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Mid-Coast Meetings: April 12-18

Brunswick Tues.  4/16  3:30 p.m.  CIP Committee  MB Wed.  4/17  6 p.m.  Appointments Subcommittee  MB Wed.  4/17  7 p.m.  Recreation Commission  BS Thur.  4/18  6 p.m.  Bicycl...

Community •
Friday, April 12, 2013

Topsham Police Beat: April 12

Arrests 4/1 at 4:05 p.m. Benjamin Kaye, 30, of Foreside Road, was arrested on Foreside Road by Sgt. Robert Ramsay on charges of domestic violence assault and obstructing the report of a crime. 4/1 at 9:34 p.m. Jaimie Manganella, 2...

Police Beat •
Thursday, April 11, 2013

Bath Police Beat: April 12

Arrests 4/3 at 9:30 p.m. Fadhil Alghazi, 51, of Casco Street, Portland, was arrested on Leeman Highway by Officer Mike Lever on charges of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and terrorizing. Alghazi was also issued a summons on a charge of assa...

Police Beat •
Thursday, April 11, 2013

Harpswell Police Beat: April 12

Arrests 4/3 at 9:54 p.m. Cory S. Cobb, 28, of Brickyard Cove Road, was arrested on Brickyard Cove Road by Sheriff's Deputy Clayton Stromski on a charge of domestic violence assault.

Police Beat •
Thursday, April 11, 2013

Small businesses invited to seek marketing grants

BATH — Small businesses in four Maine counties could receive a small marketing boost through a contest going on this spring. The Women, Work, and Community mini-grants program will award a grant of up to $400 to aid entrepreneurs in promoting their businesses through targeted marketi...

Alex Lear • News •
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 11:30 am

Harpswell man indicted for alleged sexual assault of girl

HARPSWELL — A Harpswell Islands Road man was indicted by a Cumberland County grand jury on 32 counts of gross sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl. Amos Johnson, 38, is one six area residents whose indictments were handed up April 4. An indictment is not a finding of guilt,...

Dylan Martin • News •
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 11:30 am

Regional School Unit 1 tax hikes range from 6% to 24%

BATH — The total tax assessment in Regional School Unit 1 could increase 7.09 percent next year, to $18.6 million. The increase, up from the 6 percent estimated late last month, is due in part to larger-than-anticipated health-insurance costs. The district had planned for a 4 ...

Alex Lear • News •
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 11:00 am

Developer seeks time to fine-tune 47-home project in Topsham

TOPSHAM — A proposed 47-lot housing development off Mallett Drive may go before the Planning Board next month for final subdivision approval. The board was scheduled to take up the matter Tuesday, but the applicant requested a postponement to make modifications, according to Planning...

Alex Lear • News •
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 10:20 am

Benefit raises $12K for Harpswell girl hurt in ski accident

HARPSWELL — More than two weeks after a near-fatal skiing accident, a 6-year-old girl is out of intensive care and beginning to show signs of recovery. "She's feeding herself. She loves ice cream. She does not like apple sauce. She knows the difference and that's very important," Jes...

Dylan Martin • News •
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 10:00 am

Portland travel agency still flying high after 20 years

PORTLAND — Travel agencies may seem like an endangered species, but don't tell that to Pamela Hurley Moser. Twenty years ago, there were more than 100 full-service, local agencies in Maine, said Hurley Moser, founder of Hurley Travel Experts. Records show most were in the Portland ar...

William Hall • News •
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 9:30 am
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