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  • Brunswick budget cuts remain a moving target

    BRUNSWICK — Some town councilors would be willing to accept budget cuts to reduce next year's tax hike to just under 7 percent, but the council did not take any solid direction at two recent budget workshops. With a May 23 deadline less than a week away to adopt a combined town,...

    Dylan Martin • News •
    Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 8:00 am

  • Brunswick residents express concern over future of rec center

    BRUNSWICK — Residents at the Town Council budget workshop Monday made their opinions heard loud and clear: they want to keep the Recreation Center right where it is. The council was holding its public hearing on budgets for the Parks and Recreation Department and the Capital Improvem...

    Dylan Martin • News •
    Thursday, May 16, 2013

  • Bath library to host top student debaters

    BATH — Patten Free Library will host "Debating the Criminal Justice System: Rehabilitation or Retribution," an exhibition of debating techniques and procedure by two state high school debate champions. Kyle Hietala of Bath and Ben Dobbins of Falmouth will discuss the issue Saturday, ...

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    Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 2:40 pm

  • Topsham developer backs MRRA bill that divides state, local officials

    BRUNSWICK — One of Brunswick Landing's major developers is supporting a bill that would give Brunswick and Topsham more input into redevelopment of the former U.S. Navy base. Topsham-based Priority Real Estate Group was joined by local officials and residents in its support for LD 14...

    Dylan Martin • News •
    Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 2:30 pm

  • South Portland School Board OKs budget elements

    SOUTH PORTLAND — Three days after providing extended explanations to city councilors about spending and budgeting, School Board members on Monday approved a $43 million fiscal year 2014 budget for operations, food service, adult education and debt service. The vote forwards the budge...

    David Harry • News •
    Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 2:10 pm

  • Maine decision on school computers fits local districts

    SOUTH PORTLAND — While not the outcome local school technology directors expected, an April 27 Maine Department of Education decision about which computing devices to provide to middle and high school studen...

    David Harry • News •
    Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 1:40 pm

  • Portland street closing Saturday morning

    PORTLAND — Exchange Street will be closed between Middle and Milk streets Saturday morning, while a crane is doing construction work in the area. The block between Middle and Milk streets will be closed to traff...

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    Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 12:20 pm

  • SAD 75 budget goes to 1st public vote

    TOPSHAM — The proposed $34.7 million budget for School Administrative District 75 goes to the first of two district-wide votes Thursday, May 23. The fiscal 2014 budget, approved 8-...

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    Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 10:50 am

  • Major changes planned for Brunswick downtown review process

    BRUNSWICK — The Planning Board will hold a public hearing next week on an ordinance overhaul that officials hope will streamline planning processes in the historic downtown district. The board's May 21 meeting at 7 p.m. will give the public the opportunity to comment on changing how ...

    Dylan Martin • News •
    Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 10:40 am

  • Bath museum completes 'evocation' of largest wooden ship ever built in U.S.

    BATH — Looming on the banks of the Kennebec River, six masts reach 120 feet into the sky to remind observers of the magnitude of the ship built there more than a century ago. The recently erected structures are part of Maine Maritime Museum's sculptural "evocation" of the schooner Wy...

    Alex Lear • News •
    Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 10:10 am
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