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Brunswick takes first steps toward development of outdoor recreation complex Preliminary designs include an outdoor pool, lighted turf fields, pickleball courts, playgrounds. Share Brunswick Town Councilors discuss predevelopment plans for a new public outdoor recreation complex at Brunswick Landing Monday night. Screengrab Brunswick Town Council approved spending up to $50,000 in recreation impact fees for planning a new public recreation complex at Brunswick Landing — site of a former Navy base — Monday. A concept design includes an outdoor pool, two lighted turf fields, eight lighted...

Brunswick approve up to $70,000 to conserve 144 acres on former base The council voted 8-1 to acquire the land for conservation and recreational purposes. Share Brunswick Councilors on Tuesday voted 8-1 to spend up to $70,000 to buy a 144-acres at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station from the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority for conservation and outdoor activities. Councilor Chris Watkinson cast the lone dissenting vote, stating that the council did not do their “due diligence to solicit feedback from various stakeholders.” “For myself as a councilor and as a representative...

Plans for 144-acre parcel at Brunswick Landing stir controversy Results from an August survey that garnered more than 500 responses point to a desire for both much-needed affordable and workforce housing and conservation and recreation land but Councilor Dan Ankeles believes the parcel, originally part of the town commons, should be entirely preserved for conservation. Screenshot/Sebago Technics BRUNSWICK — A Brunswick town councilor wants to rezone a roughly 140-acre parcel on Brunswick Landing in an effort to save the land for trails and conservation and prevent development by Midcoast R...

Following summer protests, Brunswick to start police review process The Police Review Committee is tasked with exploring three main areas: Police department procedures and policies, budget and equipment and community relations.  Share Protesters outside the Brunswick Police Station demand justice for George Floyd and an end to racism and police brutality in June. Hannah LaClaire / The Times Record BRUNSWICK — More than six months after issuing a proclamation that “black lives matter to the town of Brunswick” and committing to a review of local police practices and policies, local of...