BRUNSWICK (AP) — A former Navy officer is relocating part of his business from Virginia to the former Brunswick Naval Air Station, creating up to 50 jobs the first year and possibly as many as 200 over time, officials said Wednesday. It took less than a month from initial phone call to completing a signed […]
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Jet overhaul company to relocate operations to Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — A retired Navy pilot is relocating part of his business from Virginia to the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. It took less than a month to seal the deal with Tempus Jets, said Steve Levesque, executive director of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority. The company’s CEO, Scott Terry, was familiar with the base because […]
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92-year-old burned in Brunswick house fire
BRUNSWICK — A 92-year-old woman was severely burned in a fire at her home on Beech Drive on Wednesday evening, police Lt. Todd Ridlon said in a news release. The woman was listed in very serious condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland, and officials had not yet notified her next of kin late Wednesday, […]
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Researcher says S.C. slave harbored at author’s home was part of inspiration for ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A Clemson University professor is convinced that Harriet Beecher Stowe might not have written “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” if it were not for a fugitive South Carolina slave she harbored for a night before starting the history-making novel. The book, which fueled the abolitionist cause and helped put the nation on the […]
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Former Navy base getting new aviation terminal
BRUNSWICK (AP) — The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority is getting $1.1 million from the federal government to create a general aviation terminal. Rep. Chellie Pingree said the money will be used to renovate a former Navy air operations center with a goal of helping the Brunswick Executive Airport become a full-service general aviation airport. The […]
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Feds grant $445,000 to help develop former Brunswick Naval Air Station
BRUNSWICK — The redevelopment of the former Brunswick Naval Air Station received a boost Tuesday when the federal government awarded another $445,000 in grant money to continue improvements at Brunswick Executive Airport. The grants, announced by U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, were awarded by the U.S. federal Military Airport Program. The money will assist in […]
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Auburn Seniors lobster feed AUBURN — Those purchasing tickets for the New Auburn Seniors lobster feed on Sept. 18 may pick them up on Wednesday, Aug. 28, at St. Louis Church. Members may call Virginia Levasseur at 783-0273. Color Me Rad 5K is Saturday BRUNSWICK — Color Me Rad 5K Maine will begin at 9 […]
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Ex-Brunswick pastor accused of having church pay wife while he collected disability
PORTLAND — The former pastor of a Brunswick church appeared Wednesday in U.S. District Court on charges that he conspired with others to have his wife paid for work he did so that the minister would not lose his disability benefits. Carroll Freemont Pennell, 68, of Cushing, Texas, is charged with conspiracy to commit Social […]
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Theater Project season opens Sept. 6
The Celebration Barn buddies: Al Miller, Fateh Azzam and Nat Warren-White. BRUNSWICK — The Theater Project’s 2013-2014 season will open on Friday, Sept. 6, with “Waiting for Godot” by Samuel Beckett, featuring several Theater Project favorites on stage, including Al Miller, Christopher Price, and Nat Warren-White. Directed by Davis Robinson, founder and director of Boston’s […]
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Brunswick police say suspect had cocaine strapped to thigh and stashed ‘in a body cavity’
BRUNSWICK — A New Bedford, Mass., man was arrested early Wednesday after police said they found 168 grams of cocaine strapped to his inner thigh and in a body cavity. Hector Nieves-Martinez, 19, remained in Cumberland County Jail on Wednesday morning, held on $25,000 bail, according to a jail official. Nieves-Martinez is charged with aggravated […]