BATH — The Bath Area Family YMCA will begin offering Livestrong, a research-based physical activity and well-being initiative that helps people affected by cancer reach their health goals, beginning Monday, Nov. 4. The program is available to cancer survivors and their families in the Midcoast Monday and Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., for 12 […]

BRUNSWICK — Five state legislators will speak during a forum on women’s issues related to work and family at Curtis Memorial Library. “Women at the Table: The Economy and Reproductive Rights” will be held in the seminar room from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at the library on Pleasant Street. Topics of […]

TOPSHAM — On Saturday, Nov. 2, the Mt. Ararat Music Department is hosting the third annual Mattress Fundraiser. “This event has been very successful in school districts all across the country over the last seven years and we now have the opportunity to run this event here at Mt. Ararat once again,” the sale announcement […]

BRUNSWICK — “Voluntary environmentalists? Are green clubs a win for businesses and the environment?” is the title of a forum taking place at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6 in Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union, on the Bowdoin College campus. Many companies around the world are participating in voluntary programs that require them to do good […]

BOWDOIN — The Bowdoin Community Giving Tree project is accepting names for holiday gift giving needs. The annual giving tree program was created to assist families by providing Christmas gifts for children of Bowdoin. To have your children’s names included on this year’s list or if you know of a family in need of assistance, […]

BATH Seventeen students at Morse High School have earned AP Scholar Awards for exceptional achievement on AP exams. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program provides motivated students the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit for successful performance on the AP exams. About 18 percent of […]

Northern Sun Family Health Care, Topsham A girl, Fern Patricia Chapman, to Ida Koller and Travis Chapman of Edgecomb, Oct. 11, 2013. A boy, Ezra Richard Ablitz, to Mattie and Brian Ablitz of Bath, Oct. 16, 2013. Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick A girl, Julia Jean Hunter, to Marilyn Jean (Sandelin) and Mac Andrew Hunter of […]

TOPSHAM Thursday marked the payoff moment for a Topsham retirement community and its gift to a neighbor. The Highlands presented a $20,000 check in March to Williams-Cone Elementary School to fix up the playground. Thursday, that contribution came to fruition with a ceremony in the gym followed by plenty of play on the refurbished playground. […]