TOPSHAM — Firefighters rescued a 13-year-old boy from an island in the Androscoggin River on Monday night. The boy left his house off Foreside Road on Monday afternoon and, according to Topsham Fire Chief Christopher McLaughlin, walked across the river during low tide and got lost or misdirected on Mustard Island. Someone in Brunswick near […]
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Rose Hill
PORTLAND — Rose Hill, 71, of Topsham died Wednesday, May 16, at Maine Medical Center in Portland due to complications of her surgery. She was born in Lewiston on May 24, 1946, the daughter of the late Leo J. and Arlene (Murray) Dostie, and had been a resident of this community all of her life. Rose […]
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Topsham student wins scholarship art contest
Katie Trebilcock of Topsham is the winner of the 2018 Art and Our Natural Environment, a $1,000 scholarship contest open to all Maine high school seniors held by Liberty Graphics T-shirts. Trebilcock grew up in Maine, raised by a father who was himself raised in Maine, and a mother who chose Maine later in life. Trebilcock’s path to the award began […]
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Topsham Hannaford issues single-store product recall
TOPSHAM — The Topsham Hannaford has announced a single-store product recall on 80 percent lean ground beef, according to a news release from Hannaford Supermarkets External Communications Manager Eric Bloom. Eighty percent lean ground beef purchased Monday, April 23 with a sell-by date of April 24 may contain metal fragments and should not be consumed, according […]
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SAD 75 seeks input on new superintendent
TOPSHAM — School Administrative District 75 is soliciting residents’ input through an online survey as it begins searching for a new superintendent of schools. Brad Smith, superintendent since 2011, plans to retire July 1. The SAD 75 board has planned to consult the Maine School Management Association in finding his replacement. If a new school […]
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Topsham voters to decide budget increase
TOPSHAM — Town meeting voters next month could decide on a $12.2 million municipal budget for fiscal year 2019 – up 3.19 percent from current spending. The Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee support all the budget lines, which comprise the first several articles on the May 16 town meeting warrant. Taking into account assessments […]
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Topsham police seek suspect in tanning salon armed robbery
TOPSHAM — Police are looking for an armed man who robbed a Topsham Fair Mall Road business Tuesday night. The white man, between 6 feet and 6 feet 2 inches tall was dressed in a long, dark, hooded jacket, police said. His face was covered when he entered Sun Tan City at about 8:30 p.m., displayed […]
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Fate of Frank J. Wood Bridge debated
TOPSHAM — With a federal decision on whether to rebuild or rehabilitate the Frank J. Wood Bridge expected this summer, the Mt. Ararat High School Commons area was packed last week by those with sparring viewpoints on the structure’s fate. Some see the 86-year-old bridge, which carries Route 201 traffic over the Androscoggin River between Brunswick […]
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SAD 75 budget, borrowing proposal go to voters in June
TOPSHAM — Along with a proposed $38 million fiscal year 2019 budget, a $1.56 million bond for roof replacements will go to School Administrative District 75 voters in June. If approved, the 10-year bond would be issued next spring. An interest-only payment of $33,000 would follow in fiscal year 2020, with the maximum annual payment […]
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Retiring SAD 75 superintendent will leave his mark
TOPSHAM — Brad Smith, superintendent of School Administrative District 75 since 2011, plans to retire July 1. The 65-year-old Portland resident said in an interview Friday, “I’m healthy, and happy doing what I’m doing, but as 66 approaches I want to be able to spend that time with my wife and our adult kids.” The […]