News in Bath/Topsham/Harpswell

Mid-Coast Meetings: May 17-23

Brunswick Mon. 5/20 7 p.m. Town Council BS Tues. 5/21 4 p.m. Conservation Commission Workshop MB Tues. 5/21 7:15 p.m. Village Review Board BS Thur. 5/23 7 p.m. Town Council Budg...

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Friday, May 17, 2013

Mid-Coast School Notebook: May 17

Brunswick High School third-quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Kevin Allen, Elizabeth Arford, Sally DeForest, Isabella Fasulo, Gillian Ford, Michael Kenyon, Meghan McGuire, Jamie Mountainland, Sarah Perreault, Katherine Peters, Nolan Robbins, Jamie Ross, Bradf...

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Friday, May 17, 2013

Albert Farris, 86

BRUNSWICK — Albert Wesley Farris Sr., 86, of Brunswick, died May 10. He was born Aug. 2, 1926, in Portland, a son of Joseph Daniel and Grace Farris Daniel. He attended Portland schools and entered into service with the U.S. Navy in March 1944. During World War II he served ...

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Friday, May 17, 2013

Benjamin O. Fitzgerald, 84: Longtime Bath policeman

BATH — Benjamin O. Fitzgerald, 84, formerly a longtime officer with the Bath Police Department, died Jan. 21 in Dunnellon, Fla. He was born in 1928 in Canaan to Susie and Benjamin O. Fitzgerald. He married his sweetheart, Margaret, in 1947, and the two were married 66 years....

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Friday, May 17, 2013

Harpswell Police Beat: May 17

Arrests No arrests or summonses were reported from May 6-13.

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Friday, May 17, 2013

Arbitrator reinstates Cumberland County sheriff's detective who filed whistleblower lawsuit

SOUTH PORTLAND — An independent arbitrator has reinstated Gerard Brady, a city resident and deputy with the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, as a detective in the department. Brady filed a union grievance against Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce, and a

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Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 8:50 am

Topsham voters waste no time approving municipal budget

TOPSHAM — Voters approved an $8.5 million fiscal 2014 municipal budget at Town Meeting Wednesday evening. The meeting at Mt. Ararat High School drew 88 registered voters, who approved 22 warrant articles in less than an hour. The budget, endorsed by both the Board of Selectmen and Fi...

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Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 8:10 am

Topsham Police Beat: May 17

Arrests No arrests were reported from May 7-12. Summonses 5/7 at 9:53 a.m. Shane Bourgault, 26, of MacMillan Drive, Orono, was issued a summons on Paddock Lane by Officer William Collins on a charge of operating an unregi...

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Bath Police Beat: May 17

Arrests 5/6 at 10:30 p.m. Jacob Swain, 27, of Buxton, was arrested by Officer Garrett Olson on Route 1 on charges of unlawful possession of Schedule W drugs and operating under the influence of drugs. Swain was also issued a summons on charges of unlawfu...

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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