BRUNSWICK — It’s a calm, bright day, and Phil Gray is tending oysters growing in mesh crates that float in a line east of Bombazine Island in the New Meadows River. One by one, he flips the cages over, exposing algae and other buildup to the disinfecting effect of the sun and open air. Gray […]
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Armed robbery suspect sought in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — Police are seeking help in finding the suspect in an armed robbery Sunday morning. According to a release from the Brunswick Police Department, at approximately 8:22 a.m. the call came in from a male victim at 66 Union St. The release said the victim was approached in his driveway by a man wearing […]
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Service to 911 in Brunswick from Verizon Wireless phones restored
BRUNSWICK — Service from Verizon Wireless phones to 911 and the police business lines was restored early Saturday. “As of 3:30 a.m. Saturday, the third party company that processes 911 calls for parts of Maine confirmed that cellular calls to 911 were again being completed successfully for wireless carriers,” Michael Murphy, spokesperson for Verizon Wireless […]
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Emergency calls from Verizon phones not getting through, Brunswick police say
BRUNSWICK — Brunswick police alerted residents on Friday night that calls placed from Verizon Wireless phones to 911 and the police business lines are not getting through, and encouraged people to contact them by phone with another carrier or by email. An message posted on the Brunswick Police Department’s Facebook page attributed the connection problems […]
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Lobster Bowl: Thibeault likes his new digs
HEBRON — On a typical mid-summer day, Joshua Thibeault would be entrenched in the mud of a tidal flat, digging for clams. For the bulk of a rainy week of training camp, the Brunswick High School lineman has been digging into the muddy trenches at Hebron Academy, preparing for the 25th Annual Maine Shrine Lobster […]
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Presentation on saving birds BRUNSWICK — “Living in the Wind: Exploring Bird Migration and Simple Ways to Save Birds” will be presented by Scott Weidensaul from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 18, at the Morrell Meeting Room at Curtis Memorial Library. People can arrive anytime after 6 p.m. Naturalist and author Weidensaul will explore […]
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Rights commission upholds discrimination complaint against Brunswick schools
BRUNSWICK (AP) — The Maine Human Rights Commission has upheld an investigator’s report that found that Brunswick schools should have done more to protect a middle school student who said he was bullied, stabbed and sexually assaulted at school. That report issued Monday said there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Brunswick School Department […]
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Bowdoin begins building Maine’s largest solar power project
BOWDOIN (AP) — Bowdoin College is beginning to build what is expected to become the state’s largest solar power project. The school said that the 1.2 megawatt, 4,500-panel solar project will be seven times bigger than Maine’s largest existing installation. Panels will be placed on several buildings, including the Farley Field House and the Greason […]
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Peeper gets a scare when shot at with blank-firing gun
BRUNSWICK — A man told police he was shot at Thursday as he was peering in a window on Brackett Road. Police who investigated the incident said the man was, in fact, shot at — with a gun that fires blanks. The drama began at about 1:30 p.m. Police said the man who was shot at […]
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Lawmakers question plan to build Downeaster layover facility in Brunswick, suggest South Portland
BRUNSWICK — Six Democratic legislators are urging the organization that operates the Amtrak Downeaster to reconsider building a controversial, 60,000-square-foot layover facility in Brunswick and instead build it in South Portland. In a June 18 letter to Patricia Quinn, executive director of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, Sen. Edward Mazurek of Rockland and […]