BRUNSWICK — The momentum created by Portland’s fee on single-use shopping bags and its ban on polystyrene foam food packaging has swept up the coast, with similar measures proposed Tuesday for Brunswick and Topsham. Members and supporters of the citizen’s group Bring Your Own Bag – Midcoast held a press conference on the Brunswick mall to […]
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Boys’ soccer: Brunswick shakes off Edward Little
BRUNSWICK — Three first-half goals propelled the Brunswick High School boys’ soccer team to a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference win against Edward Little on Saturday. The Dragons (8-3-1) edged the Red Eddies (3-5-4) 3-1 due to a late first-half surge and a solid performance from goalkeeper Josh Dorr. Dorr, who made 12 saves, stopped a […]
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Richard L. Libby
1934 – 2015 BRUNSWICK — Richard L. Libby, 80, of Lisbon Road, died Sunday, Oct. 4, at Mid Coast Hospital. He was born in Pownal on Oct. 24, 1934, the son of Fred and Mabel Cass Libby. He lived most of his younger years in Standish and attended Standish schools. He married Charlene Washburn in […]
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Field Hockey: Lewiston comes back on Brunswick
LEWISTON — Brunswick field hockey coach Karin Palin watched her team put up three goals against Lewiston on Tuesday. Normally, three goals in field hockey game are more than enough, but the Blue Devils recovered behind the hot scoring of Kasey Talarico to earn a 5-3 come-from-behind win. Trailing 3-2 after two Brunswick goals in […]
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Boys’ soccer: Lewiston downs Brunswick, 5-0
The Blue Devils got a pair of goals from two players and tacked on another to post a 5-0 win over Brunswick in a Kennebec Valley Conference matchup Tuesday afternoon. The Dragons gave up two goals in the first four minutes of play and fell to 5-2 on the season in a rematch of last […]
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H.S. Girls’ Soccer: St. Cyr (15 saves) shines as Lewiston notches big tie with Brunswick
LEWISTON — By the end of the season, a tie with perennial power Brunswick likely will be worth more Heal Points than a victory over anyone in the bottom half of Class A North girls’ soccer. So when Lewiston reached halftime Tuesday evening at Don Roux Field with the score knotted at one, the Devils didn’t […]
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Citizens group wants to restrict former BNAS groundwater
BRUNSWICK — The contamination of children by a potentially hazardous chemical at a former Air Force base in Portsmouth, N.H., has raised concerns about the possibility of a similar problem in Brunswick. The children and other residents in Portsmouth drank tainted water from a well on the former Pease Air Force Base, according to health officials […]
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Frank W. Jurgilas
1921 – 2015 BRUNSWICK — Frank W. Jurgilas, 94, resident of Baribeau Drive in Brunswick and formerly of Rumford, died Monday, Aug. 10, in Brunswick. He was born March 22, 1921, in Rumford, a son of Frank and Anne (Velush) Jurgilas.
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Air-show ride ‘best day of my life’
BRUNSWICK — The original B-25 Mitchell Bomber “Panchito” flew combat missions out of Okinawa, dropping bombs on Japan in World War II. A restored B-25, renamed “Panchito” in that plane’s honor, flew a group of reporters and a Korean War veteran out of Brunswick Executive Airport on Friday as part of the weekend-long Great State […]
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Clammers, wormers clash over use of Thomas Point mud flats
BRUNSWICK — In the past year, Brunswick Harbor Master Dan Devereaux has seen something he hasn’t found in a while in the mud flats off Thomas Point Beach. A whole lot of clams. “This season and last there’s just a great natural set of clams out there,” he said Wednesday, Sept. 2. With soft-shell clam […]