A recent program hosted by People Plus and TRIAD and presented by Paul Caruso, senior manager of security at Fairpoint Communications, enlightened the audience about ways to detect and counteract a variety of ongoing telephone and Internet scams targeting the older population. Examples included the so-called “grandparents’ scam” and the “876 lottery.” Attendees came away […]

My first day at People Plus was a pleasant surprise. I went to film the monthly “News and Views” segment in Harpswell. While there, I helped to use the camera. Since then, I knew my internship at People Plus would consist of new experiences such as this one. Although I was at People Plus only […]

Christina Fedolfi, a 16-year teaching veteran, is starting a children’s carnival class at People Plus in the hope of changing children’s perception of math. This class, open to students entering grades 1 to 5, will meet for seven Tuesdays or Wednesdays (your choice) from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at People Plus starting this July. Students […]

THE 4TH OF JULYBY CHARLOTTE HART“It’s the Fourth of July. Summer’s over!”My mom used to say that eachyear.In my youth, I thought she wasoh so wrong.Now I know what she meant. Ohdear! ONGOING EVENTS Every Monday9 a.m., Yoga9 a.m., Crafters10 a.m., Table Tennis10 a.m., Chair YogaNoon, Bridge1:15 p.m., Laughter Club Every Tuesday9 a.m., Loosen Up10 […]

If you had asked me a year ago whether I would be back in Brunswick working as the Teen Center coordinator, I would have looked at you as if you were speaking Thai to me. That’s because for the past three years, I have been living and working in Phuket, Thailand, as an English teacher […]

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Once upon a time, there lived a king who understood the language of the beasts and the birds and the insects. When he was very young, his fairy godmother gave him the power. But she also warned him: “Don’t tell anyone your secret, or they’ll call you mad.” The king listened, and he was careful […]

WOOLWICH — Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Robert Jerdan, a 1995 graduate of Chop Point High School, was recently named Senior Sailor of the Quarter, second quarter 2012, while assigned to Ney Hall galley, food service division, Naval Station Newport, R.I. As mess decks master-atarms, he was responsible for supervising two military personnel and 60 […]

HARPSWELL — Retired Maj. Gen. John W. Libby of the Maine National Guard will be the guest speaker at a barn party June 30 to benefit Maine veterans. “Celebrating Our Veterans” will begin at 6 p.m. at the home of Greg and Joy Johnson, 69 Shore Road, Harpswell. Cost is $35 per person. The picnic […]

TOPSHAM — Topsham American Legion Post 202 will conduct a veterans recognition program at the High Towers on Water Street in Brunswick at 11 a.m. Sunday. During the recognition ceremony, 15 residents are slated to receive certificates of appreciation from the state of Maine for their military service. A similar program will take place at […]