A shortage of bell ringers at red kettles has resulted in fewer donations this year, according to Brunswick-Bath Salvation Army Lt. Neil Childs.
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Bath community mourns loss of longtime music teacher
Friends, family, former students and colleagues offered their condolences and shared memories of Anthony Marro via Facebook after learning of his death.
Portland city clerk to retire in July
Katherine Jones plans to retire on July 1 after 13 years of service to the city.
‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic delays cancer treatment for resentencing
The former zookeeper was convicted of trying to hire two men to kill a Florida animal rights activist and violating federal wildlife laws.
LeVar Burton will host Scripps National Spelling Bee
Th longtime host of the children’s educational program ‘Reading Rainbow’ comes from a family of educators.
U.S. regulators lift in-person restrictions on abortion pill
Physicians who prescribe the drug, mifepristone, will have to certify that they can provide emergency care to deal with its potential side effects, including excessive bleeding, FDA officials said Thursday.
Five children die in bouncy castle accident in Australia
Four others are in critical condition.
Brunswick schools increase police presence Friday amid nationwide TikTok threat
“This threat is nonspecific, and there is no credible information that it would involve schools in Maine or in Brunswick,” Superintendent Phil Potenziano wrote in a community message Thursday.
Christmas Eve candlelight service at Edgecomb Community Church
Edgecomb Community Church will host a Christmas Eve candlelight service at 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 24. During this service, the Christmas story is told. All are welcome to join us on this holiest of nights. To help keep everyone safe, masks are required regardless of vaccination status. Edgecomb Community Church, UCC, is located at […]
Bivocational church leader says both jobs help people see God’s world more clearly
The Rev. Michael Cartwright will lead Christmas celebrations this year at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Brunswick. Cartwright, 50, of Topsham, is the optician at Berries Hearing and Optical Center in Brunswick and a board member of the Brunswick Downtown Association. Good Shepherd Lutheran was established nearly 60 years ago, with the original goal of serving Lutherans stationed […]