MidCoast Triathlon Club’s Race the Runways returns to Brunswick Executive Airport and Brunswick Landing for its fifth go-round on Saturday, April 4, bringing with it a battery of competitive options. “Some years we didn’t do that Airport Challenge,” says Mark Grandonico, Race Co-Director alongside Jim Favreau. “But this year we brought it back, due to […]
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Gorham mom adds pageantry, bodybuilding, contact sports to her repertoire
Gorham wife, mother of two, entrepreneur, nonprofit founder and president, soccer coach, local reporter, volunteer and avid blogger Stacey Coleman didn’t have enough on her plate already. So she recently competed in the Mrs. Maine Pageant and is now looking forward to this weekend’s Pine Tree State Bikini, Figure and Bodybuilding competition at Westbrook High […]
Exoskeleton braces could boost boomers’ strength
The new technology harnesses the power of one’s own muscles.
Maintenance backlog spurs Acadia National Park to raise fees
The fee for a seven-day vehicle pass, which hasn’t changed since 2004, will be going up on May 1. Camping fees will also rise.
Bowdoin students stage their sit-in
BRUNSWICK Bowdoin College students are holding a sitin to protest the school’s investment in companies involved with fossil fuels. Between 20 and 30 members of Bowdoin Climate Action began the demonstration Wednesday morning outside the office of the college’s president, Barry Mills. The students are calling for Mills and college trustees to pursue fossil fuel […]
Bath agrees to sell property
BATH The Bath City Council approved the purchase of cityowned property on Court Street by Mark Sewall for $15,000 at Wednesday night’s meeting. The land, approximately 2,410 square feet, is located adjacent to Court Street and abuts Sewall-owned property at 137 Leeman Highway. The property was purchased for the purpose of site redevelopment. Councilor Leverett […]
Legion Post 202 to honor Topsham soldier
TOPSHAM Topsham’s American Legion Post 202 will celebrate its 50th anniversary by hosting a rededication ceremony on Saturday at 1 p.m. The post will be officially renamed in honor of U.S. Army Sgt. Corey Edwin Garver, a soldier from Topsham who died in Afghanistan on June 23, 2013. Garver, a member of Bravo Company, 1st […]
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Keep ME Home aims to take the lead on aging in place
BOWDOINHAM Residents attending an aging forum Tuesday night learned about a proposed $65 million affordable senior housing bond and other measures being proposed to help Maine seniors age gracefully in their own communities. Mark Eves, Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, conducted the forum on his Keep ME Home bond proposal for affordable senior […]