A hybrid celebration of Jewish-Mexican heritage Oy-le! Get ready for an unforgettable evening of flavor, music and cultural celebration as the Chocolate Church Arts Center presents “¡Hanukkah Mexicana!” This one-of-a-kind hybrid event combines the rich culinary traditions from the acclaimed Jewish-Mexican cookbook “Sabor Judío” with an electrifying live concert featuring Veronica Robles’ all-female mariachi band […]
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Chocolate Church Arts Center gives life to the inanimate through its puppet lab
CCAC is planning on incorporating more puppets as part of the nonprofit’s visual arts programs and performances as the new community art and puppet lab takes center stage.
Midcoast Literacy helps educate Bath’s multilingual students
Bath-area school district partners with Midcoast Literacy to help the multilingual student population, which has grown over the past few years.
Bath Area BackPack Program seeks help fighting student hunger
Over 45% of students in the Bath area are food challenged, and in some schools, it’s as high as 65%. Though all students receive free breakfast and lunch at school, those meals may be the only meals of the day for some. The Bath Area BackPack Program is pushing to raise $60,000 to help sustain […]
From the Chamber: Some chances to build community
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: The Midcoast Tree Festival, presented by Hammond Lumber Company, starts this weekend! That is, of course, a joke for my loyal readers as I have been mentioning the Midcoast Tree Festival about every other column for two months. In my defense, it is truly one of the […]
Next up in Bath Climate Conversations: How to make older homes more energy efficient
Limited insulation and weather sealing in older homes mean that today it can take a lot of fuel to heat a house, and the house cools down quickly when the power is out in the winter. Learn how to improve the efficiency of an old house in ways that benefit the environment at 5:30 p.m. […]
Stories from Maine: A flood to remember
On March 12, 1936, the arrival of an early spring thaw on the heels of a long and harsh winter, complicated with heavy torrential rains, led to one of the worst floods ever recorded in Maine history, and it paralyzed Bath, Brunswick and Topsham. The ground all across Maine remained deeply frozen, covered by a […]
Bath police, bank warn of fraudsters
Bath Police Department and Bath Savings Institution warn of threats of online and texting scams going around in the community.
Bath-built ships fend off barrage of drones, missiles launched from Yemen
Bath-built ships the USS Spruance and the USS Stockdale fended off attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebel fighters in the Red Sea.
From the Chocolate Church: From Afrobeat to the Grateful Dead to singer-songwriters — 3 nights of eclectic music
I’m going to admit it here in writing: I may have overdone it with our music programming next week at the Chocolate Church Arts Center. Some may say there simply aren’t enough people who are going to come out to warrant this much programming. My hope is to be proven wrong and folks feel like […]