People once told Becky Shepherd she was crazy for opening a cafe in Brunswick’s downtown, but now some of the same voices are telling her she is deserting the people who helped grow her business.
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Facing a raft of retirements, BIW ramps up recruitment for 1,000 new workers
The Bath shipyard has contracts to build 11 new DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers for the Navy over the next eight years.
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Brunswick considers housing options for asylum seekers coming from Portland
About a dozen of the 30 to 40 migrants the town is expecting moved into the Captain’s Way development at Brunswick Landing on Friday.
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Three breweries pull out of Brunswick festival, citing sponsor’s domestic violence charge
Flight Deck, Black Pug and Moderation breweries withdraw from the ‘Taste of Summer’ because of the involvement of controversial concert promoter Alex Gray.
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Brunswick airport gets $6.2M from federal government
The Brunswick Executive Airport will receive more than $6 million from the federal government for a new aircraft hangar, perimeter fence and other improvements. A $6.2 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration was announced Monday by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. More than half the award, about $3.6 million, will pay for a new […]
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Kestrel Aeroworks, once seen as boon for Brunswick Landing, is evicted for failing to pay rent
One of the planes of the Kestrel Aircraft Co. was used as the backdrop for a ceremony in 2011 marking redevelopment of the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. While Kestrel Aeroworks appeared to be a big win for Brunswick Landing when it moved in, other employers have since brought hundreds of jobs to the former […]
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Brunswick Landing closer to becoming energy 'island'
BRUNSWICK — A goal of producing all energy on-site through renewable sources is two steps closer at Brunswick Landing. About a month ago, the business campus signed a lease and power-purchase agreement with Revision Energy to install solar panels on 5 acres, said Steve Levesque, executive director of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority. Meanwhile, the […]
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Sea planes to be built at Brunswick Landing
BRUNSWICK — Finnish company Atol Avian has announced it will start producing amphibious airplanes at Brunswick Landing in the next year. “Where most planes are for transportation, this is for recreation,” Paul Richards, president of the newly formed company, said by phone recently. “This is for the sheer joy of flying.” The small, dual-passenger sport planes — the […]
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Atol Avion to make amphibious planes at Brunswick Landing
Atol Avion announced Tuesday it is teaming with a U.S.-based investor group to produce amphibious planes at Brunswick Landing. BRUNSWICK — An aircraft manufacturer intends to build two-seat, amphibious airplanes designed in Finland at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. Finnish company Atol Avion announced Tuesday the joint venture with a U.S.-based investor group to […]
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Brunswick Landing shows hiring slow to catch up to job hype
BRUNSWICK — When companies announce plans to add a large number of jobs, the news excites the press and the community with the prospect of significant economic growth. The effect of that news – and news coverage – is good marketing for the companies and the area; the former attracts workers and praise, and the latter benefits from […]