“I’ve done many bird rescues, but as someone who loves birds and is a police officer, this couldn’t have been a better call,” said Phippsburg Police Chief John Skroski. “I made my first bird feeder in Boy Scouts in third grade and from then I was hooked.”
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Police charge Brunswick man with crashing airport gate, striking plane
According to police, some time on Jan. 13 or 14, a vehicle crashed through a gate striking the nose of a plane parked on the tarmac at the airport located in Brunswick Landing.
Brunswick aerospace company to launch its first rocket
bluShift, located at the former Navy base, plans to launch its first rocket fueled by a first-of-its-kind biofuel in Limestone Friday.
BIW COVID-19 count continues to climb
As of Wednesday, BIW reported 63 new cases so far this month, according to the company’s website.
Brunswick medical pot business to shift focus to recreational marijuana
Milshire Madison LLC is adding the manufacturing space inside a building at the Brunswick Industrial Park.
Smelt camp businesses face short season this winter
“It’s definitely put a halt on my income,” said Jim McPherson, who has run a smelt camp on the Cathance River for 50 years.
Cat reunited with owner in Phippsburg after 5 years missing
Desiree Roberts, director of shelter operations at Midcoast Humane in Brunswick, said it’s rare that an animal brought in as a stray is reunited with its owner.
West Bath woman hikes to raise money for Good Shepherd Food Bank amid pandemic
“What if the pain and fear that came out of 2020 motivated us to start taking care of our bodies?” said Rita Losee, 78. “We have control over how we treat our bodies. I want people to look at me and think ‘Well if that old broad can do it, so can I.”
Maine CDC identifies COVID-19 outbreaks at two Bath schools
Fisher-Mitchell School in Bath not resume full in-person instruction for the first time since March as initially planned after the Maine CDC listed the school as an outbreak status, alongside Morse High School, according to a letter from RSU 1 Superintendent Patrick Manuel.
How are kids talking about the Capitol insurrection in the classroom?
Mt. Ararat and Brunswick high school social studies teachers said students had questions about what motivated the attacks, how it could happen from a security standpoint, and whether things could get worse moving.