May 23, 2013 RSS feed / Front Page

Roundup: local Memorial Day parades

Here's a list of local gatherings to remember veterans Monday

WOOLWICH — The Memorial Day service will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, May 27 at the First Baptist Church on the Middle Road, Route 127 in Woolwich. More...

Bath considers nearly 5% tax hike

BATH The City Council is considering a $14.5 million municipal budget that — together with an 0.4 percent hike in county taxes and a 3.1 percent increase in taxes for education — would present residents with a property tax increase of ne More...

College fossil-fuel divestment plan gaining traction

SWARTHMORE, Pa. Student activists at more than 200 colleges are trying a new tactic in hopes of slowing the pace of climate change: They are asking their schools to stop investing in fossil fuel companies. More...

BUBBLE BOY

CHIP SEGERSTROM shows off his bubble blowing talents on the Wiscasset Public Library lawn after story time. More...

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Bay Day at Chop Point

WOOLWICH Nearly 250 fourth-graders from six local schools attended the annual Friends of Merrymeeting Bay Spring Bay Day at Chop Point School on Tuesday. More...

Richmond is ‘friendly’ to business

AUGUSTA Two more Maine municipalities have been designated as “business-friendly” by the state. More...

Haas fund reaches $8,000

BRUNSWICK The David Haas Memorial Scholarship, in conjunction with the Brunswick Area Student Aid Fund, has announced the Haas fund received “an amazing donation of $3,000 from Eric Welzel and the Jordan Acres PTO.” More...

Maine

Bath-based reporter chased from Capitol

AUGUSTA A State House reporter for a Bath-based news website was ousted from the House floor during debate on Medicaid expansion Tuesday night. Andi Parkinson was asked to remove herself from the floor of the House at the request of Rep. More...

LePage veto pen ready for hospital bill

AUGUSTA Gov. More...

Winslow firm accused of labor violations

WINSLOW (AP) — Labor groups have accused a Winslow-based aluminum trailer manufacturer of illegally firing employees for trying to unionize. Matt Schlobohm, executive director of the Maine AFLCIO, says five employees at Alcom Inc. More...

World

U.K. attack probed

LONDON (AP) — The British government’s emergency committee met today after two attackers butchered a British soldier in a daylight attack in London that raised fears terrorism had returned to the capital. More...

Et Cetera

CALENDAR

Thu/23 BLOOD DRIVE BRUNSWICK HIGH SCHOOL, 3:30 p.m., 116 Maquoit Rd.; www.Red- CrossBlood.org or 1-800-REDCROSS. AMERICAN RED CROSS DONOR CENTER, noon-7 p.m., 524 Forest Ave., Portland; www.RedCross- Blood.org or 1-800-RED-CROSS. More...

Dear Abby

DEAR ABBY: I was surprised to see you equate a concerned grandmother’s creative solution to smoking with bribery in your Feb. 14 column. The word “bribe” has a negative connotation. More...

Today in History

Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2013. There are 222 days left in the year. More...

Commentary

Businesses must learn the language of literacy

There has been much discussion at the state level recently about the need to improve Maine’s work force in order to attract businesses to our state and build our economy. The focus has been on increasing technical training. More...

Preventing sexual violence essential at every age

Rape jokes, victim-blaming, sexual assault, child sexual abuse. It’s all been in the media this year, and with little talk of prevention. Every April, Sexual Assault Support Services of Midcoast Maine recognizes Sexual Assault Awareness Month. More...

'Disgruntled' student vandalizes Morse

15-year-old ID'd on video by 'mannerisms' faces burglary charges

BATH — A 15-year-old boy who allegedly brought a pocket knife to Morse High School on May 20 returned to the school, broke in and vandalized it sometime during the overnight, police said today. More...

Brunswick school board restores 4 positions lost in budget

Town Council to ratify municipal plan for 2014 tonight

BRUNSWICK — Citing the impending good fortune of $200,000 in real estate proceeds from the sale of town property, School Board members Wednesday reconstituted four staff positions previously marked either for reduction or outright elimination due to More...

Bowdoin to graduate 464

Former Secretary of State Albright to speak Friday

BRUNSWICK Bowdoin College will hold its 208th commencement ceremony at 10 a.m., Saturday, conferring bachelor of arts degrees on 464 graduates. More...

