FREEPORT Maine Senior Guide has announced the speakers for Aging (Parents):101, a daylong forum scheduled for Saturday, April 7, at the Freeport Performing Arts Center. The program is provides a primer on paying for care, managing critical conversations, and discovering technology available for independence. Mid Coast Senior Health Center and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield […]

POWNAL — Girl Scouts of Maine announces that it will host a free Sprouting Daisies event for girls who are entering kindergarten or first grade, and their families 6 p.m. March 27 at Pownal Elementary School. Sprouting Daisies will bring together girls and their caregivers, and allow them to discover why Girl Scouting is important […]

TOPSHAM — Bruce Bourque of the Maine State Museum will provide a short historical sketch of the English settlers who lived and worked around Merrymeeting Bay until 1675, when they were either killed or driven away at the outbreak of King Philip’s War. Most of the surviving pioneers never returned, and the locations of most […]

TOPSHAM — The Mt. Ararat classes of 1988 and 1989 are planning a combined 29th-30th high school reunion this summer and are trying to track down classmates. The reunion is scheduled for Aug. 4. at McAvoy’s on the Green at the Brunswick Golf Club. The cost will be $25 per person and an RSVP is […]

AUGUSTA Republican Gov. Paul LePage didn’t have the authority to shutter a minimum-security prison last month without obtaining legislative approval, a judge ruled, as lawmakers considered whether to fund the prison for another year. Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy granted a temporary injunction sought by the attorney general, unions and the Washington County Commission. She […]

BRUNSWICK On Monday, Henry and Marty Restaurant, will host a dinner to benefit the Oasis Free Clinics. The three course meal is $50 per person with all proceeds going to support Oasis’ medical and dental clinics. Call (207) 721-9141 to make a reservation as seating is limited. For the past 10 years, Henry and Marty […]

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Department of the Secretary of State says 12 candidates have qualified for the primaries to run for governor. Republican Gov. Paul LePage is leaving the post because of term limits. Democratic candidates are Attorney General Janet Mills; State Sen. Mark Dion; former state speaker of the House Mark Eves; […]

LEWISTON (AP) — A Republican Maine House candidate now has an opponent after he used Twitter to attack two students who survived a shooting at a Florida high school, calling one of them a “skinhead lesbian” and the other a “bald-faced liar.” Democrat Eryn Gilchrist filed to run against Leslie Gibson on Thursday, eliminating his […]

BANGOR (AP) — A New York man charged in connection with a 2016 shootout at a Maine Walmart has been found guilty of federal gun and drug possession charges, but not guilty of firing his weapon. WABI-TV reports that 39- year-old Reginald McBride was convicted Wednesday in federal court in Bangor. He still faces charges […]