BRUNSWICK — Police on Wednesday were searching for a man who they say may have attempted to lure an 11-year-old girl into his car. It happened at about 1:30 p.m., police said, in the Spring Street area near Harriet Beecher Stowe School. As the 11-year-old was walking, police said, the suspect drove slowly behind her […]
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Kazimierz ‘Ski’ Szczepanski
1922 – 2015 TOPSHAM — Kazimierz “Ski” John Szczepanski, 93, of The Highlands, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 21, with his family by his side. He was born in Trenton, N.J., on Feb. 25, 1922, a son of Adam Szczepanski and Katherine Rogowoki. He attended Trenton schools and earned his GED. In 1942, he […]
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Unified basketball: Lisbon edges Brunswick, 34-32, for West title
BRUNSWICK — In the initial meeting between Brunswick and Lisbon of the inaugural unified basketball season, the Dragons left Lisbon Falls with a hard-fought overtime win. Those who packed into the Brunswick High School gymnasium for Tuesday’s West Regional final witnessed another tense, down-to-the-last-second contest, this one going the way of the second-seeded Greyhounds, 34-32. […]
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Dragons turn up heat
BRUNSWICK — It’s been a perfect season thus far for the Brunswick High School Unified basketball team, finishing the regular season at 7-0 and earning the top spot in the Western Heal Point Standings. However, with the Dragons only winning by an average of three points all season long, Tuesday’s quarterfinal game against No. 8 […]
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Twin Cities-Portland bus service on the table
Twin Cities and Portland officials have started talking about establishing commuter bus service between the two metropolitan areas. “It’s going to take some time because it’s a big issue,” said Phil Nadeau, Lewiston deputy city administrator and chairman of the Lewiston-Auburn Transit Committee. “If we are trying to establish some kind of commuter service that […]
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Tabby cat ‘doing very well’ after suffering burns from car engine
BRUNSWICK — February was the second-coldest month on record, the National Weather Service in Gray reported Sunday, and not only for those of us bundled in boots and down parkas. On a subzero evening, the wheel well or engine of a recently-revving Subaru may offer just enough warmth to attract a cat or other small […]
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Bowdoin College icon Wil Smith, ‘a giant of a person,’ dies of cancer
BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College graduate Wil Smith, “a giant of a person” who raised a young daughter alone while attending Bowdoin and then returned after law school to work as a dean, helping the college increase opportunities for people of color, died of colon cancer Sunday in Philadelphia at the age of 46. Smith’s inspiring […]
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Russell A. Michaud
1929 – 2015 BRUNSWICK — Russell A. Michaud, 85, of Weymouth Street, died Monday, Feb. 16, at the Mid Coast Senior Health Center. He was born in Brunswick on May 15, 1929, the son of Adolphe and Rose Alma Belanger Michaud. He attended St. John’s School and graduated from Brunswick High School in 1948. On […]
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H.S. girls’ basketball: Lawrence pulls away from Brunswick
AUGUSTA — The Lawrence High School girls’ basketball team found itself in unfamiliar territory Wednesday — the Bulldogs trailed at the half against this year’s Eastern A Cinderella team from Brunswick. Lawrence played from behind for much of the first half and was down by seven at the break. “This is the first time we’ve […]
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Class A East boys’ quarterfinal: Hampden overtakes Brunswick after another Nick Gilpin launch
AUGUSTA — Not quite two years ago, a shot from just inside half-court by Nick Gilpin hoisted Hampden Academy to the second of its three consecutive Class A East boys’ basketball championships. Saturday evening, another answered prayer off Gilpin’s fingertips at Augusta Civic Center spelled the difference between a deficit and a lead at the end […]