ESSEX JUNCTION, V.T. — At the recent Vermont Quilt Festival held at the Champlain Valley Expo in Essex Junction, Vermont, Wendy Caton Reed of Bath received a Judge’s Choice award for her quilt, Pan Blackened Appliqué. In addition, she was awarded a red ribbon for that quilt. She joined 250 others in the annual competition […]

Maine Connections Academy — the state’s first virtual public charter school — will host online information sessions over the next two months for interested families to learn more about how virtual school works. The tuition-free virtual public charter school for grades 7- 12, is now enrolling students for the 2015-16 school year. Interested families are […]

TOPSHAM — Rep. Denise Tepler, D-Topsham, will hold public office hours on Wednesday, July 29, in the town hall from 7:30-9:30 a.m. “I hope constituents will feel free to come see me with their question and concerns,” said Tepler. “I’ll have plenty of information available and would be happy to address any issues.” Tepler’s office […]

BRUNSWICK — State Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, DBrunswick, will be holding office hours Saturday, Aug. 1 10 a.m. to noon at the Little Dog Coffee Shop on Maine Street in Brunswick. Meetings are open to anyone who would like to voice their opinion and share their concern. They are an opportunity to have an open dialogue […]

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is hosting a family field day on Swan Island in Richmond from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 1. This event is designed to provide fun and learning for the whole family. Activities include fishing, archery, geocaching, orienteering, ATVing, trapping, firearms (both shogun and […]

BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA What started off as a relaxing fishing trip on the British Columbia Coast soon turned into a fight for survival after one angler was confronted by a hungry mountain lion. Shawn Hanson of Vancouver Island was just about to cook up a recently-caught salmon near a Ucluelet beach on July 3 when […]

Arrowsic BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6 p.m., Town Hall Bowdoin BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6:30 p.m., town office. PLANNING BOARD, Tuesday, 7 p.m., town office. Bowdoinham ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON AGING, Monday, 3 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. Brunswick SOCIAL SERVICES POLICY TASK FORCE, Tuesday, 6 p.m., Town […]

University of Maine at Farmington Students from the following communities were named to the University of Maine at Farmington’s Dean’s List for the spring 2015 semester: Bath: Emily Franklin, Mackenzie Yeaton Bowdoin: Emily Eldridge, Brunswick: Nicholas Blasens, Sasha Hampton, Erin Kenyon, Catherine Reno, Vivian Zinni Dresden: Bonnie Carleton, Freeport: Samuel Bennett, Christopher Forest, Hannah Goodenow […]