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The Universal Notebook: Have yourself a cool Christmas

The Christmas gifts of my childhood in the 1950s are lost memories, but I vividly recall the Christmas gifts of my adolescence in the early 1960s because they were invariably the things every teen and pre-teen needed to be cool. Just how coolness managed to be communicated to the youth of ...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 10:10 am

White House cancels Obama visit to Portland

PORTLAND — Just hours after announcing Friday that President Obama would visit Portland this week, White House officials called off those plans in the wake of the shootings in Newtown, Conn. Obama was to speak at the University of Southern Maine on Wednesday about the so-called "fisc...

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Friday, December 14, 2012 at 1:50 pm

Mid-Coast School Notebook

First Quarter Honor Roll The following students were named to the honor roll during the first quarter at Brunswick High School. Grade 9 High Honors: Molly Blaisdell, Calyn Crawford, Elizabeth Day, Anna Deck, Reed Foster, Amelia Hawley, Maya Kosak,...

Community •
Friday, December 14, 2012

Timothy W. Furbish, 68

HARPSWELL — Timothy W. Furbish, 68, died Dec. 5, at Mid Coast Hospital. He was born Feb. 12, 1944, in Brunswick, the son of the late Melvin "Bud" Furbish and Dorothy Furbish.  Furbish attended schools in the Topsham area as a child, and graduated Brunswick High School in 1962. H...

Obituaries •
Friday, December 14, 2012

Mid-Coast Meetings: Dec. 14-20

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Community •
Friday, December 14, 2012

Topsham Police Beat: Dec. 14

Arrests 12/4 at 9:48 a.m. Joseph Eaton, 23, no address listed, was arrested on Lewiston Road by Lt. Frederick Dunn on a charge of operating under the influence. 12/6 at 10:06 a.m. A 16-year-old male, of Topsham, was arrested on Re...

Police Beat •
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Bath Police Beat: Dec. 14

Arrests 11/28 at 5:52 p.m. Tessa Cohen, 33, of Middle Street, was arrested on Middle Street by Sgt. Dan Couture on a charge of endangering the welfare of a child. 11/28 at 5:52 p.m. Jonathan Cohen, 37, of Middle Street, was arrest...

Police Beat •
Thursday, December 13, 2012

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

Topsham elementary school nominated for national award

TOPSHAM — Williams-Cone Elementary School is one of three Maine schools nominated as a 2013 National Blue Ribbon School. The Maine Department of Education announced the nominees – which also include Longfellow Elementary School in Portland and Yarmouth Elementary School &n...

Alex Lear • News •
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 12:30 pm

Public invited to discuss Harpswell zoning changes

HARPSWELL — After having a "fruitful" meeting with property owners who would be affected by proposed zoning changes, the Shoreland Zoning Task Force will hold its first public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, at the town's Planning Board meeting. Town Planner Carol Eyerman on...

Dylan Martin • News •
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 12:20 pm
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