How do Rotarians celebrate the holidays? You will see many Rotarians from other towns selling wreaths and trees or grapefruit or fruit and nuts. Proceeds from these fundraisers support many worthwhile projects both local and international. The Rotary Club of Brunswick approached the season of giving another way this year. They began by collecting contributions […]

“When I first drove across the bridge to Bailey Island, I thought ‘This is where I belong’,” recalls Peg Orlando who moved to Maine full time in 2012. She says that her friends back in Andover, Massachusetts, where she served as the drama teacher for a middle school, couldn’t believe that she was moving to […]

Oasis Free Clinics is a free service providing medical and dental services for low income, uninsured adults in our community, covering Sagadahoc County, Brunswick, Freeport, Durham, Harpswell, and the Islands.  There is no cost for any of the services we provide, and our patients do not receive a bill nor pay a co-pay. Over the […]

“It’s the economy, stupid.” That’s the famous quote attributed to a top Bill Clinton aide in 1992, when he was trying to come up with slogan for the presidential campaign. It is still true. While the focus may be on immigration or President Trump’s problems, the issue facing the U.S. and underlying the next campaign […]

The men and women in Southern Maine Community College’s latest welding and manufacturing technician training courses come from various backgrounds. They range in age from their early 20s to their late 40s. They come from towns and cities across southern and midcoast Maine. But they all have this in common: They are underemployed or unemployed […]