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Abby's Road: For Boston, a love mash-up

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more splendid and yet more gritty. White snows will blanket the budding trees along the Charles, And fall’s leaves will swirl down thine cobble-stoned streets. Sometime too congested the thoroughfares become,...

Abby Diaz • Opinion •
Monday, April 22, 2013 at 9:20 am

Letter: World is flatter than Delogu believes

If Orlando Delogu is a policy wonk he should know and have read Thomas L. Friedman’s wonderful, thoughtful, intelligent book, "The World is Flat," published in 2005. Friedman, hardly in anyone's view a right-wing conservative, would perhaps agree with some of the assertions Delogu makes in ...

• Opinion •
Monday, April 22, 2013 at 9:00 am

Injured Falmouth High School grad recovering at home after surviving Boston Marathon bomb

FALMOUTH — A Falmouth High School graduate is recovering at her parent's home after she was injured in the Patriot's Day terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon. The bomb that went off near the finish line on Boylston Street in Boston killed three people and injured more than 170.

Will Graff • News •
Friday, April 19, 2013 at 12:50 pm

Mid-Coast School Notebook: April 19

Brunswick student headed to Naval Academy Chad Kousky, a 2011 graduate of Brunswick High School, has accepted an appointment to attend the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. In order to be considered for the highly selective academy, candidates must be nominated by an ...

Community •
Friday, April 19, 2013

Jeannette Marie Coffin, 76

BRUNSWICK — Jeannette Marie Coffin, 76, of Brunswick, died April 10 at the home of her daughter in Bowdoinham. She was born in Brunswick, August 11, 1936, the daughter of Omer and Flora Guertin St. Pierre, and attended St. John's School. She was married to Roger Coffin, w...

Obituaries •
Friday, April 19, 2013

Roger J. Litalien, 90: A man of many talents

TOPSHAM — Roger J. Litalien, 90, died Saturday at The Marshwood Center in Lewiston. Born in Jay on June 25, 1922, he was the fifth child born to George Litalien, Sr. and Marie Rose Vaillancourt. Litalien left home at a young age and moved to Bath, where he worked at various jobs....

Obituaries •
Friday, April 19, 2013

Harriett Lewis, 97

BATH — Harriett Lewis, 97, of Bath, died April 12. She was born in Bath on Jan. 5, 1916, the daughter of Robert and Dora Small. Lewis grew up in Bath and graduated from Morse High School. She married her soul-mate, Orrington H. Lewis, and the couple resided in Bath to rai...

Obituaries •
Friday, April 19, 2013

Mid-Coast Meetings: April 19-25

Brunswick Mon.  4/22  noon  Recreation, Trails & Open Space  Hawthorne School Mon.  4/22  7 p.m.  Town Council  TH Tues.  4/23  7 p.m.  Planning Board  BS Thur.  4/25  7 p.m. &...

Community •
Friday, April 19, 2013

Brunswick Police Beat: April 19

Arrests 4/9 at 9:16 a.m. Joshua R. Knight, 29, of Casco Road, was arrested on River Road by Officer Patrick Mahar on a probation hold and charges of operating while license suspended or revoked and leaving scene of an accident. 4/10 at 1:09 p.m. V...

Police Beat •
Thursday, April 18, 2013

If you can't beat 'em ...: School Board seeks pact with proposed Brunswick charter school

BRUNSWICK — In an attempt to provide an alternative to nearby charter schools, the School Board is in preliminary talks for a partnership with a proposed charter school at Brunswick Landing. The board created an ad hoc committee April 10 to meet with John Stadler, a local entrepreneu...

Dylan Martin • News •
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 3:40 pm
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