Author: Jim Bleikamp

Parking bans Brunswick--11PM Sataurday to 7AM Sunday--no parking on public streets and public lots. If you violate the ban, you risk a tow at your expense. Boothbay Harbor--4PM Saturday to 9AM Sunday Cancellations Stage auditions Saturday afternoon at the Chocolate Church in Bath are cancelled but will be held...

Tense Moments In Brunswick   A resident of the New Meadows Motel on Bath Road in Brunswick is at the Cumberland County Jail without bail after a domestic incident that drew a response not only from Brunswick police, but from police in Bath and Sagadahoc County sheriff's...

No Parking   After substantial concern about congestion, about a buildup of snow and ice, and about possible access difficulties for emergency vehicles, there will be no parking for the next two weeks on Page Street near Bowdoin College in Brunswick. On February 2, the town council...

Emergency No Parking   Page Street in Brunswick, about which there was so much concern at Monday's Brunswick town council meeting, is off limits to parked vehicles on an emergency basis until February 3, one day after a scheduled public hearing on a plan to put an...

Parking Perils   A plan to set up an overnight permit parking plan on Page Street in Brunswick, near Bowdoin College, has moved a step forward. The town council has voted to hold a public hearing on the proposal on February 2, and may adopt the plan...

Suspended   Freeport town manager Peter Joseph confirms that fire chief Darrel Fournier has served a two-day suspension after town officials determined that the chief's part-time job with a fire restoration company might have created the appearance of a conflict of interest. The company, Paul Davis Restorations,...

King Day   It's a day that's being observed in a variety of ways on the Midcoast. Some are working, some have the day off, for some it's a day of remembrance, and for some it's a day of service. It's a day that's being observed not...

Dump?   That's the word used by third district Brunswick school board member Chris McCarthy at Wednesday night's board meeting to describe the state of the physical plants at the Coffin Elementary and Junior High Schools. The comment came in another of many recent board discussions of...

Lower Electricity Rates   Due to a decision by the Public Utilities Commission, home and small business customers served by Central Maine Power  and buying electricity through the state's standard offer will see their rates drop rather than increase, as had been feared. The P-U-C has accepted...

Patriots Prevail   But it didn't come easily. The Patriots trailed through much of the game but won it in the closing minutes over Baltimore, 35-31. Next up for the Patriots will be the winner of tomorrow's AFC battle pitting Denver against Indianapolis. Bruins On A Roll   The Bruins...