BRUNSWICK — Some parents are pushing back against plans to cut the Region 10 Technical High School general trades program to part-time The controversial proposal came as a way to help the trade school cope with budget struggles. Tracey Peck-Moad told members of the Region 10 High School Cooperative Board Monday that the school’s general trades program […]
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Another Bowdoin College dorm fire started by candle
BRUNSWICK — Brunswick firefighters responded to a fire at Bowdoin College early Monday morning, the second fire ignited by a candle in a dormitory since February. Brunswick Fire Department was called to the Baxter House on College Street shortly after 2 a.m. Brunswick Fire Chief Ken Brillant said the fire was contained to a second-floor […]
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Brunswick landmark Fat Boy Drive-In to open for season Thursday
BRUNSWICK — Lovers of onion rings and BLTs mark your calendars, Fat Boy Drive-In opens for business on Thursday. “It’s still us, we’re still here,” owner Ken Burton said Monday. “We’re going to try to do the best we can.” The landmark restaurant will reopen for the season despite the fact that it still hasn’t […]
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RSU 1 budget draft proposes nearly 12 percent hike
BATH — The Regional School Unit 1 budget could increase by almost 12 percent, according to the first draft of the $33.7 million budget. The increase of more than $3.7 million over the current budget is driven largely by the costs of building a new high school in Bath to replace the century-old building that […]
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Man injured after head-on crash into tree in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — Brunswick police continue to investigate an early morning crash Monday that hospitalized the driver. The crash was reported just after 1 a.m. Brunswick Police Cmdr. Tom Garrepy said a gray 2007 Audi was traveling south on Mere Point Road when the vehicle left the road and struck a tree near the Maquoit Road […]
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Bill would ban use of Indian mascots in Maine public schools
At the same time some residents of Skowhegan are fighting to restore “Indians” as their school mascot, Maine lawmakers are preparing to debate a bill that would prohibit any public school from using Native American names, images or symbols. The Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs will host a public hearing Monday on the bill, […]
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Brunswick Marine Resources Committee member named IFW communications director
AUGUSTA – Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Commissioner Judy Camuso announced today that Mark Latti will serve as the communications director for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Latti first joined MDIFW in 1998, and brings a wealth of experience with both the department and the media to the position. “Mark’s extensive experience in communications, his working […]
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Lots of ruts to get stuck in this New England ‘mud season’
PORTLAND(AP) — Potholes, heaving bumps in the road, mountains of melting snow dumping gallons of water into rivers. And lots and lots of mud. It must be spring in northern New England. The region’s cold and snowy winter is giving way to an early spring and what is known as “mud season” in Maine, Vermont […]
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Couple leaves $2,000 tip at Waterville restaurant
WATERVILLE — Saturday night started out as a typical evening at the Silver Street Tavern for waitress Samantha Clark. She had just gotten back from a break when her co-worker, Zack Denis, asked her to take over a table of two people, a man and his wife. Denis had just taken their drink and dinner […]
