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Speculation builds about building swap between Brunswick, Bowdoin college

BRUNSWICK — A long-rumored proposal to swap Bowdoin College's McLellan Building for the soon-to-close Longfellow School could result in a new municipal headquarters, and potentially factor into the town's police station site search. The idea of a swap surfaced two years ago when a To...

Steve Mistler • News •
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Brunswick, Bowdoin College mull options after house demolition is halted; traffic plan 'moving forward'

BRUNSWICK — A historic preservation board's recent decision to block demolition of an abandoned building on Cleaveland Street has forced stakeholders in a long-awaited intersection improvement plan to consider alternatives, including an outright appeal. The Village Review Board on Ju...

Steve Mistler • News •
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 2:10 pm

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Bowdoin students' Facebook 'detox' brings clarity

BRUNSWICK — All 14 of Dhiraj Murthy's students have pages on Facebook, the popular social networking Web site that may have replaced the mini-refrigerator as the No. 1 necessity for 18- to 24-year-olds. For that reason Murthy, an associate professor of sociology at Bowdoin Colleg...

Steve Mistler • News •
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Bowdoin marks 100th anniversary of Peary's expedition

BRUNSWICK — While controversy hovered over Robert E. Peary's 1909 trip to the North Pole, his alma mater is planning to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his Arctic quest. Beginning on Friday, April 3, Bowdoin College will hold a series of events marking Peary's milestone, an...

Steve Mistler • News •
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Bowdoin seeking $10.3M in stimulus funding

Wish list includes two joint projects with town

Steve Mistler • News •
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 10:57 am
m-brunbowdoin Bowdoin College trustees endorse salary freeze

BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College's board of trustees last weekend agreed to implement new measures to help the school curb a projected 20 percent decline in its endowment this year.

Steve Mistler • News •
Friday, February 13, 2009 at 1:03 pm
m-bathleonbuck-013009 Hard to surpass this Buck Passionate golfer, all-around athlete going strong at 93

BATH — Leon Buck's tombstone says "I'd rather be golfin'."

Alex Lear • News •
Friday, January 30, 2009 at 12:54 pm
m-brunbowdoinbudget-013009 Bowdoin may freeze salaries, boost enrollment

BRUNSWICK — Facing a projected 20 percent decline in its endowment this year, Bowdoin College could institute a two-year salary freeze on most faculty and staff while increasing enrollment by 50 students over the next five years.

Steve Mistler • News •
Friday, January 30, 2009 at 11:29 am
m-brunmlkday-011609 Bowdoin College hosts M.L. King Day events

BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College will host several events commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 19.

Steve Mistler • News •
Friday, January 16, 2009 at 1:04 pm
m-brunbowdoinarena-010909 Fresh ice (drop)Bowdoin prepares to open Watson Arena

BRUNSWICK — It's very possible that when longtime Bowdoin College hockey fans file into the new $20 million Watson Arena for the first time on Jan. 18, they'll miss a few things about Dayton Arena, the 52-year-old barn the new building replaces.

Steve Mistler • News •
Friday, January 9, 2009 at 10:15 am

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