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News in Brunswick

Reopening of Falmouth Spur turnpike ramp delayed

FALMOUTH — The reopening of the Exit 52 southbound on-ramp to the Maine Turnpike from the Falmouth Spur has been delayed until at least Friday. The delay is a result of more work required to lift the interchange bridge and increase clearance over the highway, according to a pres...

• News •
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 8:50 am

People and Business

New Hires, Promotions and Appointments Winxnet, a Portland-based IT outsourcing and consulting firm, added experienced professionals in sales, operations and technology leadership positions. Jerry Lawson has more than 25 years of enterprise information technology management. Sc...

Community •
Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Arts Calendar: May 22

Greater Portland Auditions/Calls for Art Auditions for Indoor/Outdoor, Sunday 6/2 and Monday 6/3, 6:30-8 p.m., Freeport High School Library, 30 Holbrook St., Freeport, 865-2220, roles for four adults (two women, two men).

Lifestyle •
Tuesday, May 21, 2013

6 Maine companies earn annual Family Business awards

BRUNSWICK — The Institute for Family-Owned Business, in partnership with the law firm Verrill Dana, announced winners of the annual Maine Family Business Awards on May 13 at the Marriott at Sable Oaks in South Portland. The event was hosted by WGME-TV co-anchor Gregg Lagerquist,...

• News •
Monday, May 20, 2013 at 3:20 pm

Unsung Hero: Nathan Smith, community advocate

PORTLAND — The city's emergence over the last 25 years as one of the nation’s most vibrant and livable cities is no accident. Visionary leaders saw what needed to be done, and they did it. Nathan Smith, a commercial real estate attorney at Bernstein Shur, has been such a leader...

David Treadwell • News •
Monday, May 20, 2013 at 12:20 pm

The Universal Notebook: Pictures of childhood

One of the prize artifacts of childhood in our family is a photograph of my mother, age 4, standing on the wheel of Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis as it sat on the sands of Old Orchard Beach in July of 1927. Two months before, Lindbergh had made history by making the first n...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, May 20, 2013 at 11:00 am

Abby's Road: Actually, you can go home again

The teacher who performed my daughter’s kindergarten screening was a college friend of my mother’s. My son attends day care with the children of my former high school classmates. My husband has closed deals using legal counsel whose son played soccer with my sister. One of the guys I ...

Abby Diaz • Opinion •
Monday, May 20, 2013 at 10:20 am

Letter: Counselor appreciates Langworthy's candor

I am writing to thank Mike Langworthy for his candor and honesty when writing about his experiences with depression ("Laughter is ...

• Opinion •
Monday, May 20, 2013 at 8:00 am

Mid-Coast Meetings: May 17-23

Brunswick Mon.  5/20  7 p.m.  Town Council  BS Tues.  5/21  4 p.m.  Conservation Commission Workshop  MB Tues.  5/21  7:15 p.m.  Village Review Board  BS Thur.  5/23  7 p.m.  Town Council Budg...

• Community •
Friday, May 17, 2013

Albert Farris, 86

BRUNSWICK — Albert Wesley Farris Sr., 86, of Brunswick, died May 10. He was born Aug. 2, 1926, in Portland, a son of Joseph Daniel and Grace Farris Daniel. He attended Portland schools and entered into service with the U.S. Navy in March 1944. During World War II he served ...

Obituaries •
Friday, May 17, 2013
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