BAY DAY AT CHOP POINT

PATRICK KEENAN of Biodiversity Research Institute covers bioaccumulation of toxics in wildlife during the annual Friends of Merrymeeting Bay spring Bay Day, held at Chop Point School in Woolwich. More...

Stage set for Bath strip club ordinance

BATH The City Council again endorsed a moratorium on establishment of strip clubs in the city Wednesday. More...

Obituaries

Andrew Thompson - 2013-05-23
Barbara M. Green - 2013-05-23
Rose E. Ryan - 2013-05-23
Margery Sylvester - 2013-05-23
Katherine L. Small - 2013-05-22
Margery Sylvester - 2013-05-22
Clark John Hamkins - 2013-05-21
Gary J. Beattie - 2013-05-21
Lucy R. Crooker - 2013-05-21
Ruth M. Gaudet - 2013-05-21
Harold R. Glover - 2013-05-21
Elizabeth F.M. Skorpen - 2013-05-21
James W. Bradley - 2013-05-20
John F. Stone - 2013-05-20
Pauline D. Newell - 2013-05-20

Local

Boat set ablaze by torch

Steel hull catches fire, no one injured

POWNAL A sailboat being demolished with a torch caught fire Tuesday afternoon on Upper Minott Road. More...

Handy with a hose

Neighbor damps down house fire with garden hose

PHIPPSBURG An alert neighbor who happens to be a firefighter helped limit the damage to a summer cottage that caught fire Tuesday night on Shore Road. More...

POLICE

Bath Arrests Kevin Leighton, 47, of Woolwich, May 21, 11:19 p.m., charged on a warrant for unpaid fines on Front Street. More...

Sports

Glover, Dragons top Eagles

Brunswick boys lax 10-1; Mt. Ararat 7-3

BRUNSWICK Cam Glover looked to find room throughout the first half of Wednesday night’s boys high school Eastern Maine Class A lacrosse game against rival Mt. Ararat, either to unleash his hard shot or set up a teammate for an easy goal. More...

Lewiston bests Brunswick, 15-3

LEWISTON It was one of those games the Lewiston High School softball team has waited all season to savor. More...

Walk-off for Sea Dogs

PORTLAND — Heiker Meneses lined an 0-2 pitch down the left-field line for a walk-off RBI single, giving the Portland Sea Dogs (26-18) a 5-4 Eastern League baseball win over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (23-24) in 10 innings on Wednesday night More...

Nation

Obama to address drones in speech

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama today is expected to address some of the thornier aspects of national security policy, including drone strikes, the prison at Guantanamo Bay and the dire threats Americans continue to face — even f More...

More than 50 hurt when Indiana school buses crash

NORTH WEBSTER, Ind. More...

Jobless claims fall to 340,000

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell by 23,000 last week, further evidence that the job market is slowly returning to health. More...

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An artful error in Brunswick

The town of Brunswick can hardly be blamed for going to bat for public art. More...

Democratic change in Pakistan

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will become Pakistan's prime minister again after voters in the bloody May 11 parliamentary elections gave his Pakistan Muslim League a surprise landslide victory. More...

Letters

Women have right to safe, legal abortion

To the Editor: Once again, there are those in the Legislature attacking women’s rights, as described by Rep. Jennifer DeChant in a recent guest column (OpEd: “Here we go again defending women’s rights,” May 13, Page A6). More...

Is Cook’s Corner on the back burner?

To the Editor: How does Topsham attract new businesses to the Topsham Fair Mall while more businesses close at Cook’s Corner? More...

Living

Visiting the Wisconsin home of world’s stinkiest cheese

MONROE, Wis. T he sign above the bar in Baumgartner’s Cheese Store and Tavern warns visitors about the perils of sampling the $3.25 house specialty — a slab of Limburger cheese on rye bread slathered with onions and mustard. More...

THIS WEEK IN THE CIVIL WAR

Union assaults on Vicksburg, Miss.

This week 150 years ago in the Civil War, Ulysses Grant hurled his Union forces at heavily fortified Vicksburg, Miss., in hopes of a swift conquest of the Mississippi River city. More...

Reality TV’s new stars: Small businesses

NEW YORK There’s no business like small business. More...