BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College will host Acting Assistant Secretary of State Susan Thornton on Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. Her lecture is titled “The Asian Century: Myth and Reality.” Thornton, a Bowdoin College alumna, has been the acting assistant secretary of state since March 9. She served as Principal […]

BRUNSWICK Community members are invited to join parishioners at a ceremonial groundbreaking for the new multipurpose building to be constructed across the parking lot from St. John the Baptist Church and St. John’s Catholic School on 39 Pleasant St. in Brunswick. The ceremony will begin at noon on Sunday, following an 11 a.m. Mass, and […]

BRUNSWICK — On Wednesday, Nov. 1, Curtis Memorial Library hosts Bowdoin College biologist Nathaniel Wheelwright, who will introduce his new book, “The Naturalist’s Notebook: An Observation Guide and 5-year Calendar-Journal.” A reception starts at 6:30 p.m., presentation will begin at 7 p.m. Wheelwright and author Bernd Heinrich wrote the book to teach nature lovers to […]

BATH — The Soggy Dog Designs’ 9th Annual Trick or Treat TROMP will be held this Saturday starting at 3 p.m. in Library Park in Bath. From 3-4 p.m., there will be Halloween-themed, non-scary carnival games, music, an open-air “photo’- BOO!th” and gathering of kids in costumes. At 4 p.m. the TROMP kicks off from […]

BRUNSWICK Tours at the Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum in Brunswick, owned and operated by Pejepscot Historical Society, end for the season on Veterans’ Day weekend, Nov. 10-12, with free admission all veterans, active military, and their families. Operating on a reduced schedule since Columbus Day, the museum offers guided tours on the hour Fridays and […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A judge says he’ll decide soon whether a Maine teenager charged with stabbing his parents to death should be tried as an adult. Andrew Balcer’s defense attorney said Thursday there are better services available if Balcer remains at the Maine Youth Center. But prosecutors say he should be tried as an adult […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The promoter of a popular concert series in Maine is expected to enter a new plea to a domestic violence charge. Court records show 41-yearold Alexander Gray, of Waterfront Concerts, will enter a new plea during a court hearing Friday. The man previously pleaded not guilty in March to a domestic violence […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s Republican governor and a Democratic senator are set to discuss the challenges facing loggers and the state’s logging industry. Gov. Paul LePage will attend a logging discussion hosted by Democratic Sen. Troy Jackson in New Canada on Friday afternoon. Jackson, a logger himself, has said Maine loggers and truckers are out […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Interstate fishery regulators will soon begin work on a new effort to get a handle on the population health of horseshoe crabs on the East Coast. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission says its assessment of the horseshoe crab stock will begin this month. Horseshoe crabs are economically important in part because […]

BUCKSPORT (AP) — Maine police say a 26-year-old man is in custody after two people were shot near an apple orchard. WCSH-TV reports that police say they charged Cory Turcotte with aggravated assault for shooting two men in a parking lot Wednesday night near Wight’s Apple Orchard in Bucksport. The men who were shot were […]