The following part-time, in-state students have been named to the University of Southern Maine dean’s List for the 2011- 2012 academic year: Amber Hardison, Durham; Peter Richard, Lisbon; Joshua Minnich, Lisbon Falls; Elizabeth Manson, Dustin Nadeau, Hannah Ober, and Justin Wenger, Brunswick; Laura Bubar and Aubin White, Freeport; Keely Anderson, Page Nichols, Pownal; Danielle Moody, […]

Army National Guard PVT. CHRISTOPHER R. SYLVESTER has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Sylvester is the son of Kimberly Sylvester of Hanson Drive, Topsham. He is a 2010 graduate of Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham.

To the editor, My family and I would like to take a few moments to publicly thank the persons and agencies which helped to make the tragedy of the death of our son/brother/nephew/ cousin (Army Capt. David C. Haas) a smooth and dignified celebration of his life. Thank you to St. Charles Borromeo Church and […]

WISCASSET — A special food tour of Castle Tucker, 2 Lee St., will be held Thursday, Sept. 6, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. A news release describes the tour as follows: From 1858 when she moved in as a young bride of 16 until her death in 1922, Mollie Tucker, the wife of Capt. Richard […]

Alna BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Thursday, 6:30 p.m., town hall. Arrowsic PLANNING BOARD, Monday, 7 p.m., town hall. ROAD COMMISSION, Tuesday, 7 p.m., town hall. Bath ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, Monday, 7 p.m., city hall. PLANNING BOARD, Tuesday, 6 p.m., city hall. CITY COUNCIL, Wednesday, 6 p.m., city hall. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, Thursday, 4:30 p.m., city […]

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BATH — Patten Free Library’s Children’s Room will be hosting a series of four free writer’s workshops on Thursday afternoons beginning Sept. 6 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. A news release describes the workshops as follows: Using the library’s iPads and an application called Scribble Press, participants will learn how to create and publish their […]

BRUNSWICK — Curtis Memorial Library and Midcoast Senior College are jointly sponsoring the Current Events Forum, to be held at the library, 23 Pleasant St., on Thursdays at noon, from Sept. 6 through Nov. 19. A moderator begins the session by briefly describing an event happening in the week’s news and then poses a question […]

BRUNSWICK — Thomas Point Beach, 29 Meadow Road, presents “The Bluegrass Special,” an event that revisits a beloved musical tradition, as musicians and audience members gather together for firstclass family entertainment over Labor Day weekend, today through Sept. 2. In 2008, the Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival retired after 30 years. According to a news […]