BRUNSWICK — Several blood pressure clinics have been scheduled throughout the Mid-coast, sponsored by CHANS Home Health Care, an affiliate of Mid Coast Hospital. Clinics will be held at: — Neighborhood Café UCC, 15 Congress St., Bath, 5-6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12. — Wiscasset Senior Center, 242 Gardiner Road, from 5-6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13 […]

BRUNSWICK — Anouar Majid, vice president of global affairs and vice president of communications for the University of New England, will speak to the Bath- Brunswick branch of the American Association of University Women at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, at Thornton Oaks. All are welcome. The title of Anouar’s talk is “Culture and Chaos […]

BOWDOINHAM — The Bowdoinham Historical Society has announced it will again open the doors to the Childhood Past exhibit at the Jellerson School for one more day, on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. The school room at Jellerson School, furnished as it was in 1910, was open to the public last weekend along with […]

BATH — An information session will take place 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. today at 9 Park St., as two University of Maine at Augusta faculty present “UMA Pathways to Early Childhood, K-3 and Secondary Education.” Cindy Dean and Patricia Clark will outline the UMA distance-education options available to students looking to become certified teachers in […]

The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will host free “Essentials of College Planning” workshops for adults 19 and older at Midcoast Center for Higher Education, 9 Park St., on Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 9 a.m.; and Southern Midcoast CareerCenter, 275 Bath Road, Tuesday, Nov. 19 at noon. To register or for more information, call 1-(800) 281- […]

BATH — The public is invited to Maine Maritime Museum’s third annual Book & Art Sale 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16. Shoppers can save up to 50 percent off regular prices on vintage and new books, photographs, paintings, limitededition prints, artistic note cards, charts and more. Many of these books and art […]

LISBON FALLS — Individuals, families, churches and groups are working to make Christmas a reality for needy kids around the world by filling shoeboxes with toys, school supplies, hygiene items and notes of encouragement. Operation Christmas Child, the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind, is ramping up as Lisbon Falls residents prepare to collect […]

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service invites students in grades K-12 to create designs featuring ducks, swans or geese in their natural habitats for the 20th annual statewide Federal Junior Duck Stamp Design Contest. Entries must be received by March 1, 2014. Judging will take place at the Hall of Flags in Augusta, 1 to […]

FREEPORT — To help ensure that every older Mainer stays warm this winter, volunteers will be collecting gently worn, clean adult winter coats at locations across the state. For every coat donated, L.L. Bean will contribute $5 to the Maine Association of Area Agencies on Aging to provide fuel assistance for seniors. Last year, Maine […]

BRUNSWICK — Mid- Coast Retired Educators Association will meet at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 12 at People Plus, 35 Union St., for a potluck luncheon. The guest speaker will be Christine Burke, executive director of the MEA Benefits Trust, who will speak about “Health Care Changes Beginning in 2014.” Social time starts at 10:30 a.m., […]