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Topsham-Brunswick bridge group weighs appeal to stop span replacement John Graham of the Friends of the Frank J. Wood Bridge said a closer examination of Maine Department of Transportation calculations would show the cost of rehabilitating the bridge is closer to the cost for replacing it. Share TOPSHAM — A group trying to save the Frank J. Wood Bridge said it will appeal a federal court ruling that backed the Maine Department of Transportation’s bid to replace the span linking Topsham and Brunswick. A Maine transportation department spokesperson confirmed Monday that an appeal could fur...

Topsham-Brunswick bridge group weighs appeal to stop span replacement John Graham of the Friends of the Frank J. Wood Bridge said a closer examination of Maine Department of Transportation calculations would show the cost of rehabilitating the bridge is closer to the cost for replacing it. Share TOPSHAM — A group trying to save the Frank J. Wood Bridge said it will appeal a federal court ruling that backed the Maine Department of Transportation’s bid to replace the span linking Topsham and Brunswick. A Maine transportation department spokesperson confirmed Monday that an appeal could fur...

Greenfield City Council voted unanimously to send a letter to the governor requesting a special allocation of the vaccine in order to vaccinate the county’s largest workforce: farmworkers.

Federal judge rules in favor of MDOT on Topsham-Brunswick bridge replacement suit The decision means Maine Department of Transportation's plan to replace the heavily traveled, 90-year-old-bridge can move ahead. Share TOPSHAM — A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Maine Department of Transportation’s bid to replace the Frank J. Wood Bridge between Topsham and Brunswick. The nearly-90-year-old bridge to carry Route 201 and Route 24 traffic over the Androscoggin River. U.S. District Judge Lance Walker’s ruling was filed Wednesday. The state’s decision to demolish the 89-year-old tr...

Environmental groups ask federal appeals court to stall CMP corridor project But a judge denied their request for an injunction to stop the project from proceeding pending the appeal. Share Three environmental groups have appealed a judge’s decision to allow construction on a 145-mile transmission line through western Maine, but the project will not immediately be delayed by that legal action. Sierra Club Maine, the Natural Resources Council of Maine, and the Appalachian Mountain Club sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this fall in hopes of blocking the corridor. They alleged the Corps ...