BRUNSWICK (AP) — A Maine theater company is suing a New Jersey school district with a complaint that the school damaged costumes loaned for a production of the musical comedy “Spamalot.” Brunswick-based Maine State Music Theatre is suing the Edison, New Jersey district for $197,000 to replace costumes and cover late fees. The Star Ledger […]
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Brunswick teen struck by car while crossing in crosswalk
BRUNSWICK, Maine — A 15-year-old Brunswick boy was taken to a local hospital Tuesday afternoon after he was struck by a car at the intersection of Maine and Belmont streets. Eugene Reynolds, 82, of Georgetown was driving east on Belmont Street when he pulled forward to turn onto Maine Street and struck Rowan Horton, who […]
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Bowdoin College president to resign next year
PORTLAND (AP) — Bowdoin College President Barry Mills will resign in June 2015. The Brunswick, Maine, college announced the resignation on Monday. The 63-year-old Mills is in his 13th year as president of the college. Mills said in a statement that he is not retiring from work and will seek another “professional challenge.” He is […]
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Unity College honors list for fall 2013
UNITY — Several Maine residents have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester 2013 at Unity College. Jessica Kowalski ’14, an adventure based-environmental education major from Brunswick. She is a graduate of Robert E Fitch Senior High School. Michael MacKnight ’14, a conservation law enforcement major from Andover. He is a graduate […]
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Iris Society to hold meeting AUBURN — The Maine Iris Society’s April 8 meeting will feature Mark Brandhorst from Halls Pond Gardens in South Paris talking about “Gardening on Rocks.” In taking advantage of rock outcroppings and stonewalls, he uses hardy succulents and other drought-tolerant plants and finds that the possibilities are endless with the […]
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Ex-Brunswick pastor sentenced to probation
PORTLAND (AP) — The former pastor of a Brunswick church has been sentenced to two years of probation for receiving nearly $150,000 in federal benefits while also collecting a salary. Carroll Freemont Pennell had faced 18 months in prison at sentencing Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/1dJQHOQ ) reported […]
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LePage touts business incentive ‘zones’ plan
BRUNSWICK — Gov. Paul LePage on Monday made his latest pitch to shrink the power of labor unions in Maine when he offered details about the “Open for Business zones” proposal he introduced last month in his State of the State address. LePage laid out his vision for the Open for Business zones during a […]
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Class A East Hockey Semifinal: Bangor outlasts Brunswick
LEWISTON — It was tougher and rougher than the top-seeded team in Class A East hockey expected, but Bangor earned a return trip to Androscoggin Bank Colisee later this week. Trevor DeLaite had a hat trick and Sam Kenny contributed two goals and two assists Saturday night in a 5-1 semifinal victory over Brunswick. No. […]
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Rangeley woman charged with possession of heroin, Suboxone
BRUNSWICK — Local police Wednesday charged a 32-year-old Rangeley woman with possession of heroin and Suboxone, after searching her car after it veered off Route 1. Nancy E. Shaffer told officers she was lost and tired when they found her 2003 Mazda off the highway near Cook’s Corner at 11:13 p.m. Wednesday, according to Deputy […]
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Brunswick Planning Board to review Bowdoin expansion plans
BRUNSWICK (AP) — Brunswick’s Planning Board is scheduled to review two separate Bowdoin College building projects this week. The board meets Tuesday to discuss a plan by the school to tear down a building on Maine Street and replace it with a new administrative office building, as well as a proposal to turn the former […]