BRUNSWICK — Omega Wellness Group will hold a health fair at Thomas Point Beach from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19. People can learn how to prevent and manage illness, how to lose weight and make healthy choices. Booths will feature healthy food, free health testing, made-in-Maine goods, leading health authorities, assistance with financial […]

SCARBOROUGH — The 38-year-old truck driver involved in the prom-night crash that killed Scarborough High School senior Steven Delano and injured three other passengers was indicted by a Cumberland County grand jury on charges of manslaughter, aggravated assault and reckless conduct with a weapon. Nathan Allen, of Casco, was driving the empty jet-fuel tanker that […]

BRUNSWICK — People Plus will hold a series of events next week to formally celebrate the opening of its 35 Union St. center. The community center has been at that address since June, after moving from the former St. Charles Church building on Noble Street. That building was demolished soon after the move as part of […]

Morning sunlight and shadows fall over some of the 2,977 flags placed on the lawn in front of the Dudley Coe building at Bowdoin College in Brunswick on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. A student group, Bowdoin College Republiicans, organized the memorial.

BATH — A five-mile trail that links the Bath Area Family YMCA to the Thorne Head Preserve will open officially at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, with a public celebration at the YMCA. The Whiskeag Trail is a project of Bath Trails, which is a partnership of the City of Bath, the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust, […]

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust will hold its sixth annual Race 4 Space fundraising event on Sunday, Sept. 19. A four-mile road race begins at 9 a.m. at Livesay Field, at the corner of Middle Bay and Pennellville roads. Registration is at 8 a.m. The event also offers a one-mile run for youth and a […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — The second annual Sandsations Sand Sculpting event to benefit Birth Roots Perinatal Resource Center of Portland will take place Saturday, Sept. 18, at Crescent Beach State Park. The event is hosted by Birth Roots, a non-profit organization that focuses on building community through classes, groups and resource referrals. Registered team members collect […]

Ethan and Evan Sadowski of Gorham check out a farm tractor from the driver’s seat Sept. 12 during the third annual Touch a Truck to benefit the Maine Chapter of the March of Dimes, at the The Gateway Shoppes at Scarborough, off Payne Road. The event gave children, and adults, the chance to climb aboard […]

SCARBOROUGH — A proposed pier at Pine Point will move forward after a deal was reached between the town and the Lobstermen’s Co-op, which owns the property where the pier will be constructed. Despite lengthy and, at times, contentious negotiations, the Town Council unanimously approved a lease and gave Town Manager Tom Hall the go-ahead […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council voted 6-1 in a special meeting on Monday night to spend up to $125,000 to help a local developer remove underground utilities beneath the recently closed Gorham Road extension. The approval removes the final hurdle to the city’s attempt to sell a 1.4-acre parcel on Western Avenue to Vincent […]