DAMARISCOTTA The benefits of eating locally grown food and painting local scenes come together with “Sustainable Paintings: The Local Landscape”, an exhibition of landscape paintings by artist Anne Heywood at Savory Maine Dining and Provisions, 11 Water St., Damariscotta, starting May 7. Connecting to places that recharge the body, soul, and mind is so very […]
May 2014
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SPI to screen ‘Reviving the Freedom Mill’
BATH Sagadahoc Preservation Inc. will screen the Maine documentary “Reviving the Freedom Mill” on Thursday, May 15. It is the true story of environmentalist Tony Grassi and his crazy gamble to rehab an abandoned mill. Grassi’s dream inspires both skepticism and hope that its revived bond with the river will breathe new life into the […]
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‘Capitalism: a Ghost Story’ by Arundhati Roy, Haymarket Books, 2014
India, the second most populous country in the world, is home to 1.2 billion people, more than a sixth of the world’s population, more than the number of people in the entire continent of Africa. But it’s a fair bet that most of us don’t know much about this huge part of our globe. You […]
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Midcoast Symphony welcomes young musicians
TOPSHAM The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra will perform the final concert series of this season under the baton of Conductor Rohan Smith, on Saturday and Sunday, May 10 and 11, 2014. This concert will mark the inaugural concert for the Symphony’s new side-by-side program, for which young music students have been invited to join the Midcoast […]
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DaPonte returns to the classics with Mozart, Mendelssohn, Beethoven
The DaPonte String Quartet returns to the classics with their next program, “Vienna, Vienna,” inspired by the city whose name is synonymous with the greatest in classical music. It features string quartets by Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Beethoven. Performances are May 15-18 in Thomaston, Damariscotta, Portland and Topsham. Mozart’s “Spring Quartet” is an appropriate way to […]
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Man burned in West Bath kitchen fire Sunday morning in critical condition
WEST BATH A 43-year-old man who awoke early Sunday morning to a fire in his kitchen is now in critical condition at a Massachusetts hospital after sustaining extensive burns. West Bath Fire Chief Greg Payson said firefighters were called to a small cottage at 4 Armstrong Way at 1:17 a.m. Sunday, one of the New […]
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Montana AG enters Jesus statue dispute
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s attorney general said Wednesday that he supports keeping a 6-foot-tall statue of Jesus next to a Whitefish ski hill as a group of atheists and agnostics seek to remove it from U.S. Forest Service land. Attorney General Tim Fox and the American Legion filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the 9th […]
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Catholic Charities gets United Way grant
BIDDEFORD — Catholic Charities Maine, CCM, was recently awarded two one-year grants from United Way of York County. A $25,000 grant was awarded to St. Louis Child Development Center. A COA nationally-accredited Center, St. Louis provides care to infants, toddlers, pre-school and school-age children, 6 weeks to 7 years old, regardless of income. The center […]
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Police: Landlord pointed gun at tenant
BRUNSWICK (AP) — A Brunswick landlord is facing charges for allegedly pointing a shotgun at a tenant he believes stole from him. Police say 57-year-old Peter Davis is charged with criminal threatening and terrorizing. Deputy Police Chief Marc Hagan says Davis reported a theft at his residence on Monday and that he believed a tenant […]