Rob Refsnyder’s bases-loaded single with two outs lifts Boston to a 5-4 win over the fading Rangers.
August 2024
Pejepscot History Center fundraises to conserve Joshua L. Chamberlain pieces
Pejepscot History Center, which owns and operates the Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum, is conducting a fundraising campaign for two priceless artifacts in its collection with a Conservation Gala from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, at Skyline Farm in North Yarmouth. The event at the museum of horse-drawn transportation and historic site is dedicated to conserving […]
Superintendent’s Notebook: New school year, new home for the Brunswick School Department
Where did summer go? It seems like only yesterday we were congratulating our 2024 graduating class, and now we’re preparing to welcome students for the 2024–2025 school year. The beginning of a school year is an exciting time. Many students are experiencing a first — first day in pre-K, elementary school, junior high or high […]
Midcoast school earns recognition from Down East Magazine
The Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb announced Monday, Aug. 12, that the school has been awarded “Best Private Elementary School” in Maine by Down East Magazine. CTL serves students in pre-kindergarten through grade 8 from Harpswell, Bath, Brunswick, Georgetown, Arrowsic, Topsham and other surrounding towns. The school’s mission is to provide a joyful […]
Gulf of Maine Books to host talk on nonfiction writer’s new book
Gulf of Maine Books in Brunswick will host an afternoon with Lucy Lippard — writer, art critic, curator, activist and life-long Maine summer resident — at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14. Lippard’s new book, “Stuff: Instead of a Memoir,” will be the topic of discussion. Called “a playful and beautifully illustrated window into her adventurous […]
Red Sox suspend Jarren Duran 2 games for using homophobic slur
Duran directed the slur at a fan during Boston’s 10-2 loss to Houston on Sunday, an exchange caught on live TV.
Top Ukrainian commander says his forces control 1,000 square kilometers of Russia’s Kursk region
Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi’s statement is the first public comment from a Ukrainian military official on the gains of the lightning incursion that has embarrassed the Kremlin.
Tom Caron: The return of Triston Casas will be a boost for the Red Sox
Dominic Smith has filled in nicely while Casas has been out injured, but both are left-handed hitters so Smith might be the odd man out.
Firefighters battle huge wildfire on fringes of Greek capital; at least 1 person killed
By late night Monday, a drop in winds offered hope to the crews trying to beat it back.