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Bath Police Beat: April 19

Arrests 4/8 at 9 p.m. Prescott McCurdy, 50, of Allen Point Road, Harpswell, was arrested on Water Street by Officer Brett McIntire on a charge of domestic violence assault. Summonses 4/11 James Robinson, 51...

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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Topsham Police Beat: April 19

Arrests 4/7 at 1:54 p.m. Louise Hedgpeth, 45, of Huntington Lane, Richmond, was arrested on Interstate 295 by Officer Mark McDonald on a charge of operating after suspension. She was also charged with violating conditions of release. 4/8 a...

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Thursday, April 18, 2013

If you can't beat 'em ...: School Board seeks pact with proposed Brunswick charter school

BRUNSWICK — In an attempt to provide an alternative to nearby charter schools, the School Board is in preliminary talks for a partnership with a proposed charter school at Brunswick Landing. The board created an ad hoc committee April 10 to meet with John Stadler, a local entrepreneu...

Dylan Martin • News •
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 3:40 pm

A decade of bridge support

Runners break from the starting line Sunday at the 10th-anniversary 5k run to support the Androscoggin Swinging Bridge. With 99 people registered, it was the largest turnout ever for the race, which supports maintenance of the historic footbridge between Topsham and Brunswick, and a new riverwalk...

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 1:40 pm

Bath society to host talk on grocery stores

BATH — The Bath Historical Society will present "Bath's Neighborhood Grocery Stores," a talk by society archivist Kerry Nelson, on Saturday, April 20. Nelson and Dr. Charles Burden have collected photographs and stories about the "mom-and-pop" grocery stores that used to serve Bath's...

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 1:20 pm

Brunswick School Board backs 6.5% budget hike

BRUNSWICK — With charter schools on their minds, School Board members are recommending a 6.5 percent increase in the next school budget. The board voted 7-1 for a $35.7 million budget for fiscal year 2014 at its April 11 meeting. Members expressed concern about maintaining qua...

Dylan Martin • News •
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 11:10 am

Harpswell to simplify waste recycling

HARPSWELL — Starting in August, residents who recycle trash will no longer have to separate the cardboard from the milk jugs from the beer cans. That tedious task will go away when the town begins using a single-stream recycling system, which was authorized by the Board of Selectmen ...

Dylan Martin • News •
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 10:50 am

Topsham faces 4.8% budget increase, 3.9% tax hike

TOPSHAM — An $8.5 million fiscal 2014 municipal budget, reflecting a 4.8 percent increase over the current year, goes to Town Meeting May 15. The Board of Selectmen forwarded a 21-article warrant to the meeting on April 11. Voters will decide budget categories by line item, usually b...

Alex Lear • News •
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 10:50 am

Longtime marathon starter from Yarmouth: 'Perfect day' turns tragic

YARMOUTH — Rosalie Baker-Brown fired the starting gun at the Boston Marathon on Monday, something she's done many times since the mid-1990s. Now 85, Baker-Brown has been intimately involved in the race for decades. She grew up in Hopkinton, Mass., where the marathon begins, and marri...

Will Graff • News •
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 12:10 pm

Museums mark Maine's 'special connection' to Civil War

PORTLAND — The Civil War may seem the dusty stuff of history textbooks. But 152 years after it began the impact of the war is felt even today. The country has been marking the 150th anniversary of the war since 2011. But much of the remembrance is taking place this year, the sesquice...

William Hall • News •
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 10:10 am
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