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Reporter banned from State House proceeding  Free Access 

Fredette cited Parkinson's work for liberal blog

AUGUSTA — A State House reporter for a Bath-based news website was ousted from the House floor during debate on Medicaid expansion and hospital debt Tuesday night. More...

Brunswick budgets get new revenue

Sale of building blunts school deficit

With adoption of 2014 town and school budgets looming, Town Manager Gary Brown and School Superintendent Paul Perzanoski have prepared $1.2 million in new cuts for the council’s approval Thursday. More...

DOWN ON THE FARM

WISCASSET EIGHTH-GRADERS spent Tuesday morning working on the farm at Chewonki, harvesting greens in the hoop house. More...

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Join the Laughter in Our Chocolate Church  Free Access 

Review of "Moon Over Buffalo"

Studio Theater of Bath is continuing their production of Moon Over Buffalo this weekend. More...

Sports

Fourth line leads Bruins to 3-0 lead

It took 40 years for Original Six rivals Boston and New York to face off again in the playoffs. Beantown’s Bruins seem intent on wrapping up the long-awaited gettogether in a hurry. More...

Brunswick softball nearly pulls one out

Dragons’ rally falls short in 12-11 loss

Brunswick High School softball coach Luke Potter knew coming into his rookie season that his Dragons were going to face struggles in the tough Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference. More...

BATH DANCERS SHINE

UNIVERSAL DANCE CREW of Bath recently finished their second season in the United States Finals in Providence R.I. The Senior team took home the title of U.S. More...

Nation

Okla. residents survey damage

MOORE, Okla. (AP) — With her son holding her elbow, Colleen Arvin walked up her driveway to what was left of her house for 40 years. More...

Apple case seen as possible spur to tax action

WASHINGTON (AP) — Now that tech darling Apple Inc. has been dragged front and center into the debate over the U.S. More...

Boston victims urged to apply for funds

BOSTON (AP) — The administrator of the Boston Marathon victims’ compensation fund says so far just five people have filed applications for a portion of the $30 million the One Fund has already collected. More...

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CALENDAR

We welcome community groups to list their special events in Calendar. Items should be submitted two weeks in advance. More...

Dear Abby

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I recently learned that our sister-in-law’s adult son from a prior marriage, “Charlie,” is now “Claire.” My husband and I have three sons, ages 2 to 10 years. More...

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Letters

Brunswick plan gets railroaded

To the Editor: The area in the Brunswick Master Plan for downtown and the outer Pleasant Street corridor, adopted in January 2011, abuts the property of the proposed train maintenance facility in the Brunswick West neighborhood. More...

U.S. presidents aren’t dictators

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‘Moon Over Buffalo’ also shines in Bath

To the Editor: “Moon Over Buffalo,” directed by Thom Watson, is now playing at the Chocolate Church, the Studio Theatre’s final show of the season. More...

Neighbor helps control Phippsburg fire

Chief sees cause as electrical

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...

Bumper cars in Brunswick  Free Access 

Police sorted out 2 minor wrecks Tuesday

BRUNSWICK — Two accidents within 40 minutes Tuesday delayed traffic on two of Brunswick’s busiest streets. More...

Goodall, Gerzofsky push early-voting bill

Measure requires change to Maine Constitution

AUGUSTA — A bill to encourage greater voter participation won an initial test Tuesday in the Senate.The Senate voted 24-11 largely along party lines to allow Mainers to vote on whether or not the state should expand early voting. More...

Vote once or twice

RSU 1 voters have option on budget validation process

Residents of the five Regional School Unit 1 towns will have the option of eliminating half of the two-step budget-approval process when they vote in their respective towns June 4. More...

Brunswick police arrest ‘substantial’ heroin dealer

A Connecticut man who police say is responsible for trafficking large amounts of heroin into the Brunswick area was arrested Monday at a local motel. More...

Obituaries

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
Shirley Jean Bourgoin - 2013-05-17
Carlton E. Rideout - 2013-05-17
Benjamin O. Fitzgerald - 2013-05-17
John F. Stone - 2013-05-17

Local

Town to hold art cash

Pitches in for group lacking nonprofit status

Because the town is a taxexempt entity and Brunswick Public Art Group is not, the municipality has agreed to collect and hold money raised to pay for an art installation at Brunswick Station. More...

Bowdoin College is nation’s ‘healthiest’

Bowdoin College has been tabbed “the healthiest school in America” by a health-related website. More...

Police say man tried to strangle girlfriend

BOWDOINHAM — Police arrested a Bowdoinham resident late Monday on a charge of aggravated assault after he allegedly tried to strangle his girlfriend. Brian Thomas, 46, was taken to Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset. More...

Maine

Bill linking hospital debt, Medicaid wins

But votes now lacking to beat likely LePage veto

After a four-hour debate Tuesday, the House of Representatives approved a bill that would pay off Maine’s $484 million debt to the state’s hospitals, agreeing to go along with a Democrat-backed amendment calling for the state to accept fe More...

Suspect said to be friend of slain teenager

A 15-year-old girl found dead in a wooded area of Old Town knew the man charged with killing her, her best friend said, contrary to early reports she’d headed outside her Glenburn home to see someone she met online. More...

State’s jobs picture best in five years

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s unemployment rate was 6.9 percent in April, falling below 7 percent for the first time since December 2008, according to Maine Department of Labor estimates. More...

World

Face transplant performed in Poland

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Doctors in Poland say they have performed an urgent total face transplant on a 33- year-old man whose face was torn off in an accident which also crushed his jaws. More...

French universities may teach in English

PARIS (AP) — France’s National Assembly is taking up an education reform bill that would allow public universities to hold some courses — like science or economics classes — in English, a plan that has alarmed language purists More...

Britain to finalize plans for interpreters

LONDON (AP) — Britain is proposing to let Afghan interpreters who worked alongside its troops the right to settle in the U.K. in recognition of the risks to their personal safety. More...

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Seniors need fraud protection

OTHER VOICES

In a fitting measure for National Older Americans Month, Vermont Rep. Peter Welch on Wednesday introduced the Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2013. More...

Commentary

The middle class trickle-down myth (Part II)

Last week, we looked at some of the ways the middle classes are turning on one another instead of being supportive of their shared struggles. More...

Business

Bowdoin business wins Governor’s Award

AUGUSTA — FHC, Inc., of Bowdoin was one of seven Maine companies recently honored with the Governor’s Award for Business Excellence at a State House ceremony. More...

Wilbur’s attends ‘Taste of Maine’ event

April reception held on Capitol Hill in D.C.

WASHINGTON — In late April, Wilbur’s of Maine Chocolate Confections, located in Freeport, participated in the Maine State Chamber of Commerce’s inaugural “Taste of Maine,” a reception on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., More...

Network to present its ‘Amazing Women’ event

Scheduled for June 5 at Point Lookout Resort

CAMDEN — The Maine Women’s Network invites its members, guests, and the public to attend its sixth annual “Celebration of Amazing Women” statewide event on June 5, hosted by Point Lookout Resort in Northport. More...