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Letter: Beem is right for the wrong reasons

Edgar Allen Beem occasionally supports a position with which I agree, most recently that the winner of a multi-candidate election should be chosen from the top three vote-getters in a run-off election when no one gets over half the vote. His primary reason for this position is that he doesn't lik...

• Opinion •
Monday, February 11, 2013 at 8:10 am

Letter: If you can't win, change the rules

I read Edgar Allen Beem's column on ranked-choice voting, and it came as no surprise. If you read his column carefully, here is the reason for RCV: the Democrats lost last time, so they need to change the rules. The rest of the article is just spin. This is no surprise coming from the liberal sid...

• Opinion •
Monday, February 11, 2013 at 8:10 am

Mid-Coast School Notebook

Brunswick Junior High School honor roll Grade 8 Faith Allen Harris, Jared Ambs, Keegan Arnold, Jessica Ashby, Stephen Backman, Savannah Baker, Heather Barry, Brooke Barter, Morgan Bateman, Nathan Benoit...

Community •
Friday, February 8, 2013

Brian Carl Bronson, 59: sports fan, loved to learn

BRUNSWICK — Brian Carl Bronson, 59, of Brunswick, died unexpectedly Jan. 30. Born May 27, 1953, in North Tonawanda, N.Y., to Frank and Louise Bronson, he spent his early childhood in New York. He moved to Bath as a teenager and graduated Morse High School in the class of 1973.

Obituaries •
Friday, February 8, 2013

Winnifred A. Rock, 73

BRUNSWICK — Winnifred A. Rock, 73, of Brunswick, died Jan. 31 at Hillhouse Assisted Living in Bath.  She was born Feb. 15, 1939, in Canton, Mass., the daughter of Richard N. and Winifred Malone Anketell. Rock earned an associate's degree from Framingham State Teacher...

Obituaries •
Friday, February 8, 2013

Yvette Bisson, 91

BRUNSWICK — Yvette Bisson, 91, of Brunswick, died Sunday at Freeport Nursing Home in Freeport.  She was born Nov. 12, 1921, in Brunswick, to Jean and Corinne Poulin. Bisson attended St. John's School, class of 1937, and also attended Brunswick High School. In ...

Obituaries •
Friday, February 8, 2013

Rosemarie Merrill, 70

BRUNSWICK — Rosemarie Merrill, 70, of Brunswick, died unexpectedly Jan. 31 at her home. She was born June 4, 1942, in Rutland Vt., the daughter of  Kenneth E. and Florabelle Polly Merrill. She was raised in Sherbourne, Vt., and graduated from Lancaster Academy and Atlantic ...

Obituaries •
Friday, February 8, 2013

Brunswick Police Beat: Feb. 8

Arrests 1/31 at 8:49 a.m. Nathaniel E. Wing, 23, of Cumberland Street, was arrested on Bath Road by Marine Resource Officer Paul Plummer on charges of violating condition of release, criminal trespass, possession of marijuana and sale and use of drug paraphernialia. ...

Police Beat •
Thursday, February 7, 2013

Confidential info revealed on Brunswick nonprofit's website

BRUNSWICK — A security leak that existed for at least two weeks on a nonprofit organization's website has some of its members concerned their confidential personal information was leaked. The partial membership database on the People Plus website...

Dylan Martin • News •
Thursday, February 7, 2013

Brunswick resumes tax incentive talks with MRRA

BRUNSWICK — The Town Council voted unanimously Monday night to resume discussions on a possible tax increment financing agreement with the authority redeveloping the former naval air station, now known as Brunswick Landing. The move was encouraging to officials at the Midcoast R...

Dylan Martin • News •
Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 3:00 pm
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