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News in Brunswick

Brunswick Police Beat: Jan. 18

Arrests 1/8 at 3:27 p.m. Dale E. Havens, 33, of River Road, was arrested on Columbia Avenue by Officer Justin Dolci on a warrant. 1/10 at 8:36 a.m. Hallie O'Connor, 21, of Simon Willard Road, Concord, Mass., was arrested on Medical Center Drive by...

Brunswick entrepreneur hopes to launch 'fab lab'

BRUNSWICK — Local inventors and visionaries may soon have a place to meet and fabricate their own creations using sophisticated computer technology. Sarah Boisvert, who is a Brunswick resident and co-founder of a Maryland micro-manufacturing company, said she is in talks with a priva...

Brunswick hires lobbyists to defend control of former base

BRUNSWICK — The town has enlisted a top legal firm to fight legislation officials say will supersede local control of economic redevelopment at Brunswick Landing.

Experts warn Mainers about flood-damaged cars

LEWISTON — It's shiny, runs like a dream and the price is fantastically low. Frankly, you're pretty sure you've hit the used car jackpot. But experts warn that some of the cars flooded during this fall's Hurricane Sandy are now starting to make their way onto the market. In Ma...

People & Business

Grants The Portland Performing Arts Festival recently received a $4,000 grant from the Rines/Thompson Fund of the Maine Community Foundation in support of the expansion of the festival's activities in 2013.

Community Calendar Jan. 16-29

Greater Portland Benefits Wednesday 1/16 Keep ME Warm fundraiser, 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Gelato Fiasco, 425 Fore St., Portland and 74 Maine St., Brunswick, all profits from sales go toward Keep ME Warm.

Arts Calendar Jan. 16-29

Greater Portland Auditions & Calls for Art Musica de Filia, auditions for several all-female choirs, Jan. 2-22, 550 Forest Ave., Portland, 807-2158. Books & Authors Friday 1/18

Abby's Road: Gone skating

Parenting was hard even for Albert Einstein. I mean, he is the man who defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Clearly, he had that breakthrough after commanding “indoor voices!” and hearing no reduction in volume. I don't underst...

The Universal Notebook: The governor flunketh

Gov. Paul LePage has nothing but contempt for public education, public school teachers and administrators and public school students. A man possessed of the worst combination of ignorance and arrogance, he seems to have no idea of the damage he does every time he opens his big mouth and badmouths...

Raynaldo L. Saucier Jr., 92

BATH — Raynaldo L. Saucier Jr., 92, of Bath, died Dec. 17 at Mid Coast Hospital. Saucier was born in 1920, the son of Raynaldo Sr. and Emma Saucier. He grew up in Lewiston and graduated from Lewiston High School in 1938. Saucier met his love, Lucille, and the couple were ...