The Big Night Out, presented by Mid Coast Parkview Health, was held on Friday, Jan. 20 at the SMCC Midcoast Campus on Brunswick Landing. More than 100 citizens and business leaders were on hand to celebrate the past year of the Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber as this was its Annual Meeting and Member Expo. It […]

BRUNSWICK When you walk into Maine Street Sweets, Brunswick’s newest candy joint located downtown, there’s a sense of an older, simpler age that immediately takes over the senses. From the classic radio playing bubbly 1930s tunes like Fred Astaire’s “Cheek to Cheek” to the old typewriter sitting on the untreated wood shelves intermingled with jelly […]

TOPSHAM The deadline to apply for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener volunteers program training in Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties has been extended to Jan. 28. The 14-week training will be held from 12:30–4 p.m. on Tuesdays from Feb. 28 to May 30 at Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road. The program provides […]

BRUNSWICK Coastal Enterprises, Inc., a nonprofit community development organization, with the support of Maine State Housing Authority, will offer the home buyer education class on Tuesdays and Thursdays, March 7, 9, 14 and 16, from 6- 8:30 p.m., at CEI, 30 Federal St., Brunswick. Attend CEI’s class will provide information about programs that may be […]

BRUNSWICK Rossignol’s Hair Shoppe will hold a one-year anniversary celebration on Saturday, Jan. 21, from 2-4 p.m. at 57 Maine St. in Brunswick. The celebration is free to the public and light refreshments will be offered. Various beard and hair care goodie bags will be awarded as door prizes. The Uncalled Four, a men’s barbershop […]

BRUNSWICK Cribstone Capital Management, an independent investment advisory firm based in Maine, recently announced the addition of Timothy Woodhouse to its staff. Based in Brunswick, Woodhouse will be director, private client services for Cribstone. His responsibilities will include managing the financial affairs of key relationships for the firm, as well as developing new relationships. He […]

TOPSHAM Bedderrest Mattresses and Furniture has announced plans to open a new store in the Topsham Fair Mall in early February. Bedderrest is a locally owned Maine family business celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The new store will specialize in made in Maine and American-made mattresses and furniture for your home, including indoor and […]

The Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber is having their annual meeting and awards expo called The Big Night Out this Friday, Jan. 20. The Big Night Out, presented by Mid Coast Parkview Health, sets the course for the SMMC in 2017, but also looks back at the best of 2016. In doing so, they will be […]

LONDON British Prime Minister Theresa May has made it clear: the U.K. will make a clean break from the European Union and leave its single market of some 500 million people. In her most direct remarks since the June 23 vote, May said Tuesday that Britain must regain control of its laws and borders, even […]