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Brunswick’s 9th Poem in Your Pocket day goes virtual amid pandemic
In an effort to promote social distancing, the poetry readings will be broadcasted this year on Brunswick s local television channel.
Courtesy of Kathy Koerber
Brunswick will again celebrate Poem in Your Pocket day this year on April 29 after taking 2020 off due to the COVID-19 crisis.
The tradition, which will look significantly different in light of the pandemic, started locally in 2012. While also a national event, this year will mark Brunswick’s ninth Poem in Your Pocket day.
According to organizer and Brunswick local Kathy Koerber, the goal of the tradition has always been to build community through the voice of poetry.
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Brunswick signs 10-year contract with ecomaine for waste disposal
The combined cost of the contracts using ecomaine and Casella Waste Systems would be about $1.29 million a year.
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A worker uses a bales of recycling on a forklift to sweep the floor on Friday at ecomaine in Portland. The recycling center is capable of sorting 13-15 tons of recycling per hour.
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Brunswick Town Council on Monday approved, 7-2, a 10-year contract with ecomaine to dispose of residential curbside waste and recycling.
The town will likely continue to contract with Casella Waste Systems for collection and transportation to ecomaine’s Portland facilities.
After their busiest year on record, Mid Coast Hunger eyes expansion
In the soup kitchen, Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program served over 64,000 meals in 2020, which represents a 56 percent increase over 2019.
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After the organization’s busiest year on record, Brunswick’s Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program is beginning to take steps towards expansion, eyeing a portion of a building at Brunswick Landing.
Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program is a food justice non-profit and food bank based in Brunswick and has been headquartered at Tenney Way since 2003.
While still in the preliminary stages, they are exploring a location at Neptune Drive at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. However, an expansion there would require an adjustment in a zoning ordinance. The Brunswick Town Council unanimously took the first step last month by sending the zoning amendment request to the planning board.