RICHMOND — ASSE-International Student Exchange Programs seeks host families in the Mid-coast region for the 2012-13 academic year. For more information, call 737-4666 or visit www.asse.com.

BATH — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will host free workshops titled “Essentials of College Planning” for adults 19 and older at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Southern Midcoast Career- Center, 275 Bath Road, as well as at 10 a.m. July 10 and 24 at the Midcoast Center for Higher Education, 9 Park St. To register […]

PORTLAND — The Equity Fund of the Maine Community Foundation seeks grant proposals for projects that support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) programs in Maine. Applications for project grants supporting the LGBTQ community in rural and other under-served communities are particularly encouraged, as are proposals for capacity-building support, according to a release from […]

WISCASSET — Wiscasset Adult and Community Education has partnered with ed2go to offer hundreds of online, instructor-led courses. To mark the partnership, Wiscasset Adult and Community Education launches “Macintosh, iPhone, and iPad Programming.” “Participants in this course will learn to create Macintosh, iPhone, and iPad apps and programs using Objective C and the Xcode compiler,” […]

ArrowsicROAD COMMISSION, Tuesday,7 p.m., town hall. BathPLANNING BOARD, Tuesday, 6p.m., City Hall. DresdenFIRE DEPARTMENT, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., PownalboroughStation. DurhamBOARD OF SELECTMEN, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., town office.PLANNING BOARD, Thursday,7 p.m., town office. HarpswellHARBOR AND WATERFRONTCOMMITTEE, Tuesday, 5:30p.m., town office. PhippsburgLIBRARY TRUSTEES, Thursday,6 p.m., Totman Library. Reg. School Unit 12 FINANCE COMMITTEE, Thursday, 5 p.m., central office, […]

BANGOR — The following Mid-coast students have been named to the dean’s list at Husson University for the 2012 spring semester. To be named to the list, one must earn a 3.4 or better grade point average on a 4.0 scale. BATH: Erica L. Richardson BOWDOINHAM: Alison Murphy BRUNSWICK: Anthony Diaz, Hayley Graves, Kayla Lucas […]

LAURA INGRAM of Brunswick recently graduated from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va. Ingram earned a bachelor of arts degree. AMELIA WISE of Brunswick was named to the spring 2012 semester dean’s list at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Conn.

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Masonic Lodge recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Caroline Minott, who graduated June 10 from Mt. Ararat High School. The lodge awards a $1,000 grant annually to graduating seniors from Mt. Ararat and Brunswick high schools who best embodied the Masonic principles of hard work and a positive contribution to their […]

BATH — Dennis Unger, director of University College at Bath/Brunswick, will offer a free three-session workshop on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), beginning July 10 at the Midcoast Center for Higher Education, 9 Park St. Sessions will run from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. July 10, 12 and 17. The MBTI workshop is “designed to […]