News in Bath/Topsham/Harpswell

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...

Alex Lear • News •

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

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...

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 2:30 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

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...

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 10:10 am

Strapped for cash: Harpswell explores installing an ATM

HARPSWELL — The town does not have an automatic teller machine, but the Harpswell Business Association is hoping that will change. Town staff said they will look into the viability of installing an ATM after HBA requested a machine at Town Hall on Mountain Road. Gail Kass, who...

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 3:50 pm

State battles winter moth with parasitic flies in Harpswell, Cape Elizabeth

HARPSWELL — Over the next few months, two Maine communities will become the battlegrounds in the war against insects. The state last week introduced hundreds of parasitic flies in Harpswell and Cape Elizabeth, in an attempt to decimate the winter moth, an invasive species that poses ...

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 3:40 pm