Sen. Eloise Vitelli, D-Arrowsic, will hold virtual public office hours from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, via Zoom. The event also will be livestreamed to Facebook. Public office hours provide local residents a chance to meet with their elected officials, ask questions and get help with legislative or state government matters. To register for the […]

The coastal landscape changes at this time of year — not just the colors of the leaves and salt marsh grasses, but the structures that are along the waterfront as well. Rather than the array of docks and floats, there are now just lonely piers jutting out into the air that are no longer connected […]

Swan Island on the Kennebec River near Richmond has always intrigued me. I grew up a few miles north in Gardiner and Randolph. Since my ancestors included Native Americans who lived along the Kennebec River, there is a good chance some of them inhabited the Abenaki Indian villages that were once located on the island. […]

The Maine Maritime Museum in Bath announced it was recently awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities American Recovery Plan grant totaling $56,498. The funds will be used to support new and ongoing educational programs, including school programs that were paused during 2020. The award will fund new museum programs designed to advance the study […]

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Maine Forest Service and 211 Maine are reminding Maine residents and visitors about how to limit health risks posed by browntail moth hairs this fall. Hairs from browntail moth caterpillars can get stirred up during fall yardwork, according to a statement from the Maine CDC. These tiny […]

A presentation — “Black History of Maine” — by journalist Bob Greene will take place Wednesday, Oct. 13 at 5:30 p.m. at Bath’s Patten Free Library and via Zoom. “We are excited to bring this fascinating program to the Patten Free Library,” said Hannah Lackoff, the library’s programs and outreach manager, “It is our hope […]