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Short Relief: Portland should tap street-corner labor pool

I was relatively lucky to graduate from law school in 1986. The U.S. economy and employment rates were growing. Law firms were expanding and hiring, and increasing the opportunities for all law graduates. I took a job working for the federal government in Washington, D.C. By the early 1990...

Halsey Frank • Opinion •
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 10:00 am

John Dykstra Eusden, 90: Led a long and thoughtful life

BRUNSWICK — John Dykstra Eusden, 90, of Brunswick, died April 27 after a brief hospital stay. Before moving to the Thornton Oaks retirement community in 2010, Eusden was a 50-year resident of Williamstown, Mass., and a summer resident of Randolph, N.H. He was born in 1922 in Hol...

Obituaries •
Friday, May 3, 2013

Mary B. Hilbert, 77

HARPSWELL — Mary B. Hilbert, 77, of Harpswell, died April 25 after a courageous battle with cancer. She spent her final days under the loving care of her husband, Barry Hilbert, at their home on Bailey Island. Hilbert was born Mary Jeanne Bennett on Sept. 29, 1935, in Thompson F...

Obituaries •
Friday, May 3, 2013

Camillia Jane Thibodeau, 72

BRUNSWICK — Camellia Jane Thibodeau, 72, of Brunswick, died April 22 at Parkview Hospital in Brunswick. Thibodeau was born July 2, 1940, in Bath, the daughter of Oakley and Helen Clough Thibodeau. She spent her younger years in the Georgetown area and graduated from high school ...

Obituaries •
Friday, May 3, 2013

Mid-Coast Meetings: May 3-9

Bath Mon.  5/6  7 p.m.  Zoning Board of Appeals  CH Tues.  5/7  6 p.m.  Planning Board  CH Wed.  5/8  7 p.m.  Forestry Committee  CH Thur.  5/9  4:30 p.m.  Community Developme...

Community •
Friday, May 3, 2013

Bath council moves toward moratorium on strip clubs

BATH — A proposal to open a strip club in the city prompted the City Council on Wednesday to support a moratorim that temporarily prohibits licenses and permits for so-called "adult-use establishments." The council voted 6-2 for the six-month ban, which requires a second vote later t...

Alex Lear • News •
Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 8:50 am

Mid-Coast school chiefs: State report cards an 'incomplete picture' of schools

BRUNSWICK — Public schools in Brunswick, School Administrative District 75 and Regional School Unit 1 received grades ranging from A-D in a new state report card system issued Wednesday. Superintendents from each district responded with various degrees of criticism for the new gradin...

Dylan Martin • News •
Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 8:40 am

Harpswell Police Beat: May 3

Arrests 4/25 at 10:22 a.m. Frederick A. Kreidler, of Youngs Lane, Phippsburg, was arrested by Marine Patrol Officer Kyle Neugebauer on charges of probation revocation and failure to pay a fine.

Police Beat •
Thursday, May 2, 2013

Topsham Police Beat: May 3

Arrests 4/24 at 8:23 p.m. Dean Berry, 34, of Augusta Road, was arrested on Augusta Road by Sgt. Mark Gilliam on a charge of domestic violence assault, and on a probation hold. 4/26 at 11:53 a.m. Justin Sewall, 19, of Rocky Ridge L...

Police Beat •
Thursday, May 2, 2013

Bath Police Beat: May 3

Arrests 4/22 at 4 p.m. George Tinkham, 55, of Spring Street, was arrested by Officer Jason Aucoin on a charge of domestic violence assault. 4/25 at 3:26 p.m. Clancy Morton, 27, of Windjammer Way, was arrested on Windjammer Way by ...

Police Beat •
Thursday, May 2, 2013
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