Tools forged from unwanted firearms are donated to community gardens and agricultural schools along the East Coast.
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Nonprofit plans Brunswick, Bath vigils to combat human trafficking
The Salvation Army Bath/Brunswick Corps’ C.R.O.W.N.S. program will host to events this Sunday to raise awareness of human trafficking in Maine.
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Bath, Brunswick residents can build window inserts
Residents and volunteers will come together to build insulating window inserts from Oct. 31 to Nov. 4, when Bath will host its annual Community Build at the Bath Freight Shed. Brunswick will hold its event Oct. 23-29 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. The deadline to order window inserts in Bath is Oct. 17, and those […]
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Midcoast towns invited to free hazardous waste disposal day
Residents of Brunswick, Topsham, Harpswell, Georgetown, Bowdoin and West Bath can dispose of household hazardous waste items for free from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Brunswick Public Works Department, 9 Industry Road. Paints, cleaners, batteries, oils and pesticides are among the items that can contain hazardous materials and require alternative methods […]
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Letter: Vitelli ‘stays out of the muck’ in Augusta
As politics seem to get more divisive, we know Eloise Vitelli is an excellent person to send to Augusta because she has the sense to stay out of that muck. She brings a solid understanding of our area to Augusta and she works with both sides on bills that address problems facing Maine and her […]
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Coastal Journal Edition Meetings: Sept. 23-30
Bath Mon. 9/26 5 p.m. Solid Waste Advisory Committee City Hall Brunswick Mon. 9/26 6:30 p.m. Housing Committee Town Hall Tues. 9/27 4:30 p.m. Recycling & Sustainability Committee Zoom Tues. 9/27 7 p.m. Planning Board Remote Wed. 9/28 10 a.m. Staff Review Committee Meeting Zoom Thur. 9/29 6 p.m. Appointment Committee TBD Harpswell Mon. 9/26 […]
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Bath Housing works to keep seniors in their homes by making them safer
The National Center on Aging recognizes this week, the first week of fall, as Fall Prevention Awareness Week.
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Midcoast school districts struggle with substitute bus driver, teacher shortage
By enlisting substitute teachers, bus drivers, custodians and more to paper over vacancies in permanent positions, school districts have depleted their stock of workers available to fill in on short notice for sick employees.
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Phone scammers bilk Bath senior out of $9,500, claiming her grandson is in trouble
Each year, scam artists cheat American seniors out of an estimated $3 billion, according to justice.gov.
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Under stress of pandemic, yoga and meditation emerge as tools to combat anxiety, stress
Bath and Brunswick yoga instructors believe in mindfulness, breathwork, and movement to ease the excessive stress caused by the pandemic.