Brunswick News

Area students are among 2,500 winners of National Merit $2,500 scholarships. Winners were chosen from approximately 15,000 finalists in the 2009 National Merit Scholarship Program.

BRUNSWICK a ' The Town Council on July 6 will weigh the merits of expanding the town's drug-free zones to athletic fields, parks and playgrounds, a move that would pave the way for stiffer drug-trafficking penalties.

The Maine State Music Theatre is trying to make a night out at the theater affordable for everyone.

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ROCKLAND : An engineering report expected next week could play a decisive role in whether the 55-year-old MacDougal School in Rockland will reopen in the fall.

STOCKTON SPRINGS : A coastal landslide threatening two unoccupied camps, and possibly a third, took place Thursday night along the shore at Fort Point Cove, according to Maine Geological Survey officials.

Apt. 3, Portland, was arrested on Pleasant Street on a charge of operating under the influence.A 6/17 at 11:11 p.m. Seth Thomas Walker, 24, of 378 Church Road Apt.

The former Naval Reserve Pier in Portland could be rebuilt for use by the Coast Guard if voters approve a borrowing package in November.

A chronological compilation of local lifestyle news and information from all four editions of The Forecaster, covering 14 Maine cities and towns: Portland, Falmouth, Cumberland, Yarmouth, Freeport, North Yarmouth, Chebeague Island, South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough, Bath, Brunswick, Harpswell and Topsham.

Maine Community Foundation and Common Good Ventures have selected College for ME-Androscoggin as a new partner in their Nonprofit Effectiveness Program.

ROCKLAND : Two high-tech manufacturing plants, FMC and Lonza, have teamed up to offer educational grants to benefit students of Rockland District High School.

Submitted by Al Diamon on Mon, 06/15/2009 - 1:22pm. After-hours aftermath: When the Maine Legislature ended its 2009 session shortly after 2 a.m. on June 13, most of the state's media were nowhere to be seen.

After 70-years as a distributor of Exxon motor fuels for the state of Maine, Dead River Company has selected the Shell brand to retail across the majority of its Maine-based gasoline stations and convenience stores.

A young man of 21, Luke Rathborne has already defied odds to self-releas a record and fund a move from the deep woods of Brunswick, Maine to the couch-surfing lifestyle of New York City.

Leisa DeCarlo will be the first Brunswick High student to attend the Martin Essex School for the Gifted since the school was founded in 1976.

P-3 squadron VP-8 from Brunswick, Maine, arrived Wednesday as part of the homeport exchange in accordance with the decision from the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission to close NAS Brunswick.

Back Street Bistro will serve chilled soup, the Great Impasta a lobster BLT, Bangkok Garden spring rolls and Pad Thai.

PORTLAND a ' When governors and transportation officials from 23 states traveled to Washington, D.C., last week to discuss high-speed rail development with Obama Administration officials, Mainers were conspicuously absent.

Ogunquit Performing Arts will present four concerts over four days in two locations as part of the Chamber Music Festival this year from June 11 to June 14.

The old, run-down trailer in the backcountry near Norridgewock wasn't much to look at, but it was home.