BRUNSWICK — The Maine Fire Service Institute and the National Fire Protection Association will hold an electric vehicle safety training on Saturday from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at Southern Maine Community College’s Midcoast Campus at Brunswick Landing. The train-the-trainer session is part of NFPA’s nationwide Electric Vehicle Safety Training Project. The session will feature hands-on […]
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SCHEDULED PUBLIC MEETINGS
Alna BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6:30 p.m., town hall. Arrowsic CONSERVATION COMMISSION, Monday, 7 p.m., town hall. Bowdoin BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6:30 p.m., town office. Bowdoinham COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. BOARD OF APPEALS, Wednesday, 6 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. CABLE/INTERNET COMMITTEE, Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. PLANNING […]
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Young writers catch the wave
WISCASSET Children from around the Mid-coast area came together recently at Seeds of Knowledge Education Center in Wiscasset to attend “Catch the Writing Wave,” a writing camp led by Lisa Truesdell and Tanya Albert. During the weeklong camp, children explored various types of writing, including narrative, descriptive, nonfiction, letter writing and poetry. They learned to […]
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Dems host artists and candidates
BATH —The Bath Democratic Committee will host an open house during the Thirrd Friday Art Walk tonight from 5 to 8 p.m. at the committee office in the Bathport building, 99 Commercial St. A news release describes the open house as follows: On display will be works in oils, watercolors, mixed media and photography. Guests […]
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Marine art to be judged by ‘leading authority’
WISCASSET — The Maine Art Gallery, 15 Warren St. invites artists to submit two marine artworks on Monday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., for selection by juror J. Russell Jinishian. Jinishian, a news release describes, is “recognized as the nation’s leading authority on contemporary marine art with over 35 years experience in the art […]
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Election-year politics keep sequestration threat alive
Members of Congress are more interested in winning reelection in November than in removing before then the budget “sequestration” knife that threatens to lop 10 percent off 2500 defense programs starting Jan. 2. That was the signal that lawmakers sent at a House Armed Services Committee hearing this month where the White House budget director […]
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Some vindication for sick veterans, but little relief
WASHINGTON Ground combat in the 1991 Persian Gulf War lasted just 100 hours, but it’s meant 17 years of pain and anguish for hundreds of thousands of veterans. Those who came home and complained of symptoms such as memory loss and joint pain are only sicker. Even as their lives unraveled as their health further […]
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MILITARY NOTES
Navy Lt. ROBERT J. GENSHEIMER, son of Kathleen F. and Gregory G. Gensheimer of Bath, along with fellow sailors aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99), recently departed for a scheduled deployment in support of maritime security operations and maritime partnerships. Gensheimer is a 2004 graduate of Yarmouth High School and joined the […]
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LePage eyes fall session
AUGUSTA Gov. Paul LePage said he may call a special legislative session this fall to bring up an undisclosed issue, prompting sharp criticism from Democrats who say he’s playing politics and being secretive. The Republican governor’s comments were recorded at a GOP fundraiser in Bangor on Wednesday night and appeared Thursday in a political blog […]