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SAD 75, Harpswell charter school near special ed pact

HARPSWELL — The charter school that plans to open this fall may contract with School Administrative District 75 for special education services. Harpswell Coastal Academy is also working on a transportation agreement with SAD 75, and is closing in on a lease of a former town school.

Dylan Martin • News •
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 2:50 pm

After debate, Brunswick preserve named for famous botanist

BRUNSWICK — A nearly 600-acre parcel of recreation space conveyed from the U.S. Navy in January has been named after a famous local botanist.  After a lengthy debate, with Councilors Gerald Favreau, Suzan Wilson and David Watson opposed, the Town Council voted 6-3 on Monday to n...

Dylan Martin • News •
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 2:20 pm

Mid-Coast adult ed program gets $5K grant

TOPSHAM — Merrymeeting Adult Education has recieved a $5,000 technology grant for new laptop computers and training. The grant will allow the joint program of School Administrative District 75 and the Brunswick School Department to purchase four computers for its teachers, along with...

• News •
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 11:50 am

Arts Calendar: June 19 to July 2

Greater Portland Auditions/Calls for Art Monday 6/24 “Legally Blonde: The Musical,” open casting, 6:30 p.m., Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland, celeste.m.green@gmail.com. ...

• Lifestyle •
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Out & About: Music festivals in Portland, Brunswick, New Gloucester

Three music festivals are slated for summer’s opening week. The first is the three-day International Piano Festival. Under the aegis of the Portland Conservatory of Music, IPF runs this weekend in the Port City. That's followed a few days later by the Maine Festival of American Music...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, June 17, 2013 at 12:00 pm

The Universal Notebook: Is there hope for Obama?

Republicans tend to think that all Democrats love President Barack Obama and follow him blindly into the hopeful future. Not so. Especially not now. When then-Sen. Obama first announced that he was running for the presidency, my initial reaction was that he lacked the essential expe...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, June 17, 2013 at 11:10 am

Abby's Road: The challenges of gift giving

I like to give gifts that can be measured calorically. In my book, you haven’t really said thank you, or Happy Birthday, or sorry about your appendix, if you haven’t handed over a bottle of wine, or a cake made of cookies, or the gluten-free brownies you doubt are at all enjoyable.

Abby Diaz • Opinion •
Monday, June 17, 2013 at 11:00 am

Letter: Beem ignores Maine's active seminaries

Edgar Allen Beem recently lamented the loss of Bangor Theological Seminary as another blow to the Christian community in the ongoing drive towards secularism in our country. The fact is that Bangor Theological joined the secular movement years ago and its decline and ultimate closure is in some p...

• Opinion •
Monday, June 17, 2013 at 10:10 am

Letter: Maine should mandate full-day kindergarten

I encourage readers to support funding LD 1143, "An Act to Provide Full Day Kindergarten Programs,” to mandate full-day kindergarten in all districts in Maine. Early childhood is an incredibly formative time for children both academically and socio-emotionally, and school systems nee...

• Opinion •
Monday, June 17, 2013 at 10:10 am

John B. Marquis Jr., 87

BRUNSWICK — John B. Marquis Jr., 87, died peacefully June 7 at Winship Green Nursing Center, after a battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was born in Brunswick, March 13, 1926, the son of John B. and Exilia Bouchard Marquis, and attended St. John’s School. He married Hele...

Obituaries •
Friday, June 14, 2013
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