BRUNSWICK — Maine State Music Theatre is staging its second production of the summer, “Beauty and the Beast.” Down the street at Curtis Memorial Library, more than just the actors are taking the spotlight. To honor the organization’s 60th season, MSMT’s history committee created “Strong at Sixty,” an exhibit which highlights the history of MSMT through […]

HARPSWELL — A local nonprofit that last month called for a special Town Meeting to reconsider a decision to demolish the Mitchell Field water tower is pushing back against the town’s determination such a meeting would be invalid. The resistance comes after the Board of Selectmen on June 28 rejected the proposed warrant for the meeting, […]

BRUNSWICK — A final plan for replacement of the Frank J. Wood Bridge is expected to be released by the end of summer. If the decision is to replace the bridge – the likely scenario, given the positions of both the state and federal government – a local grassroots group advocating for the structure’s preservation […]

BRUNSWICK — Free Summer Food Service Program sites will be open in Brunswick, Harpswell, Bath and Topsham through August for children ages 2-18. The federally funded program operates sites with two designations, “enrolled” and “open.” An open site serves any child; an enrolled site means anyone who has registered for summer camp at that location, […]

BRUNSWICK — Twenty years ago, Peter Robbins made a phone call that changed his life. It was 1998, and Robbins was ordering wholesale Bohemian Coffee for a store where he worked when he found himself on the phone with Bohemian’s owner, Paul Hitz. On a whim, Robbins asked Hitz if he’ d be interested in selling […]