TOPSHAM — Local American Legion posts will gather Sunday to honor several local veterans and their families for their service in the U.S. military. The ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. at the American Legion Post 202 on Foreside Road. More than 40 area veterans and families will be recognized with Maine Honorary Certificates of […]

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has ordered military schools to make sure they are not including anti-Islamic themes in training courses, the Defense Department said Wednesday, after complaints surfaced about the curriculum in a course dealing with terrorism and radicalism. The chairman, Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, ordered the review after students […]

BRUNSWICK — Brunswick’s George T. Files American Legion Post 20 received national recognition for post excellence. The American Legion presented the certificate to the post Wednesday night. It states that Post 20 “has demonstrated excellence in serving their community above and beyond all expectations. In keeping with the aims of our preamble, this post and its […]

Alna BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6:30 p.m., town hall. Arrowsic ROAD COMMISSION, Tuesday, 7 p.m. town hall. Bath PLANNING BOARD, Tuesday, 6 p.m., City Hall. CITY COUNCIL, Wednesday, 6 p.m., City Hall. FORESTRY COMMITTEE, Wednesday, 7 p.m., City Hall. Bowdoin BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6:30 p.m., town office. Brunswick TOWN COUNCIL BUDGET PRESENTATION, Monday, 7 […]

Bowdoinham CABLE/INTERNET COMMITTEE, Thursday, 1 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. BOARD OF APPEALS PUBLIC HEARING, Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. PLANNING BOARD, Thursday, 7 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. Brunswick TOWN COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION), Thursday, 5 p.m., Brunswick Station, 16 Station Ave. SCHOOL BOARD SPECIAL MEETING, Thursday, 6 p.m., Brunswick Station, 16 Station Ave. […]

BRUNSWICK — The Maine chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will sponsor a free Family-to-Family Education Program specifically for families of people diagnosed with mental illness. The 12-week series of classes will begin on May 8 in Brunswick. Advance registration is required. The course is designed specifically for parents, siblings, spouses, teenage […]

BRUNSWICK — Brandon Hess, a Boy Scout in Troop 109 from Lisbon Falls, will be collecting unserviceable American flags to do a proper flag retirement ceremony as part of his Eagle Scout project. He is coordinating his efforts with the Veterans of Foreign Wars group in Lisbon. Anyone wishing to drop off a flag can […]

BRUNSWICK — An AARP Safe Driver Class will be offered from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 10 at Thornton Oaks Retirement Community, 25 Thornton Way. The classroom course covers safe driving techniques. All participants will receive a completion certificate. This program is designed for drivers older than 50 years old. For those older than […]

Carl Little is not only an accomplished poet but a widely published author of books about the painters of Maine. In today’s column he describes how peepers “fling their music” during early spring. Note how his poem flings its own joyful music across line breaks and stanza divisions. ZONES OF PEEPER By Carl Little Driving […]