YWCA offers drop-in child care LEWISTON — Do you have holiday shopping to do, but can’t find a time to do it without your child(ren)? The YWCA of Central Maine is offering drop-in care so that parents may shop, run errands or go to appointments knowing that their child will be safe and happy. Children […]
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Boys’ Hockey: Brunswick holds off feisty Edward Little
AUBURN — Celebrate the persistence, or curse the penalties. There are two ways to look at the season opener for the Edward Little boys’ hockey team. The Red Eddies were short-handed too early, too late and too often Saturday night, which is a big reason Brunswick skated away from Norway Savings Bank Arena with a […]
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Local classifieds find a place in Facebook groups
BRUNSWICK — Imagine an online marketplace like Craigslist, except you can see every seller’s real name and nearly everyone is practically a neighbor. And that person selling the playground set? Turns out she’s a friend of a friend. Welcome to the “Brunswick, Maine Area Online Yard Sale,” a Facebook group that has become a go-to destination for […]
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Free Thanksgiving dinner READFIELD — A free Thanksgiving dinner and fellowship event will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 28, at United Methodist Church of Readfield, Route 17. Come for a meal or for dessert. There will be cribbage games, UNO and other fun games for the entire family. Senior Citizens […]
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Ridership on expanded Downeaster route above projections
PORTLAND (AP) — Amtrak’s Downeaster train carried nearly 50 percent more passengers on its expanded Portland-to-Brunswick route than rail officials expected in the first year of the service. Patricia Quinn, director of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, said from the start of the service on Nov. 1, 2012, through Oct. 31 about 52,000 […]
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Owners shuttering Brunswick sustainable living market
BRUNSWICK — An eco-friendly retail goods store on Maine Street in Brunswick is closing this month. The owners of Shift Sustainable Home Goods said they’re not going out of business because they weren’t doing well financially. In fact, they said, the business was profitable. But in an ironic twist, Corie Washow and Rob Schulz said […]
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Art group receives grant
WHITEFIELD — The Artists’ Rapid Response Team, a project of the Union of Maine Visual Artists, has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Broad Reach Fund, to continue creating positive social change in Maine through the arts. ARRT! has been working for about a year to create issue-oriented banners to promote the work of […]
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Knights plan blood drive LEWISTON — Knights of Columbus Rev. Louis J. Fortier Council 106 will sponsor an American Red Cross Blood Drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, at Holy Family Church Hall, 607 Sabattus St. Entrance to the hall is in the back of the church and there is plenty […]
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Girls’ Soccer Playoffs: Dragons blank Vikings
BRUNSWICK — Martyn Davison tried to not bring up last season. The Brunswick High School girls soccer coach didn’t need to remind his Dragons about the way the 2012 campaign ended, a stunning 3-2 Eastern A quarterfinal home loss to seventh-seeded Erskine Academy that derailed what had been an unbeaten season and high hopes of […]
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Brunswick police searching for suspects in armed robbery
BRUNSWICK — Brunswick police are searching for a man and woman who allegedly robbed the Big Apple on Pleasant Street at gunpoint Friday night. Brunswick police officers and a Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit responded at approximately 8:43 p.m. to the Big Apple at 111 Pleasant St. for a report of an armed robbery, […]