Elizabeth E. Ambler, a ninth-grader from Bath, earned high honors for the winter 2012 term at Philips Exeter Academy in Exeter, N.H. She is the daughter of the Rev. Michael Ambler and Darreby Ambler of Bath. Nicholas Pondelis, an Earlham College junior and son of Kimberly and Stephen Pondelis of Durham, presented research at Earlham’s […]

Brunswick TOWN COUNCIL: PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING, Thursday, 6 p.m., Brunwick Station, 16 Station Ave. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Brunswick Station, 16 Station Ave. Georgetown PUBLIC HEARING: SCHOOL BUDGET, Thursday, 7 p.m., town hall. Phippsburg CONSERVATION COMMISSION, Thursday, 5:30 p.m., town hall. Reg. School Unit 12 FINANCE COMMITTEE, Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Chelsea Elementary […]

BATH — On June 26, the Maine Educational Opportunity Center will host two free workshops titled “Essentials of College Planning” for adults age 19 and older. The first workshop will start at 10 a.m. at the Midcoast Center for Higher Education, 9 Park St. A second workshop will begin at 1 p.m. at Southern Midcoast […]

PHIPPSBURG — Howard Schuman, formerly of the University of Michigan and now retired and living in Phippsburg, received a grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate the origin and development of the civil rights movement. The grant goes through the Institute for Social Research in Ann Arbor, Mich., and supports salary for two research […]

LISBON — The Androscoggin Sagadahoc Counties Extension Association (ASCEA) will host a plant sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 26 at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Office, 24 Main St. Most of the plants and other goods offered for sale have been donated by participants in the local UMaine Extension Master Gardener […]

HARPSWELL — The Cundy’s Harbor Library will celebrate Armed Forces Day from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. Participants will be shown how to tie knots and properly fold the American flag. They will be told about the importance of the military. The celebration will be at the library, located at 935 Cundy’s Harbor Road. The […]

PORTLAND — The third annual Portland Walk For A Cure For Scleroderma will take place Saturday. Walkers will start at Back Cove Park. Sign-in begins at 10 a.m. The 5K Walk steps off at noon, and there is no registration fee or minimum pledge requirement to take part. Proceeds from the Walk will benefit the […]

Brunswick BRUNSWICK DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION, Wednesday, noon, Brunswick Station, 16 Station Ave. APPOINTMENT SUBCOMMITTEE, Wednesday, 6 p.m., municipal building, 28 Federal St. RECREATION COMMITTEE, Wednesday, 7 p.m., Brunswick Station, 16 Station Ave. TOWN COUNCIL: PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING, Thursday, 6 p.m., Brunwick Station, 16 Station Ave. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Brunswick Station, 16 Station […]

MOLLY BOGART of Brunswick was one of 13 students inducted into the Pi Sigma Alpha political science honor society at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pa. Bogart, a junior, is a political science major at Susquehanna University. She is a 2009 graduate of Brunswick High School, and the daughter of Bruce and Nancie Bogart. [email protected]