Boy Scouts
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PublishedJune 9, 2024
Largest Boy Scout Jamboree in New England camped in Maine 75 years ago
Over 3,000 Scouts from 11 counties gathered at the Oxford County Fairgrounds.
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PublishedMay 7, 2024
Boy Scouts of America changing name to more inclusive Scouting America after years of woes
Membership is flagging in the organization, which began allowing gay youth in 2013 and girls in 2017.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2023
Brunswick Boy Scout troop hosts Veterans Day dinner to benefit backpacking trip
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2023
Boy Scout to repair historical building at Freeport agricultural center
Ansel Goode, 16, will spend 100 hours planning and repairing the Haze Hut at Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment for his Eagle Scout project.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2023
South Korea evacuates thousands of Scouts from coastal campsite as tropical storm nears
The 37,000 Scouts, who hailed from 156 countries and were mostly teenagers, folded up their tents before boarding over 1,000 vehicles for the evacuation that began Tuesday morning.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2022
Proceeds of Belgrade camp sale must go toward central Maine Scouting and not paying down debt, court rules
The recent court ruling, which the Pine Tree Council says it will appeal to the state Supreme Judicial Court, comes following two years of dispute over the fate of the landmark camping area that's hosted Boy Scouts for more than 75 years.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2022
Battle for Bomazeen: Officials worry Belgrade youth camp could be sold before lawsuit is resolved
Even as a purchase-and-sale agreement is in place to sell the 330-acre camp, a lawsuit challenges the selling rights of The Pine Tree Council of Boy Scouts of America.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2021
Bill Nemitz: The school is long gone, but its playground rises again
Luke Plummer of Buxton needed an Eagle Scout project. He found one – and then some.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2021
Boy Scouts get conditional approval of $850 million bankruptcy deal
However, the judge rejected 2 key provisions of the deal, potentially jeopardizing the agreement.
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PublishedJuly 2, 2021
Boy Scouts’ bankruptcy plans anger some, welcomed by others
The Boy Scouts of America has reached an $850 million settlement to compensate sexual abuse victims.
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