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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

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...

Obituaries •
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...

Obituaries •
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...

Obituaries •
Friday, March 29, 2013

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....

Community •
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

Harpswell Police Beat: March 29

No arrests or summonses were reported from March 18-25.

Police Beat •
Thursday, March 28, 2013

Topsham Police Beat: March 29

Arrests No arrests or summonses were reported from March 19-24. Two men drive into a lot ... 3/23 at 6:10 p.m. A clerk at the Gibbs gas station on Lewiston Road reported seeing two vehicles drive into the parking lot, wh...

Police Beat •
Thursday, March 28, 2013

Bath Police Beat: March 29

Arrests 3/20 at about 11 a.m. Christopher Graffam, 30, of Bath, was arrested on a charge of aggravated assault. 3/21 at 10:34 p.m. William Hanley, 58, of Pit Road, Phippsburg, was arrested on High Street by Officer Ted Raedel on a...

Police Beat •
Thursday, March 28, 2013
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