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Brunswick Police Beat: Feb. 1

Arrests 1/22 at 6:39 p.m. Kristen I. Shipp, 34, of Cumberland Street, was arrested on Pleasant Street by Officer Jason McCarthy on a charge of criminal trespass. 1/24 at 6:31 p.m. Sarah J. Wilson, 30, of Pollard Avenue, was arrested on Pollard Ave...

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Longfellow celebration returns to Brunswick

BRUNSWICK — Longfellow Days, an annual celebration of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, begins Feb. 2 and continues through the rest of the month with several events that touch upon Longfellow's friendship with British novelist Charles Dickens. The first week of events will include re...

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 3:40 pm

Part of downtown Brunswick eyed for historic designation

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Downtown Association is considering nominating the Maine Street area between Pleasant and Mason streets for the National Register of Historic Places. The designation could open up the area, which includes several buildings dating to the early 19th and 20th c...

Dylan Martin • News •
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 1:40 pm

Habitat offers home weatherization services

BATH — Habitat for Humanity/7 Rivers Maine is offering families with a qualifying limited income the chance to button up their homes against the cold and  cut their heating fuel expenses. The organization – with help from the Maine Community Foundation, Davenport Trus...

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 12:30 pm

Mid-Coast heating assistance high on demand, low on supply

BRUNSWICK — Heating assistance programs are struggling to meet the demand from households that need help. Maria Hinteregger, who as associate director of community impact for United Way of Mid Coast Maine helps compile a list of heating assistance programs in the Mid-Coast area, call...

Dylan Martin • News •
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 12:20 pm

Brunswick Landing tax dispute gets 'less adversarial'

BRUNSWICK — A tax dispute between the town and the quasi-municipal authority that runs the former Naval Air Station has possibly taken a turn for the better, according to officials on both sides. Meanwhile, Maine's Department of Economic and Community Development has withdrawn a prop...

Dylan Martin • News •
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 12:00 pm

Former Topsham selectmen candidate charged again with drunken driving

BRUNSWICK — Jean Wolkens, a former Topsham Board of Selectmen candidate who was charged with operating under the influence four days before the election earlier this month, was charged with OUI again Monday in a separate incident. Wolkens, 43, of Meadow Road, Topsham, was arrested ea...

Alex Lear • News •
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 2:30 pm

Cape Elizabeth lawyer's judicial nomination back on track

PORTLAND — The second time may be the charm for William Kayatta Jr., the Cape Elizabeth lawyer renominated to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Tuesday announced the Senate Judiciary Committee will reconsider Kayatta's nomination...

David Harry • News •
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 9:50 am

Arts Calendar Jan. 30 - Feb. 12

Greater Portland Books & Authors Thursday 1/31 Brown Bag Lecture Series: "The Words I Chose: A Memoir of Family and Poetry," 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700.

Lifestyle •
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Community Calendar Jan. 30 - Feb. 12

Greater Portland Benefits Friday 2/1 Fair Trade Fundraiser for UNICEF. 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Karma Fair Trade,  570 Brighton Ave., Portland, 831...

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
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