News in Brunswick

Letter: Fed up with the president's vacation habits

Once again our illustrious president sees fit to go on another vacation golfing in Florida with Tiger Woods to the paltry tune of $1 million. It makes me feel so good when he has no conscience about spending this money on himself and has the audacity to tell us to inflate our tires to save money....

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Monday, April 1, 2013 at 9:30 am

Letter: Disappointed with Collins' stance on tar sands

I am a retired high school science teacher who has followed climate science for the past 40 years. I write to express my disappointment with Sen. Susan Collins' vote to endorse the Keystone tar sands pipeline. My question for her is: Do you believe in climate science as presented by the overwhelm...

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Monday, April 1, 2013 at 9:10 am

Portland lawyer credited as 'mastermind' behind landmark gay rights court cases

PORTLAND — Opponents and admirers alike have called Mary Bonauto the Thurgood Marshall of gay rights. For decades Bonauto, 51, of Portland, has been a force at the center of many landmark cases dealing with gay rights, from Augusta to the chambers of the U.S. Supreme Court. In...

Noah Hurowitz • News •

Monday, April 1, 2013 at 8:20 am

North Yarmouth Academy to merge with Freeport Montessori school, add lower grades

YARMOUTH — North Yarmouth Academy will expand its grade offerings for the first time in its nearly 200-year history to include instruction below fifth grade. NYA announced Thursday that it will merge with Freeport's...

Will Graff • News •

Friday, March 29, 2013 at 2:30 pm

Mid-Coast Meetings: March 29-April 4

Bath Mon. 4/1 7 p.m. Zoning Board of Appeals CH Tues. 4/2 6 p.m. Planning Board CH Wed. 4/3 6 p.m. City Council CH Brunswick Mon. 4/1 7 p.m....

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Friday, March 29, 2013

Harrison Jack Wakely, 89

TOPSHAM — Harrison Jack Wakely, 89, of Topsham, died March 6 at d'Youville Pavilion in Lewiston. Wakely was born Sept. 15, 1923, in Lisbon Falls, a son of the late Charles J. and Genieva Wakely Jr. He attended schools in Topsham and graduated from Lisbon High S...

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Friday, March 29, 2013

Norma Wise, 85

TOPSHAM — Norma Wise, 85, died March 21 surrounded by family. She was born in Pembroke Sept. 17, 1927, to Russell and Emma Carter. She attended local schools and graduated from Pembroke High School in 1944. She moved in 1945 to South Paris, where she met and married Ronal...

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Friday, March 29, 2013

Joseph Edgar Wilson, 46

ORR'S ISLAND — Joseph Edgar Wilson, 46, of Orr's Island and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., passed away March 17 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. He was born April 30, 1966, in Brunswick, a son of Edgar and Leneler Wilson. He graduated from Mt. Ararat High School in 1984. At th...

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Friday, March 29, 2013

Joan R. Dietrich, 82: Demonstrated strength and courage in her own quiet way.

BRUNSWICK — Joan R. Dietrich, 82, of Brunswick, died March 10 at Hawthorne House in Freeport, from the effects of Alzheimer’s disease. Dietrich was born March 31, 1930, in Presque Isle, to Edmund and Anna Beaulieu. Following graduation from Presque Isle High School in 1948...

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Friday, March 29, 2013

MRRA cancels Brunswick air show

BRUNSWICK — The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority has canceled the 2013 Great State of Maine Air Show, because of the sequester. The show was scheduled for Sept. 14-15 at Brunswick Landing. In a statement Wednesday, MRRA said it would have lost the air show's major att...

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Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 8:00 am