Southern Midcoast school districts report increases in the number of students in their district switching to homeschooling during the COVID pandemic, but say they hope many students will return when things start to go back to normal.
Darcie Moore
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Topsham Aroma Joe’s plan stirs debate about Main Street vision
The attorney for Aroma Joe’s told Topsham planners Tuesday that after 11 months of making changes and increasing project costs to satisfy the town, “enough is enough.”
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Two Bridges turns away York County inmates due to coronavirus outbreak
Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset boards inmates when there are beds available and hadn’t turned inmates away during the pandemic prior to a recent from York County Jail to board some of its female prisoners.
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Hospitals wrangle over need for Topsham surgery center
Presidents of Lewiston-based Central Maine Healthcare, which is proposing an ambulatory surgery center, and Brunswick-based Mid Coast-Parkview Health, which opposes the proposal, have made their cases before Topsham selectmen in recent weeks.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn
Lisbon officially pulls plug on modified Moxie Festival
In June, Lisbon councilors canceled the July festival due to the coronavirus pandemic but had hoped to plan a smaller-scale event in the fall.
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New owners step up to buy Lisbon’s Sausage Kitchen
Maurice Bonneau’s Sausage Kitchen closed earlier this summer when the former owner retired, but reopened last week with new owners.
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Brunswick restaurant evacuated Friday due to downed power line
Police say no one was hurt before Central Maine Power Co., cut power to a live power line that landed on part of Joshua’s Restaurant and Tavern on Maine Street.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Lisbon’s police chief moving to same role in Topsham
Lisbon Police Chief Marc Hagan will take over as police chief for Topsham in mid-September after the town’s former chief, Christopher Lewis, resigned in early July.
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Lisbon seeks development ideas for Worumbo site
Lisbon heard from community members about what they want to see happen to the former textile mill property as part of redevelopment efforts.
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Bowdoin woman reported missing says she’s safe in Mississippi
The family of 43-year-old Jessica Woerter Giberson said she was last seen at her home at around 10 p.m. on Saturday and has not been heard from since.