Bath Tues.  12/29  7:30 a.m.  Downtown Association  TH Harpswell Wed.  12/30  8:30 a.m.  Special Selectmen’s Meeting  TH

South Portland Mon.  12/28  6:30 p.m.  City Council  (Workshop)  CH

Beverly Robbins, the volunteer coordinator for the Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion Programs at The Opportunity Alliance in South Portland, has written a children’s book to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the national Foster Grandparents Program. Robbins collaborated with Portland-based artist Mirabai Iwanko to create a book that tells a story about Maine’s Foster Grandparents. […]

Chebeague Island Mon.  12/28  4:30  p.m.  Cemetery Committee  Fire Station Cumberland Mon.  12/28  7 p.m.  Town Council  TH North Yarmouth Tues.  12/29  7 p.m.  Wescustogo Committee  TH Yarmouth Mon.  12/28  3:30 p.m.  Tree Committee  CR

Greater Portland Benefits Thursday 12/31 Polar Bear Plunge and 5K, East End Beach, Portland, benefit Natural Resources Council of Maine, register online at nrcm.kintera.org/dipdash. Bulletin Board Saturday 12/26 State Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, office hours, 10 a.m. to noon, Bow Street Market, Freeport. Open to all from Brunswick, Freeport, Harpswell, North Yarmouth and Pownal who have […]

Recognition Chris Libby of Scarborough has been named Caregiver of the Month for December by Comfort Keepers, a provider of in-home support services for older adults in southern Maine. Carmen Fortin of Harpswell, a registered nurse clinical educator at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, has been presented the Maine Emergency Nurses Association Special Merit […]

 Crowning achievement  Oona Mackinnon-Hoban and Eamonn Dundon of Portland High School will serve as part-time interns in Sen. Angus King’s Scarborough office. The internships will give the students academic credit in a collaborative effort with the nonprofit Jobs for Maine’s Graduates and Portland High School. The internship program is aimed at giving local students an opportunity […]