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News in Brunswick

Letter: Keep Parkview hospital open in Brunswick

I am an employee of Parkview Adventist Medical Center in Brunswick. This is the second hospital in the Mid-Coast area where I have worked. I can honestly say that we have the most dedicated patients I have ever seen. The reason is that they are made to feel cared about, loved and like family. The...

Letter: Horch for Brunswick state representative

Fred Horch is Brunswick's best choice for House District 66 representative. As small business owners we share a commitment to operating sustainably while remaining viable. As parents we share the hope that our children can create bright futures here in Maine. Fred understands the challenges that ...

David Coulombe, 77

BRUNSWICK — David Coulombe, 77, died Oct. 11 after a short illness. He was born in Brunswick on Nov. 11, 1934, the son of Harvey and Simonne Coulombe. He attended Brunswick High School and worked until his retirement at Eastland Shoe in Freeport. He had a big heart, was quick to smil...

Doris Wagg Parsons, 94

BRUNSWICK — Doris Wagg Parsons, 94, died Oct. 11 at Mid Coast Hospital. She was born in Durham on Aug. 5, 1918, the daughter of Herbert J. and Mabel Owen Wagg, and then grew up in Auburn. Parsons graduated from Edward Little High School in 1935 and Bates College in 1939. She married ...

Sherry Dian Robbins Thacker, 70: An accomplished teacher, compassionate businesswoman

BRUNSWICK — Sherry Dian Robbins Thacker, 70, died unexpectedly Oct. 6 in Walterboro, S.C., while on an annual vacation trip to Florida.  Thacker was born Sept. 23, 1942, in Memphis, Tenn., to Lonnie and Ruth Robbins. She was joined later by younger brother Eddie Robbins, an...

Muriel Mutch Crocker, 92

BRUNSWICK — Muriel Mutch Crocker, 92, died Oct. 14 at the Maine Veterans' Home in Augusta. Crocker was born in a logging camp, deep in the woods of northern Maine, the daughter of Samuel Albert Mutch and Mary Bridget Hare Mutch. She grew up on the family farm in Bradley. She gra...

Mid-Coast Meetings: Oct. 19-25

Brunswick

Brunswick GOP leader under fire for sign backing Green candidate

BRUNSWICK — A campaign sign for a Green Independent candidate in the front yard of a local Republican leader is raising eyebrows and questions from Democrats and Republicans. Jonathan Crimmins, chairman of the Brunswick Republican Committee, said the sign urging votes for Green candi...

Eveningstar Cinema in Brunswick hopes to crowd-fund new theater

BRUNSWICK — The owner of the Eveningstar Cinema is taking a creative approach to keep his business alive as the film industry converts to an expensive new format. Barry Norman has been planning to build a new multi-screen theater in the Brunswick Station area

Brunswick Police Beat: Oct. 19

Arrests 10/11 at 11:40 p.m. Gloria J. Brousseau, 38, no address listed, was arrested at Weymouth and Union streets by Officer Robert Lane Jr. on charges of operating under the influence and operating a motor vehicle beyond restriction. 10/13 at 1:30 a.m.