In one, a weaponized mutant canine leads an army of pugs into battle
2018
Briefs
PORTLAND Water district offers copies of Sebago Lake calendar Free copies of the Portland Water District’s 2018 Images of Sebago Lake calendar are available at the Customer Service office at 225 Douglass St. or the Sebago Lake Ecology Center at 1 White Rock Road in Standish. Copies are limited to one per customer, while supplies […]
Events
DAYTON Rabies clinic offered for dogs, cats, small pets A rabies clinic for dogs, cats and other small pets will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Andy’s Agway, 13 Cole Farm Road. The fee is $10 per animal. Please put dogs on leashes and other animals in carriers. For more details, […]
Military
Rep. Poliquin nominates 14 to join military academies Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-2nd District, has nominated 14 students from his congressional district to attend some of the nation’s prestigious military service academies in 2018. The nominees include: Tristan Cosby of Houlton to the Naval, Military and Air Force academies; Cody Craig of Skowhegan to the Merchant […]
Community meals
MONDAY Free community breakfast. 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 chowder and lobster roll […]
Births
MID COAST HOSPITAL Mateo Nathaniel Guzman- Bass, born Dec. 26 to Delia O. and Anneliese Joy (Bass) Guzman-Bass of Brunswick. Grandparents are Jean and Brendon Bass of Bethel, and Lucia O. and Baldemar G. Guzman of San Antonio, Texas. James Kamren Faith, born Dec. 27 to John and Kristina (Lombardi) Faith of Durham. Grandparents are […]
Statewide, communities reducing overflow sites
By 2016, the number of towns and cities with combined sewer systems had fallen from 60 to 31.
Maine researchers explore link between climate change and Lyme disease
Academic and health care investigators are learning more about the complex web of factors driving the expansion of tick habitat, including global warming.
Lyme disease vaccine sees only plodding progress
The FDA has approved clinical trials for one vaccine, but it will likely be years before a product goes to market to prevent a disease that affects at least 30,000 people in the U.S. each year.
Millions of gallons of Portland sewage still overflowing into Casco Bay
The city and several other coastal Maine communities have made significant strides in undoing the problem, but it’s ‘going to take decades’ to fix.