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Downtown demolition process faces Brunswick scrutiny

BRUNSWICK — Changes could be coming to the downtown demolition-permit process at the Town Council's Dec. 17 meeting. The proposal before the council would provide an interim shift of authority from the Village Review Board to the Planning Board to grant demolition requests within the...

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 4:10 pm

Application offers detail on proposed Harpswell charter school

HARPSWELL — How do we convince children to stay in Maine after they graduate? And how do we convince them to participate in activities that further Maine values? These are two of the core questions Joe Grady said the Harpswell Coastal Academy, a proposed charter school currently...

Dylan Martin • News •

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 3:10 pm

Brunswick-area college scholarship fund receives $2M gift

BRUNSWICK — It apparently only took one meeting to convince George Senter, a former educator who attended local schools as a child, to donate $2 million of his estate to the Brunswick Area Student Aid Fund. John Loyd Jr., chairman of the endowment, said he realized this when he recei...

Dylan Martin • News •

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 11:30 am

Downeaster noise concerns persist in Brunswick as ridership exceeds expectations

BRUNSWICK — Ridership during the Amtrak Downeaster's first month of passenger service to Freeport and Brunswick was higher than expected, according to the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority. Patricia Quinn, NNEPRA executive director, Tuesday said preliminary ridership nort...

Dylan Martin • News •

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 10:30 am

Brunswick to issue marriage licenses Dec. 29

BRUNSWICK — The town clerk's office will open for three hours Saturday, Dec. 29, for people seeking marriage licenses. That is the day same-sex marriage becomes legal in Maine under a statewide referendum passed in November. Marriages will only be licensed by appointment that ...

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 8:00 am

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Arts Calendar: Dec. 12-23

Greater Portland Auditions & Calls for Art Portland Children's Festival is seeking entries to the Young Filmmakers Contest, April 4-7, 2013, open to students in kindergarten through high school from Portland and surrounding comm...

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Community Calendar: Dec. 12-23

Greater Portland Benefits Greely Hockey Boosters, raffle fundraiser, drawing Jan.1 at Dudley Cup Tournament, tickets $10 each or 3 for $20, 831-9014. Bulletin Board

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Out & About: Monster and magician top holiday fare

Holiday A&E fare takes some unusual forms this week. Most intriguing is an original play, “The Legend of the Golem,” written by longtime Portland theater activist Michael Levine. The Golem is a benevolent monster-like creature who saved thousands of Jews in 16th-century Eur...

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Monday, December 10, 2012 at 2:30 pm

The Universal Notebook: Welcome to Redneck Nation

Does anyone seriously doubt that race played a major role in the past election? Of course it did. But, despite how pronounced the racial divisions were among voters, the elements of racism for the most part remain subtle and insidious rather than blatant and obvious. To begin with, ...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •

Monday, December 10, 2012 at 12:20 pm