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- Harriet Beecher Stowe School in Brunswick
was closed Thursday after officials discovered a malfunction in the building's
main fire alarm panel during a routine maintenance inspection. The Brunswick
School Department said it made the decision to cancel classes after consulting
with the Brunswick Fire Department, which determined the school should not
operate without a fully functioning fire alarm system.
Press
Herald - The nor’easter moving north along the mid-Atlantic and
southern New England coast this weekend will bring hazardous beach conditions,
rain and gusty winds to southern Maine. The storm has slowed and was moving
into southern New England on Friday, said Jerry Combs, a meteorologist at the
National Weather Service’s office in Gray.
While there may be a chance of
rain Saturday morning and afternoon in Maine, the odds increase Saturday night
and into Sunday and Monday. The rain may start sooner in York County, Combs
said. Southwestern Maine can expect 1 to 2 inches of rain, but Combs said he is
not expecting any flooding.
Press
Herald - Former Maine House Speaker
Hannah Pingree continues to hold a comfortable lead over Republican Bobby
Charles and independent Rick Bennett in the race to become Maine’s next
governor, a New York Times/Portland Press Herald/Siena poll shows.
Pingree — a 49-year-old Democrat
from North Haven who led a policy office under Gov. Janet Mills and is the
daughter of U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree — has had double-digit polling leads over
Charles and Bennett since winning the crowded Democratic primary in June. That
trend continued in the latest poll of the race.
Pingree garnered support from 48%
of respondents, compared to 36% for Charles and 8% for Bennett in the poll of
309 likely Maine voters that was conducted from Sept. 15-17 and had a margin of
error of +/- 2.9 percentage points. Among the respondents, 8% said they “don’t
know” or refused to say whom they will for in November.
$1.8 million: The amount made by softshell clam harvesters in Brunswick in 2025. An algae bloom in Casco Bay is threatening the industry and caused the Department of Marine Resources to close certain harvesting locations in Brunswick and Harpswell. “This is the biggest mortality event I’ve ever seen along the Brunswick shores and in particular in Maquoit Bay, but it’s also the most dense I’ve ever seen softshell clams in this town,” said Dan Devereaux, Brunswick coastal resource manager.
The Brunswick Visitor Center is closed for renovations through Sunday.