Over April vacation break, members of the Brunswick High School Chamber and Treble Choirs along with the Wind Ensemble, traveled to Washington DC to participate in the WorldStrides Heritage Music Festival. The group was led by Choir Director Ashley Albert and Band Director Brandon Duras. Over the course of several days, students were able to […]
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Video: Brunswick residents among volunteers recognized by Maine governor
Gov. Janet T. Mills and Volunteer Maine, the state service commission, celebrated Monday evening 165 volunteers who have served communities across the state during a year that highlighted the recovery of the COVID-19 pandemic. Charles Frizzle, of Brunswick, was named 2022 Maine Volunteer of the Year during the 36th annual Governor’s Awards for Service and […]
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Author to present historical nautical talk at Bath library
Author Fredric B. Hill will present a discussion of local history and a reading from his latest book “A Flick of Sunshine” at the Patten Free Library on Saturday, May 7 at 2 p.m. Hill has previously presented at the Patten Free Library, but has not been since before the pandemic. This talk will mark […]
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Volunteers needed for 2022 Nequasset alewife count
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust is looking for volunteers from May through early June to count the fish that successfully make it into Nequasset Lake to spawn. Children and adults can participate, no prior experience is necessary. Each fish counter signs up for a 2-hour block and counts fish for two 10-minute periods in that block. […]
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The Recycle Bin: Updates on organic recycling in Brunswick
We have a couple of exciting new developments to report on the organics recycling front in Brunswick this week. The first is the addition of a new pair of collection totes for organic composting located at the leaf drop next to Public Works on Industry Road and being serviced by Agri-Cycle. I expect that site […]
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From the Garden: Plant native species, practice benign neglect
Picture this: You step into your garden, and the beds are brimming with flowers that thrive on benign neglect. You seldom need to water them, and they don’t require much in the way of fertilizer, either. What’s more, you feel like Snow White as birds, bees and butterflies congregate around you, eating seeds and gathering […]
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People Plus Music in April Online auction is open
The 20th annual People Plus Music in April online auction fundraiser is now open. The online silent auction features over 200 items and will close on April 29 at 10 p.m. The grand finale will be a live auction online with special items on Friday, April 29 from 7-8 p.m. Items up for bid include […]
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Brunswick senior center director is 1 of 20 Outstanding Women of 2022
People Plus Executive Director Stacy Frizzle-Edgerton was chosen as one of Coast 93.1’s and Hannaford’s 20 Outstanding Women of 2022. As a part of Women’s History Month, the awards recognize women in Maine who make a difference in their community. At the end of the nomination period, in which nearly 120 candidates were put forth, Hannaford […]
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Intertidal: History of fishing in Midcoast runs deep
You might not, at first, think of Brunswick as a fishing town, but the history of fishing here runs long and deep. Between Merrymeeting Bay, the Androscoggin River and all of the coastline, not to mention freshwater ponds, there have always been plenty of opportunities to go fishing for a variety of species. A recently […]
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From the Garden: 8 nostalgic garden flowers worth revisiting for charm, aroma
In Thornton Wilder’s 1938 play, “Our Town,” heliotrope flowers connect two sets of characters who gather to inhale their intoxicating scent in the moonlight. Heliotropes, then common, are, indeed, wonderfully fragranced. Yet somehow, they’ve fallen out of favor in American gardens. Many one-time garden staples from the Victorian era through the 1950s have been replaced […]