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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 ...

• Opinion •
Monday, October 22, 2012 at 8:00 am

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...

Obituaries •
Friday, October 19, 2012

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 ...

Obituaries •
Friday, October 19, 2012

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...

Obituaries •
Friday, October 19, 2012

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...

Obituaries •
Friday, October 19, 2012

Mid-Coast Meetings: Oct. 19-25

Brunswick

Community •
Friday, October 19, 2012

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...

Dylan Martin • News •
Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 9:30 am

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

Dylan Martin • News •
Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 8:50 am

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.

Police Beat •
Thursday, October 18, 2012

Brunswick accepts free park space from housing group

BRUNSWICK — Families who live in the affordable housing units on McKeen Street will soon have an improved and revitalized park after the Town Council accepted the free land Monday from Affordable Midcoast Housing. The town also conditionally accepted a few adjoining streets to t...

Dylan Martin • News •
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 3:10 pm
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