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Mid-Coast Meetings: Dec. 14-20

Brunswick

Community •
Friday, December 14, 2012

Mid-Coast School Notebook

First Quarter Honor Roll The following students were named to the honor roll during the first quarter at Brunswick High School. Grade 9 High Honors: Molly Blaisdell, Calyn Crawford, Elizabeth Day, Anna Deck, Reed Foster, Amelia Hawley, Maya Kosak,...

Community •
Friday, December 14, 2012

Brunswick residents: Proposed bus garage an 'assault' on neighborhood

BRUNSWICK — Residents are preparing to campaign against a proposed bus garage that is part of the School Department's plan for renovations at two schools next year. Andrew Peabody, a leader of the Water Street Neighborhood A...

Dylan Martin • News •
Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 7:50 am

Brunswick School Board considers revising classroom visit rules

BRUNSWICK — The School Board is considering a new policy that would loosen classroom observations rules after some parents criticized a new administrative procedure that was ...

Dylan Martin • News •
Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 7:50 am

Brunswick Police Beat: Dec. 14

Arrests 12/5 at 10:36 a.m. Robert Alan Smith,  43, of Woodland Drive, was arrested on Federal Street by Officer Jason McCarthy on two warrants. 12/6 at 12:13 p.m. Thomas J. Harmon, 28, of Rush's Trailer Park, was arrested on Medical Center Dr...

Police Beat •
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Downtown demolition process faces Brunswick scrutiny

BRUNSWICK — Changes could be coming to the downtown demolition-permit process at the Town Council's Dec. 17 meeting. The proposal before the council would provide an interim shift of authority from the Village Review Board to the Planning Board to grant demolition requests within the...

Dylan Martin • News •
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 4:10 pm

Application offers detail on proposed Harpswell charter school

HARPSWELL — How do we convince children to stay in Maine after they graduate? And how do we convince them to participate in activities that further Maine values? These are two of the core questions Joe Grady said the Harpswell Coastal Academy, a proposed charter school currently...

Dylan Martin • News •
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 3:10 pm

Brunswick-area college scholarship fund receives $2M gift

BRUNSWICK — It apparently only took one meeting to convince George Senter, a former educator who attended local schools as a child, to donate $2 million of his estate to the Brunswick Area Student Aid Fund. John Loyd Jr., chairman of the endowment, said he realized this when he recei...

Dylan Martin • News •
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 11:30 am

Downeaster noise concerns persist in Brunswick as ridership exceeds expectations

BRUNSWICK — Ridership during the Amtrak Downeaster's first month of passenger service to Freeport and Brunswick was higher than expected, according to the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority. Patricia Quinn, NNEPRA executive director, Tuesday said preliminary ridership nort...

Dylan Martin • News •
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 10:30 am

Brunswick to issue marriage licenses Dec. 29

BRUNSWICK — The town clerk's office will open for three hours Saturday, Dec. 29, for people seeking marriage licenses. That is the day same-sex marriage becomes legal in Maine under a statewide referendum passed in November. Marriages will only be licensed by appointment that ...

News •
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 8:00 am
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