Long ago, King Gradlon the Great of Cornouaille in Brittany waged war against the countries to the north. The king had many ships and many men, but finally his sailors grew tired of fighting. They refused to seize one of the northern castles and instead they turned and sailed home, leaving their king behind. Cold and […]

Alna BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6:30 p.m., town hall. Arrowsic BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6 p.m. town hall. Brunswick BRUNSWICK DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION, Tuesday, 7:30 a.m., municipal building, 28 Federal St. MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Brunswick Station, 16 Station Ave. TOWN COUNCIL: BUDGET ADOPTION, Thursday, 6 p.m., Brunswick Station, 16 Station Ave. Dresden […]

Bowdoinham CABLE/INTERNET COMMITTEE, Thursday, 1 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. PLANNING BOARD, Thursday, 7 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. Brunswick TOWN COUNCIL WORKSHOP, Thursday, 6 p.m., Brunswick Station, 16 Station Ave. RECYCLING AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Harriet Beecher Stowe School. Harpswell BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Thursday, 6 p.m., town office. Lisbon PLANNING BOARD, Thursday, 7 p.m., […]

BATH — Tim Spalding, creator of LibraryThing at www.librarything.com will be the guest speaker at Patten Free Library’s final “Lunch at the Library” presentation at noon Wednesday. “LibraryThing is a Portland based ‘dot-com’ enterprise that launched in 2005,” a Patten Free Library release states. “Spalding started the site as a pet project that would allow […]

TOPSHAM — Mt. Ararat Middle School has announced its honor roll for the third quarter. Grade 6 High honors Rebecca French, Caroline Gill, Ryan Glass, Morgan Johnson, Richard Mann, Peter Mao, Nicholas Merrill, Temple Miller Hodgkin, Junie Nelson, Abigail Nordwall, Reese Robinson, Eola Saucier, Samuel Schneider, Zoe Stilphen, Lauren Sturgess, Joshua Thibeault, Gideon Wheeler and […]

BATH — The 11th annual We Remember observance will begin at noon on Monday, Memorial Day, at the City Park gazebo. Volunteers will read the names of U.S. service men and women who died serving their country during the past 12 months. Since its inception 11 years ago, the “We Remember” observance has “honored more […]

Bath PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED 2012-2013 MUNICIPAL BUDGET, Wednesday, 5 p.m., City Hall auditorium CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING, Wednesday, immediately following public hearing, City Hall auditorium. Bowdoinham SKATE PARK DESIGN WORKSHOP, Wednesday, 6 p.m., Town Hall. CABLE/INTERNET COMMITTEE, Thursday, 1 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. PLANNING BOARD, Thursday, 7 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. Brunswick BRUNSWICK DEVELOPMENT […]

FARMINGTON — Led by a procession of faculty, administrators and dignitaries to the moving music of a local bagpipe group, 387 University of Maine at Farmington bachelor’s and master’s degree recipients marched May 12 in the 2012 UMF commencement ceremony. The local students include: Brunswick: Julia Bald and Heather Libby Durham: Callie Lemieux and Trevor […]