News in Brunswick

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...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •

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

The View From Away: My friend, my teacher

One of my writers’ group colleagues asked me at last week’s meeting if I have to censor my writing for The Forecaster. The question got me thinking about how many of my assumptions I have had to change since coming to Maine. I thought censorship would be a significant issue, gi...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •

Monday, December 10, 2012 at 12:00 pm

Unsung Hero: Jim Pinfold, from South Portland to Sri Lanka, with love

SOUTH PORTLAND — Why would an ordinary citizen endure a 20-hour trip every spring to go to hot and humid Sri Lanka? The answer begins with birds or, more accurately, bird-watching. In the mid-1990s, Jim Pinfold, who works as a buyer for Bull Moose, began taking bird-watching trips to...

David Treadwell • News •

Monday, December 10, 2012 at 11:00 am

Traditional, fresh events greet Hanukkah in greater Portland

PORTLAND — Eight days and nights of Hanukkah began last weekend with several events in and around Portland. The annual Hanukkah party was held Friday night at the Maine Jewish Museum as a preview to the festival. Saturday night saw the lighting of the grand menorah in front of the st...

Timothy Gillis • News •

Monday, December 10, 2012 at 8:30 am

Eleanor L. Jaques, 93

BRUNSWICK — Eleanor L. Jaques, 93, died Nov. 30 at Mid Coast Hospital. She was born on Nov. 15, 1919, in Milford, Mass., the daughter of Roy and Henrietta Pettingill Dunton. She graduated from Milford High School, and on Jan. 20, 1941, she married Laurence S. Jaques. In 1958, the Jaq...

Obituaries •

Friday, December 7, 2012

Mid-Coast Meetings: Dec.7-13

Community •

Friday, December 7, 2012

Mid-Coast School Notebook

Students learn Native American crafts and culture

Community •

Friday, December 7, 2012

Brunswick Police Beat: Dec. 7

Arrests 11/30 at 2:52 p.m. Francis L. Gilliam, 38, of Wadsworth Road, was arrested on Old Bath Road by Officer Paul Plummer on two warrants. 12/1 at 1:50 a.m. Steven Melton, 54, of Durham Road, was arrested on Pleasant Street by Officer Patrick Sc...

Police Beat •

Thursday, December 6, 2012

MRRA seeks to mend fences with Brunswick, Topsham

BRUNSWICK — The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority is proposing a new group it hopes will open the lines of communication with municipal officials, avoid policy conflicts and pave a smoother way for economic development at Brunswick Landing. MRRA Chairman John Moncure announce...

Dylan Martin • News •

Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 2:50 pm