Maria Skillings covers general news for the towns of Topsham, Lisbon, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham and Harpswell. She graduated from Cape Elizabeth High School, then received her B.A. in Theater from the University of Maine at Farmington. Maria went on to study film in New York City, where she worked as a stand-up comedian for three years. Eventually making the move to Los Angeles, she discovered her love of writing. She returned home to have her very first children’s book published. Before joining the team at the Times Record, Maria returned to her roots and began writing for the Cape Courier.
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PublishedJune 1, 2022
Police: Death behind former Sears in Cooks Corner not suspicious
Brunswick police ruled the death a suicide after neighbors reported hearing a gunshot Tuesday morning.
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PublishedMay 31, 2022
Renovated Bowdoinham Recycling Barn to host open house
The building’s owner wants the public to see improvements made to the barn over the past year.
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PublishedMay 26, 2022
Topsham resident urges town manager to approve LGBTQ pride crosswalk
Topsham’s Assistant Town Manager Mark Waltz said a rainbow-painted crosswalk may be a liability. Meanwhile, the town of Brunswick is looking for two motorcyclists who defaced that community’s pride crosswalk.
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PublishedMay 25, 2022
Netflix show also shines spotlight on Brunswick’s Spindleworks studio
The segment is part of a Maine episode that also features Wiscasset’s Red’s Eats.
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PublishedMay 24, 2022
Red’s Eats in Wiscasset will be featured on Netflix series
The lobster roll landmark will be featured in an episode of Netflix show ‘Somebody Feed Phil’ this month.
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PublishedMay 23, 2022
Topsham-Brunswick Memorial Day Parade back in person for 2022
The event was hosted virtually for the last two years because of COVID-19.
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PublishedMay 17, 2022
Bowdoinham woodworker and luthier will be featured at local art gallery
Mark C. Donovan creates art, furniture and musical instruments from Maine wood he forages himself.
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PublishedMay 16, 2022
Remains of child taken from tribe to be returned to Alaska by Bowdoinham relatives
With the help of the U.S. Army, Ted Ashouwak of Bowdoinham, will repatriate his long-lost great aunt, who was forced into a boarding school in 1901, to her home in Kodiak, Alaska.
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PublishedMay 11, 2022
Midcoast family organizes fundraiser to benefit Ukraine
With $1,000 in donations so far, the Conlin family hopes their efforts will show Ukrainians they are not alone.
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PublishedMay 9, 2022
Topsham recognized for solar power expansion efforts
Topsham’s actions “benefit property owners and encourage solar energy growth in the area,” according to SolSmart.
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