John reports on police and crime for the Press Herald. He previously covered the cities of Bath and Brunswick for the Times Record and was a staff writer for The Forecaster. A former Waterville Panther, John returned to Maine after studying philosophy at Middlebury College in Vermont and journalism at Boston University. When he’s not writing about Maine communities, John spends his time practicing yoga, organizing games of Survivor and obsessively following the Red Sox farm system.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2022
State parks on pace for another record year
COVID-19 restrictions are largely a thing of the past, but the influx of visitors to Maine State Parks that started as a response to pandemic isolation hasn’t slowed.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2022
Maine fares better than most despite slip in life expectancy
Life expectancy declined in Maine in 2020, but 47 other states were hit harder during the pandemic’s first year.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2022
Major Brunswick public mural project delayed
The installation of a 1,400-square-foot mural on the exterior of Fort Andross has been pushed to mid-2023 due to logistical hurdles and criticism of how the proposed mural depicts the area’s history.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2022
Highland Games connect Mainers to Scottish roots
The 43rd annual Maine Highland Games brought traditional Scotish athletics, piping and dance competitions to Brunswick on Saturday.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2022
No lunch, but free yoga at L.L. Bean
The Freeport company has hosted free events, including yoga classes, trivia competitions and movie nights almost every day this summer.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2022
Electric slide: Consumers and government push for more electric vehicles
Maine is pushing to increase the number of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids on the road from 7,000 to 219,000 by 2030.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2022
Amid wave of pandemic pups, animal behavior experts warn aversive training may backfire
The head of Midcoast Humane’s behavior department worries that a growing trend of punishment-based training methods is causing emotional and behavioral problems in local animals.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2022
Elite international classical musicians to host farewell concert
The Brunswick International Music Festival will come to a close this Friday, when a world-renowned cellist shares the stage with the festival’s prolific students.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2022
BIW wins contract to help design next-gen destroyer
The U.S. Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works a contract to help design its next generation of destroyers, the shipyard announced in a press release Friday afternoon.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2022
Market forces make affordable housing a tricky sell in Brunswick area
Local housing experts say financing for affordable housing developments is more complicated to put together than market-rate projects, which contributes to a shortage of cheap housing in the Midcoast.
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