a group of citizens from Belfast to Brunswick, to educate and organize locally the fight against climate change, according to a news release. The conference will take place at the Friends Meetinghouse, […]
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Portland-based investment group buys Topsham retail center for $1.55M
The 20,000-square-foot retail building at 126 Main Street in Topsham, anchored by a Habitat for Humanity ReStore, has been sold by Topsham Place LLC to Zenith Investment Group.
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Topsham school board member Holly Kopp announces bid for state Senate District 23 seat
Kopp will run as a Republican for the seat now held by Sen. Eloise Vitelli, D-Arrowsic. If elected, she plans to serve out the three-year term she won last November on the MSAD 75 school board.
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Brunswick Housing Authority hopes switch to Section 8 housing will free up more funding, regain local control
More funding will not only help them better maintain the units they already have but also could open more opportunities to create more low-income housing in the future, according to Executive Director John Hodge.
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Visiting Maine, Oprah extols virtues of Maine author, lobster rolls
The media mogul filmed a ‘Book Club’ episode in Harpswell with writer Elizabeth Strout, now available for streaming.
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Brunswick church, businesses alarmed by weekend burglaries
Two Brunswick churches and two Bath Road businesses were burglarized.
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Bowdoin grad Hari Kondabolu hopes ‘The Simpsons’ creators will keep character Apu after actor says he won’t voice the role
A 2017 documentary by comedian and Bowdoin graduate Hari Kondabolu criticized the show’s stereotypical portrayal of the Indian-American character.
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Brunswick dinner benefits the hungry in the name of MLK
Maine’s soup kitchens and food banks see their donations spike during the holiday season, but the 13.6% of Maine households experiencing food insecurity know the need doesn’t end with the holidays.
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Bill seeks to bar large retailers from using the ‘dark store loophole’ in property tax battles
The bill, expected to appear before the Legislature’s Taxation Committee on Tuesday, would require that retail sales facilities more than 20,000 square feet be valued based on current use, or, if vacant, according to their highest and best use. Walmart recently challenged Brunswick’s valuation of its Cook’s Corner property, a move that could cost the town more than $200,000 in tax revenue.
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Topsham middle school student serving on education department’s first student cabinet
Madison Bleau, a seventh-grader at Mt. Ararat Middle School, is part of the alternative education program, giving her type of project-based learning opportunities she will advocate more students have access to.