TOPSHAM — School Administrative District 75’s Finance Committee will meet today at 6 p.m. at Mt. Ararat High School. The Finance Committee will hear presentations on Mt. Ararat athletic programs, food service, Region 10 Technical High School and Merrymeeting Adult Education. Discussion of potential adjustments will follow the presentations. The meeting will be held in […]
February 2012
Topsham planners to discuss sign rules
TOPSHAM — The Planning Board is scheduled to hold a workshop at 7 p.m. today to discuss the sign ordinance, which is undergoing a revision. A draft of the sign ordinance can be viewed by visiting the town’s website ( www.topshammaine.com) and selecting the news updates link. The meeting will be held in the municipal […]
Bath YMCA invites members to meeting
BATH — The Bath Area Family YMCA will hold its annual members meeting from 5: 30 p. m. to 7 p. m. Wednesday at Mae’s Café, 60 Centre St.
The princess and the green knight (A tale from Denmark)
Once upon a time there lived a princess. One day her mother died, and her father, the king, remarried a cruel woman who loved only her own daughter. The princess was so miserable, she grew pale and weak and thought only of dying. One morning the king had to leave on a journey and came […]
Audubon offers scholarships to summer camps
FALMOUTH — Merrymeeting Audubon Society, a chapter of Maine Audubon, plans to offer scholarships to two Maine environmental education camps for summer 2012. Both camps are residential. Full to half scholarships are available. Scholarships are limited to students in the Merrymeeting Audubon area, which includes towns from Freeport to Boothbay Harbor and Pownal to Bowdoinham. […]
Volunteers sought to read to children
BATH United Way’s Success By 6 seeks more volunteers who want to read with children on Friday as part of the 13th annual Community Read Aloud. “It is not too late to sign up to read with children during this year’s event,” Peter Lindsay of United Way said in a release. “We are looking for […]
Student Notes
Joseph Zinni of Brunswick was named to the fall 2011 semester dean’s list at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine. Zachary Engle of Freeport earned a place on the fall 2011 semester dean’s list at Bentley University in Waltham, Mass. [email protected]
Scheduled Public Meetings
Bowdoin PLANNING BOARD, Tuesday, 7 p.m., town office. Bowdoinham BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING COMMITTEE WORKSHOP: AGRICULTURE IN BOWDOINHAM, Tuesday, 6 p.m., Bowdoinham Community School. Brunswick POLICE STATION BUILDING COMMITTEE, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Brunswick Station, 16 Station Ave. PLANNING BOARD, Tuesday, 7 p.m., Brunswick Station, 16 Station Ave. SCHOOL […]
Probe into firefighter’s disappearance continues
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine State Police suspect some kind of crime connected to the disappearance of a Florida firefighter, and they want to talk more with a Bangor man as the investigation intensifies. Meanwhile, family and friends of Jerry Perdomo held out hope the 31-year-old Seminole County, Fla., firefighter will turn up. He’s been missing […]
Lawmakers work on casino policy
AUGUSTA (AP) — As a planned casino in Oxford moves toward hiring dealers and a Bangor casino expands its offerings to include table games, Maine lawmakers took a small step Monday toward a statewide gambling regulation policy. A subcommittee of the Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee recommended that the full committee consider a casino policy […]