BATH The largest and most expensive destroyer built for the U.S. Navy has resumed its voyage after a breakdown in the Panama Canal. The Navy said Thursday that the USS Zumwalt departed Panama after repairs to the propulsion system by the ship’s crew and a team from General Electric and the Naval Sea Systems Command. […]

BRUNSWICK Step into Gulf of Maine Books on Maine Street in Brunswick and chances are store owner Gary Lawless will be chatting it up with the patrons. He seems to know everyone, and has a genuine charm about him that he says stems from his love of life and literature. A native of Belfast, Lawless […]

BRUNSWICK Blue Angels’ pilots Lt. Brandon Hempler and Lt. Dave Steppe made their entrance at Brunswick Executive Airport in grand, and loud, fashion on Thursday afternoon. Both servicemen are members of the elite Navy air demonstration squadron and arrived in a blue and gold-lettered F/A-18D Hornet fighter jet at nearly 350 miles per hour. Their […]

BRUNSWICK Last of a five-part series on how Maine’s agencies that care for the intellectually disabled are facing potential funding cuts that will exacerbate an already critical shortage of support professionals. Following the defeat of the Supports Intensity Scale last year, agencies have feared another funding cut model would come on its heels. Now, it […]

TOPSHAM — The Topsham Public Library will host three visits from Santa. On Wednesday, Dec. 14 at 10 a.m., the library will have storytime with Santa. On Thursday, Dec. 15 from 6-7 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 17 from 1:30-2:30 p.m., the library will be hosting Santa Reads, sponsored by Priority Real Estate Group LLC. Santa […]

BRUNSWICK — Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s third presentation of their 20th annual Winter Speaker Series, entitled “Twisted Genes, Distorted Narratives,” features Fedco Seed founder CR Lawn. This event, taking place at Brunswick’s Curtis Memorial Library on Dec. 14 is free and open to the public. FOMB hosts their Winter Speaker Series October-May on the second […]

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Shambhala Meditation Center will be hosting The Art of Being Human, Shambhala Training Level I in Brunswick, Jan. 6-8, 2017 at the Brunswick Shambhala Meditation Center located at 19 Mason St., Brunswick. This retreat provides instruction for sitting and walking meditation as a means to develop mindfulness in daily life. The […]

MORSE HIGH SCHOOL AP SCHOLAR AWARDS Two students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average score of 4 or higher on a five-point scale on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. These students are Isabel Kovacs and Aaron Ouellette. Nine […]