TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen backed a traffic safety grant to fund heightened enforcement this year, but took no action Jan. 18 on a request to provide primary emergency medical services to Bowdoinham town. “The sentiment of the board was that we are having a difficult enough time covering our own shifts,” Town Manager […]
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SAD 75 to consider reserve fund for capital projects
TOPSHAM — As its fiscal year 2019 budget deliberations ramp up this winter, the School Administrative District 75 Board of Directors will discuss whether to establish a capital projects reserve fund for the coming years. The district has a capital maintenance line within its general operating budget, but not a separate capital reserve fund for […]
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Topsham library marks 10 winters of artful joy
TOPSHAM — For the past decade, the Topsham Public Library has sought to inject some color into winter’s whites, grays and browns. The 25 Foreside Road library will hold its 10th annual “Joy of Art” exhibit reception from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27. Thirty-four works from year-round Mainers, ages 16 and older, professionals and amateurs, […]
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Topsham library marks 10 winters of artful joy
TOPSHAM — For the past decade, the Topsham Public Library has sought to inject some color into winter’s whites, grays and browns. The 25 Foreside Road library will hold its 10th annual “Joy of Art” exhibit reception from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27. Thirty-four works from year-round Mainers, ages 16 and older, professionals and amateurs, […]
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Topsham police get traffic-enforcement grants
TOPSHAM — Motorists may want to be extra careful when they drive through town this year. A traffic safety enforcement grant through the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety is helping to fund overtime hours for the Topsham Police Department, allowing officers more time on the road to tackle specific traffic problems. The funds will reimburse […]
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Topsham Police Beat: Jan. 12
Arrests 1/3 at 2:04 p.m. Cassandra Crain, 21, of Old Lisbon Road, was arrested by Officer Lucas Shirland on Topsham Fair Mall Road on charges of theft by unauthorized taking and violation of conditional release. 1/6 at 8:27 p.m. Matthew Kelly, 36, of West Gardiner, was arrested by Officer Gabrielle Mathieu on Meadow Road on […]
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U.S. appeals court hears SAD 75 student's 1st Amendment claim
TOPSHAM — A U.S. appeals court is expected to take two or three months to render a decision in a dispute over whether a special education student had a right under the First Amendment to wear a recording device in school. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston heard the case […]
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Library to honor Topsham school bus driver for book program
TOPSHAM — Don Sanders said he feels satisfied as he glances into the rearview mirror at the first few rows of seats in his school bus, watching the faces of children light up as they crack open a new book. Those books are provided through the Bus Book Bags program, which the Topsham resident started […]
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Topsham Police Beat: Jan. 5
Arrests 12/28/17 at 8:39 p.m. Jeremy Messer, 36, of Perryman Drive, Brunswick, was arrested by Officer Garrett Decker on Main Street on a charge of operating after suspension. 12/30/17 at 10:10 p.m. Scott Hawkes, 31, of Winter Street, was arrested by Officer Garrett Decker on Winter Street on a charge of domestic violence assault. 12/31/17 […]
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Former Topsham youth theater director sentenced to 10 years for sexually abusing children
Henry A. Eichman, who also was a drama teacher at a Catholic school in Brunswick, pleads guilty to abusing 8 children and is sent to state prison.