Artist Mary Ann Heinzen’s solo exhibition, “Watercolor Textures: Plein Air and Studio Works in Water Media,” is now open in the River Room at River Arts Gallery in Damariscotta through Oct. 8. Heinzen’s paintings are characterized by their loose, painterly style, vibrant colors, and bold contrasts. Her versatility shines through as she effortlessly transitions between […]
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‘American Breakdown’ author to discuss American health care at Rockland library
Rockland Public Library will host a discussion with Jennifer Lunden, author of the 2025 Read ME nonfiction selection “American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body’s Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life,” at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2. Lunden will explore the history of medicine and the effects of the industrial […]
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United Way of Midcoast Maine kicks off annual fall fundraiser
United Way of Mid Coast Maine is kicking off its annual fundraising campaign this week with a goal to raise over $1.29 million. The campaign will help 41,000 people across the Midcoast and support United Way, its funded partners and almost 50 local programs and initiatives achieve their collective missions to give kids the best […]
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Woolwich gallery highlights the art of stitching in new exhibition
Sarah Bouchard Gallery presents “Every Infinitesimal Thought,” co-curated with gallery artist Kate Russo, from Sept. 27 through Nov. 2. This exhibition brings together the work of four female artists devoted to the relationships between thread and color, stitching and abstraction. It includes stitched works on paper, photographs and canvas by Cecelia Charlton, Julie Cockburn, Kate […]
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New Brunswick-Topsham bridge will open after Thanksgiving
Northbound traffic between Brunswick and Topsham is currently closed across the old bridge.
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Brunswick plane crash was the third deadliest in Maine history
At the height of the Korean War, a U.S. naval anti-submarine patrol aircraft crashed while attempting to land on a newly built runway at the Brunswick Naval Air Station. When it was over, six out of 10 crewmen were dead and the disaster became one of Maine’s deadliest. On Monday, April 14, 1952, 10 men […]
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Six laws take effect in Maine this week, and they’re designed to help you | Opinion
On the consumer protection front, we’re making nation-leading progress.
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Preserving the harvest: A guide to advanced food storage
This is the second installment in our two-part series on preserving fresh food for year-round enjoyment. In our previous column from Sept. 10, we covered basic to intermediate food storage tips and showed how to enjoy delicious vegetables throughout winter using garden produce. This week, we’re exploring advanced techniques for gathering and preserving your favorite […]
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Maine Marathon team raising money for fishermen’s health
The runners plan on raising $10,000 for a program that provides Maine’s fishermen with physical and mental health resources.
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Kayakers explore historic Swan Island on the Kennebec River
Swan Island on the Kennebec River in Richmond has a long and rich past. Human activity on the island can be traced back thousands of years. Native Americans known as Abenakis, some likely my ancestors, inhabited the island for centuries before the first Europeans arrived in 1607. Relations between the Native Americans and early European […]