By enlisting substitute teachers, bus drivers, custodians and more to paper over vacancies in permanent positions, school districts have depleted their stock of workers available to fill in on short notice for sick employees.
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Topsham seeks members for new Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee
Topsham is looking for nine members for its its recently approved Bicycle Pedestrian Committee, which has a goal of improving safety for walkers and cyclists on town roadways. Applications will be accepted until Sept. 22 and applicants will be contacted by the town manager’s office for a brief interview. For more details and information on […]
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Midcoast communities to host remembrances for 9/11 victims
Brunswick’s Downtown Association will join the American Legion Post 20 for a 9/11 tribute and a community barbecue on Sept. 10.
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Coastal Journal Edition Meetings: Sept. 9
Bath Thur. 9/15 4:30 p.m. Bath Development Corp. City Halld Brunswick Mon. 9/12 5:30 p.m. Brunswick/Topsham Water Board 266 River Rd., Topsham Tues. 9/13 6:30 p.m. Comprehensive Plan Update Town Hall/Zoom Wed. 9/14 10:30 a.m. Staff Review Committee Town Hall/Zoom Wed. 9/14 Noon Appointment Committee Town Hall/Remote Wed. 9/14 7 p.m. School Board Town Hall/Zoom […]
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The Recycle Bin: Introducing our new columnist
Introducing Nancy Chandler, of the Topsham Recycling Committee and MSAD 75 School Board, the new writer of The Recycle Bin column. A little history and some credentials from Nancy: My husband, Chip Chandler, designed a solar, wood-heated A-frame in Phippsburg in 1980 that functioned to raise our two children with no furnace or fossil fuel […]
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Topsham cycling community builds momentum
Topsham’s Select Board approved the creation of a new Bicycle Pedestrian Committee Thursday, just two weeks after the opening of a new pump track outside the town’s transfer station off Townsend Way.
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Seniors Not Acting Their Age: Kayaking the lower Cathance River
The Cathance River in my hometown of Topsham provides a host of recreational opportunities. The upper sector offers easy flatwater paddling. In the middle is one of the finest coastal whitewater creek runs in Maine, rated Class III/IV in difficulty by the American Whitewater Association. Below a waterfall at head of tide, several miles of […]
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Ron Chase: Kayaking the lower Cathance River
The Cathance River in my hometown of Topsham provides a host of recreational opportunities. The upper sector offers easy flatwater paddling. In the middle is one of the finest coastal whitewater creek runs in Maine, rated Class III/IV in difficulty by the American Whitewater Association. Below a waterfall at head of tide, several miles of […]
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Coastal Journal Edition Meetings: Sept. 2-9
Bath Fri. 9/2 11 a.m. Climate Action Commission City Hall Wed. 9/7 10 a.m. Housing Subcommittee City Hall Wed. 9/7 6 p.m. City Council City Hall Brunswick Tues. 9/6 6:30 p.m. Town Council Town Hall/Zoom Wed. 9/7 10 a.m. Staff Review Committee Town Hall/Zoom Wed. 9/7 5 p.m. Conservation Commission Town Hall/Zoom Wed. 9/7 7 […]
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Sharing the harvest put free produce on the table
Merrymeeting Gleaners hosts its weekly sharing table Wednesday in front of the Topsham Public Library, and will continue through the winter, taking operations inside once the weather turns.