Expanding the reach of colleges and universities to all sectors of society is key to sustaining democracy.
March 2018
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Our View: Red-flag laws could stop some mass shootings
The criminal justice system is not designed to intervene before someone commits a crime.
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Community meals
MONDAY Free community breakfast, including eggs and bacon. 6:30 to 9 a.m. Chestnut Street Baptist Church, 29 Chestnut St., Camden. 542-0360. WEDNESDAY Free meal, Trinity Lutheran Church. 5 to 6 p.m. Westbrook Community Center, 426 Bridge St. 854-5653. THURSDAY Free community meal, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 678 Washington Ave. FRIDAY Haddock […]
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Events
CUMBERLAND Library hosts co-author of book on Mark Twain Prince Memorial Library will host Paula Harrington, one of the authors of “Mark Twain & France: The Making of a New American Identity,” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at 266 Main St. The book Harrington co-authored with Ronald Jenn explores how Twain used the French influence to […]
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Briefs
WEST FALMOUTH TD Bank raises $28,000 to fight breast cancer The Making Strides Against Breast Cancer effort in Maine recently received a $28,000 donation from TD Bank’s Passionately Pink campaign to support awareness and a cure for breast cancer. TD Bank employees collect donations throughout the year, and the money is split between three breast […]
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Births
Southern Maine Health Care Bria Irene Nason, born Feb. 15 to Brian and Jennifer (Steele) Nason of Biddeford. Grandparents are Jack and Debbie Steele of Richmond, Ohio, and Kent and Diane Braley and Don and Sharon Nason, all of Biddeford. Gemma Kirsten Nadeau, born Feb. 15 to Johnathan Nadeau and Ann Sinclair of Wells. Grandparents […]
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Groups plan to blast Trump proposal
AUGUSTA Fishing groups, environmentalists, politicians and tourism advocates plan to use a pair of public hearings this week to oppose the Trump administration’s proposal to expand offshore drilling in the Atlantic and other ocean waters. The federal government’s meetings in Maine and New Hampshire are part of the nearly two dozen “open houses” put on […]
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LePage drops appeal, releasing workforce training federal funds
BRUNSWICK Brunswick-based Coastal Counties Workforce Inc. has won a months-long legal battle to secure federal funding withheld by Gov. Paul LePage. The administration dropped an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday. “We are glad that we are now able to move past this dispute and refocus our efforts on helping Maine workers […]
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Bowdoinham teen faces murder charge
WEST BATH Dominic Sylvester, 16, of Bowdoinham, was arraigned on Friday in West Bath District Court for the murder of Beulah “Marie” Sylvester. Sagadahoc County deputies found the 55-year-old woman seriously injured and unresponsive in her home last Monday morning. She died Monday night at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Dominic Sylvester was arrested Wednesday […]