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  • Taste of Brunswick postponed to fall

    BRUNSWICK — The fifth annual Taste of Brunswick event has been postponed to fall. The event was originally scheduled for June 22. Organizer Brunswick Downtown Association said a lower-than-usual number of participating restaurants prompted the decision to postpone.  Patti...

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    Friday, June 21, 2013

  • Yarmouth voters stamp budget at Town Meeting

    YARMOUTH — In less than an hour, voters approved the 2014 school and municipal budgets Tuesday during the annual Town Meeting. Almost everyone in attendance voted in favor of the School Committee's $20.8 million budget, which is a 3 percent increase from this year. A cadre of about 2...

    Ben McCanna • News •
    Thursday, June 20, 2013
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  • Affordable senior housing project proposed for Topsham

    TOPSHAM — River Landing, a proposed affordable senior housing development, could soon join the ranks of elderly housing complexes already in town. Seacoast Management Co., which is affiliated with the Highlands and Highland Green senior housing operations, presented its sketch plan t...

    Alex Lear • News •
    Thursday, June 6, 2013

  • No MRRA board members for Brunswick, Topsham after bill dies

    BRUNSWICK — A bill that would have given Brunswick and Topsham direct representation for redevelopment efforts at Brunswick Landing died Monday after opposing votes between the two chambers of the state Legislature. LD 1476, or "An Act To Protect Local Input in Economic Development a...

    Dylan Martin • News •
    Thursday, June 6, 2013

  • Topsham high school principal stepping down

    TOPSHAM — After serving as principal of Mt. Ararat High School for nine years, Craig King is climbing the next rung of the administrative ladder this summer to become superintendent of Regional School Unit 10. King said Tuesday that he had been looking at superintendent positions for...

    Alex Lear • News •
    Thursday, June 6, 2013

  • Mid-Coast nonprofits receive $25K in grants

    BRUNSWICK — Five local nonprofit organizations received a total of $25,000 in grants from a philanthropic group this week.  At Curtis Memorial Library on Wednesday, the Maine Women's Giving Tree presented $5,000 grants to Family Focus, the Midcoast Hunger Prevention Program...

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    Thursday, June 6, 2013

  • Brunswick hospital lays off 16

    BRUNSWICK — Parkview Adventist Medical Center has laid off 16 employees as a result of falling revenues and unpaid MaineCare debt. Parkview spokeswoman Tory Ryden said the layoffs, which took effect Monday, affected part- and full-time positions in nearly every department. The hospit...

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    Thursday, June 6, 2013

  • Brunswick construction to close parts of College Street, Park Row

    BRUNSWICK — A major road construction project will close portions of College Street and Park Row for two weeks starting Tuesday. Other parts of College Street are expected to close throughout the summer during the project, which is expected to be complete by the end of September....

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    Thursday, June 6, 2013

  • Portland police seek man in Back Cove sex assault

    PORTLAND — Police said they have stepped up patrols around Back Cove after a 30-year-old woman was sexually assaulted Monday morning in her car, parked at the Preble Street public lot. The woman was attacked around 10:20 a.m. when she returned to her car after jogging around Back Cov...

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    Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at 9:50 am

  • Foundation to benefit from Scarborough student recital

    SCARBOROUGH — Scarborough Middle School eighth-grader and pianist Steven Larkin will play a one-hour concert to benefit the Robbie Foundation at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at St. Nicholas Episcopal Church. The free concert will be followed by a silent auction to raise money for the loc...

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    Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at 9:10 am
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