Brunswick Naval Air Station

Kestrel's Brunswick landing: Klapmeier discusses drones, skeptics of Navy base venture

BRUNSWICK — It started with a voice-mail message. In the spring, several months after a bitter split with the company he founded, aviation visionary Alan Klapmeier left a message for the agency redeveloping Brunswick Naval Air Station. The message, according to Klapmeier...

Steve Mistler • News •
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Earmark could send $425k to SMCC's Brunswick campus

BRUNSWICK — An earmark within a congressional bill funding health and education could provide $425,000 in start-up funding for the Southern Maine Community College's campus at the redeveloped Brunswick Naval Air Station. The proposed earmark, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D...

Steve Mistler • News •
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 11:30 am

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Labor Dept. announces $2.5M in aid for Brunswick base workers

BRUNSWICK — About 400 workers affected by the 2011 closure of Brunswick Naval Air Station will receive re-employment services, thanks to a $2.5 million grant awarded by the federal Department of Labor. The funds, awarded through the National Emergency Grant program, was touted by U.S...

Steve Mistler • News •
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
News Analysis: Questions remain for Brunswick base agency after departure of Bailey, Oxford Aviation

BRUNSWICK — Last summer, when The Forecaster began examining Oxford Aviation's bid to expand at Brunswick Naval Air Station, Steve Levesque, the executive director of the agency redeveloping the base, warned a reporter that negative press could kill the deal. Perhaps Levesque is bles... 3

Steve Mistler • News •
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Removal of Harpswell-Brunswick pipeline begins

HARPSWELL — Work is underway on the removal of 7.25 miles of fuel pipeline along Route 123, a milestone for a four-year effort to restore land to property owners and eliminate a potential environmental hazard. On Tuesday, about a dozen town officials and advocates for pipeline remova...

Steve Mistler • News •
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Brunswick tightens rules for New Meadows quahog harvesters

BRUNSWICK — Quahog fishermen boring into the ice on the New Meadows "lakes" will have to begin fencing off the holes, thanks to an emergency ordinance passed by the Town Council on Monday. And speaking of ice, the council unanimously supported a proposal that could result in a new sk...

Steve Mistler • News •
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 11:10 am
'Same partners ... same business': Does Oxford Aviation taint effort to recast Brunswick base proposal?

BRUNSWICK — Officials guiding the reuse of Brunswick Naval Air Station confirmed last week that Oxford Aviation will take a subsidiary role in plans to redevelop the base, leaving skeptics wondering if the new proposal is simply a coat of paint for the original plan. Last week, Steve...

Steve Mistler • News •
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Brunswick base agency to seek grant from town, but not necessarily for Oxford Aviation

BRUNSWICK — The agency redeveloping Brunswick Naval Air Station plans to pursue funding for an estimated $800,000 paint booth at the base, but it's unclear who will use the asset. Steve Levesque, executive director of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, confirmed this week...

Steve Mistler • News •
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Brunswick Naval Air Station redevelopers hope Congress approves science bill

BRUNSWICK — A bill making its way through Congress could help the redevelopers of Brunswick Naval Air Station receive funding for science park projects. The legislation, dubbed the Build a Stronger Amer...

Steve Mistler • News •
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Brunswick base agency selects Mass. firm to provide airport services

BATH — The company that will provide aircraft fuel and maintenance services at Brunswick Naval Air Station is the same one performing those duties at Norwood Memorial Airport in Massachusetts.

Steve Mistler • News •
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 10:40 am

Brunswick Naval Air Station

Kestrel's Brunswick landing: Klapmeier discusses drones, skeptics of Navy base venture

Earmark could send $425k to SMCC's Brunswick campus

Labor Dept. announces $2.5M in aid for Brunswick base workers

News Analysis: Questions remain for Brunswick base agency after departure of Bailey, Oxford Aviation

Removal of Harpswell-Brunswick pipeline begins

Brunswick tightens rules for New Meadows quahog harvesters

'Same partners ... same business': Does Oxford Aviation taint effort to recast Brunswick base proposal?

Brunswick base agency to seek grant from town, but not necessarily for Oxford Aviation

Brunswick Naval Air Station redevelopers hope Congress approves science bill

Brunswick base agency selects Mass. firm to provide airport services

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