News in Bath/Topsham/Harpswell

Letter: Beem is wrong about health-care competition

In his column "Nothing healthy about health insurance," Edgar Allem Beem pontificates that "health care, like education, ...

• Opinion •

Monday, February 18, 2013 at 8:40 am

Editorial: Information doesn't kill people

Every document and every meeting at all levels of Maine government – state, county and municipal – are public unless there is a specific exception written in statute that shields the document or makes a meeting confidential. If there’s no exception, the public h...

• Opinion •

Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 10:20 am

Frances E. Gardner, 77

BRUNSWICK — Frances E. Gardner, 77, of Brunswick, died Monday at her home, surrounded by family. She was born Aug. 16, 1935, in Brunswick to Frederick and Mertie Shepard. She was educated in Brunswick schools and graduated from Brunswick High School with the class of 1...

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Friday, February 15, 2013

Sylvanus "Sly" Moore, 75

BATH — Sylvanus "Sly" Moore, 75, of Bath, died Feb. 8 from complications of mesothelioma. He was born Nov. 1, 1937, in Bath to John and Mabel Moore. He grew up working the waters of Maine as a clam digger and sea moss harvester and later went on to run Moore's M...

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Friday, February 15, 2013

Mid-Coast Meetings: Feb. 15-21

Brunswick Tue. 2/19 1 p.m. Recreation, Trails and Open Space Rec-7 Front Gate (Brunswick Landing Conservation Area) Tue. 2/19 7 p.m. Planning Board BS Wed. 2/20 3 p.m. Audit Committee Hawthor...

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Friday, February 15, 2013

Edmund J. Viel, 85

BRUNSWICK — Edmund J. Viel, 85, of Brunswick, died Feb. 5 with his family by his side. He was born June 14, 1927, in Stockholm to Isadore and Delina Viel. He grew up there and attended Stockholm schools. Viel left school at an early age to work as a lumberjack with his father....

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Friday, February 15, 2013

Topsham Police Beat: Feb. 15

Arrests 2/10 at 10:30 a.m. Dylan Stellpflug, 23, of Freeport, was arrested on Elm Street by Officer William Collins on a charge of operating after suspension and issued a summons on a charge of displaying a suspended license. Summonses

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Bath Police Beat: Feb. 15

Arrests No arrests were reported from Feb. 4-11. Summonses 2/4 Randy McDougal, 51, of Union Street, Glenburn, was issued a summons by Officer Richard Ross on a charge of failure to produce a vehicle or return to the scene...

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Grant seeds more than preservation for Harpswell

HARPSWELL — A recent conservation grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to go a long way toward helping the town preserve its local habitat, and the local economy. Reed Coles, executive director of Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, Monday said the

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 2:30 pm

Harpswell charter school plans info sessions

HARPSWELL — Harpswell Coastal Academy, a school recently approved by the Maine Charter School Commission, will hold meetings in Bath, Freeport and Brunswick for prospec...

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 2:10 pm