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Brunswick Police Beat: Nov. 16

Arrests 11/9 at 7:47 a.m. Alexia M. Wilson, 19, of School Street, was arrested on Maine Street by Officer Thomas Stanton Jr. on charges of domestic violence assault, refusing to submit to arrest or detention and use of force. 11/9 at 4:43 p.m. A 1...

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Board: Brunswick school facilities plan critically important

BRUNSWICK — The Town Council will vote Nov. 19 on whether to use $174,500 for school construction and renovations the School Board believes is of "considerable importance." If approved, the funds will come from the municipal budget and not the School Department. Town and school offic...

Dylan Martin • News •
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 12:30 pm

Full statement by Maine Sen.-elect Angus S. King Jr. on his caucus decision

November 14, 2012 Today, I am announcing my decision as to which party, if any, I will associate myself with in my work in the United States Senate. Before doing so, however, I want to outline my thinking on this issue and set out the principles that have guided my decision. In answ...

• News •
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 9:40 am

Yarmouth students connect with Sudanese peers

YARMOUTH — As part of an effort to promote geographic literacy at Harrison Middle School, students in two seventh-grade classes are writing to students halfway across the globe.  They are now in the second round of corresponding with Sudanese students at a Ugandan refugee school...

Will Graff • News •
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 8:10 am

Community Calendar: Nov. 14-25

Greater Portland Benefits Wednesday 11/14 Star Gala for Constellation Education, 5:30-8 p.m., Maine Artists Collective, Akari, 193 Middle St., 409-6617. Saturday 11/17 

Community •
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Arts Calendar: Nov. 14-25

Greater Portland Call for Art The Society for East End Arts is looking for artists to participate in its annual holiday sale, Art on the Hill, to be held Nov. 30-Dec. 2 at East End School in Portland; register at SEAportland.org.

Lifestyle •
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

People and Business

Appointments Susan Adams and Michael Fallona recently joined the Northeast Hearing and Speech Board of Directors. Adams, a nutritionist and lactation counselor for the Women, Infants and Children Food Program at the Opport...

Community •
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Mid-Coast United Way $40K short of $2M goal

BATH — United Way of Mid Coast Maine has reached 98 percent of its $1.96 million fundraising goal, the organization announced. The annual campaign raised nearly $1.93 million. "Let’s celebrate all the great results that have been achieved to date, and commit ourselves to...

• News •
Monday, November 12, 2012 at 3:40 pm

Out & About: Oratorio Chorale opens its season

By mid-November, nearly every performing arts organization in southern Maine has opened its fall-winter-spring season. One of the last to start is the Mid-Coast-based Oratorio Chorale, which has a pair of concerts coming up Saturday and Sunday in Topsham and Yarmouth. Music director Peter Frewen ...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, November 12, 2012 at 11:40 am

The Universal Notebook: The biggest loser

When I went to bed on Election Day I was bummed out because, despite the fact that President Obama and marriage equality had prevailed, I was under the impression that state Sen. Dick Woodbury had been unseated by a former Navy SEAL with the backing of tens of thousands of dollars of out of state...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, November 12, 2012 at 11:30 am
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